The full-scope service: the bathroom goes back to studs and subfloor, the plumbing and electrical get upgraded, and it's rebuilt with your finishes. One fixed written price, itemized to the fixture — no surprises. Typical Yakima-area timeline: three to six weeks.
A full bathroom remodel is the difference between "we swapped some things out" and "we rebuilt the room." Everything comes out. Everything gets replaced. The walls, floor, tub or shower, toilet, vanity, plumbing rough-in, wiring, ventilation, and every fixture and finish. Because it opens the walls and moves plumbing and wiring, this is the version of the job that genuinely does get permitted — through City of Yakima Codes Administration for city addresses, or Yakima County Public Services Building & Fire Safety for unincorporated addresses.
No two bathrooms cost the same, and any number quoted before someone has stood in your room is a guess. What actually moves your price is concrete, and we walk you through every piece of it on the in-home visit:
We put every one of those on an itemized, fixed written quote after a free in-home visit — so you see exactly where your money goes before any work starts.
Primary baths and homes with moved walls or older plumbing add time. A solid quote comes with an actual calendar — not a range.
Older homes near downtown, along North 16th and around Barge-Chestnut frequently have galvanized supply lines that should be swapped for PEX or copper while the walls are open — pressure has been dropping for years and this is the one moment it's cheap to fix. In slab-on-grade homes across West Valley and Terrace Heights, moving a drain means opening the slab — a real cost line that should be spelled out. Rural properties out to Moxee, Wapato and Naches are usually on well water — mineral scale on the old shower valve is normal, and this is the point to spec a shower filter or soft-water loop. All of it shows up on the itemized quote before demo day.
Not sure about tile and finish choices yet? Browse Yakima bathroom project photos in our styles and ideas gallery — a quick way to align on tile, vanity and glass before we measure together.
Two written quotes for the same room can differ by thousands of dollars for reasons that have nothing to do with quality — and everything to do with what was left off the page. Before you sign anything, put every quote you receive through the same short checklist. Anything a quote is silent on is a change order waiting.
What to look for on the quote Every fixture named on its own line — tile brand and size, valve, drain, vanity, faucet, toilet, glass thickness
Why it decides the outcome Scope is comparable across bids only when the same words appear on both
What a weak quote looks like A single lump sum, or "allowance" figures that pass the choice back to you later
What to look for on the quote Waterproofing system named by product (Schluter Kerdi, Wedi, Laticrete Hydro Ban) with banded corners called out
Why it decides the outcome The waterproofing is what keeps a tiled shower alive for twenty years — it is invisible once tile covers it
What a weak quote looks like "Waterproofing included" with no product or method named
What to look for on the quote A written project calendar with start date, inspection days and the glass-measurement window
Why it decides the outcome You can schedule showering, travel and pets around real dates instead of a range
What a weak quote looks like "Four to eight weeks" and no calendar at all
What to look for on the quote Which party pulls permits and coordinates inspections
Why it decides the outcome Washington law puts responsibility for permitted work on the contractor doing it — you should not be pulling permits for someone else's build
What a weak quote looks like "Homeowner to pull permit" or the quote is silent on permits entirely
What to look for on the quote A Washington L&I contractor registration number (the 12-digit UBI) on the quote itself
Why it decides the outcome Every remodeler working legally in Washington is registered; the number is verifiable in about thirty seconds on the state's site
What a weak quote looks like No UBI number, or a number that does not match the business name on the quote
What to look for on the quote A written change-order policy — nothing added to the bill without your signature
Why it decides the outcome Prevents a surprise on the final invoice when demo uncovers a real condition
What a weak quote looks like Verbal-only, or a clause that lets the contractor add "reasonable" costs after the fact
Bring the quotes side by side to the free in-home visit and we will read them with you — line by line, in front of your actual bathroom. More on how the visit and the write-up work is in how we work and quote, and requesting the free in-home visit takes about a minute.
Not sure you need a full remodel? See tub-to-shower conversion, walk-in shower installation, or small bathroom & powder room. For accessible design, see walk-in tub & aging in place. The full service-area map shows every neighborhood and the permit office that covers it, and how we work and quote walks through what the in-home visit actually looks like.
Free in-home visit. Written, fixed-price quote, no obligation.
