Custom-tile walk-in showers, curbless options, and glass panels — with proper waterproofing detailed at the seams and corners where showers actually fail. Written, itemized pricing.
Tile is the part you pick. Waterproofing is the part that keeps your shower alive for 20 years. A shower that fails does not usually fail through the tile; it fails behind it — at the seam where the wall meets the pan, at the shower niche corners, at the base of the curb, or under a floor drain that was set without a slope pan. Every one of those is invisible once tile goes over it.
So we detail the waterproofing on the quote, by product and layer — a Schluter Kerdi membrane, or a Wedi board build, or a fluid-applied system like RedGard — and by seam treatment (banded fabric at every corner). If a quote does not name the waterproofing product, the price does not include real waterproofing.
Custom shower glass is measured after tile — never before — because a wall is never perfectly plumb. The one-week lead time on the glass measurement is why a well-run job overlaps trades: while the glass is being fabricated, we finish paint, install the vanity, hang mirrors, and punch the room. The result is that day-1 of glass install is also final walk-through day.
For tile, glass and layout ideas before the visit, browse finished shower photos in our Yakima bathroom gallery.
The questions that come up most often on a walk-in shower, answered the way they get answered at the kitchen table.
Most walk-in shower projects run one to two weeks of work in the room: demolition and disposal first, then any subfloor or framing corrections, the waterproofing build, tile setting and grout, and fixture trim. Custom glass adds about a week of lead time after the tile is measured — which is why we schedule paint, vanity and finish work into that window instead of leaving the room idle.
Usually, yes. A curbless floor needs the shower pan recessed so the finished floor runs flush, which means dropping the subfloor between joists or building the surrounding floor up. On a crawl-space home — common across the Yakima Valley — the recess is straightforward to frame from below. On a slab, we build the surrounding floor up instead. It is a real carpentry step, which is why curbless is quoted as its own line rather than a vague add-on.
Squeegee the glass, run the fan during and after showers, and reseal natural-stone tile on the schedule its sealer specifies. Modern grouts hold up well; if your home has hard water, an occasional white-vinegar wipe-down keeps mineral film off glass and fixtures. None of it is difficult — the waterproofing underneath is doing the real work, which is why we detail it on the quote.
When plumbing moves — a drain relocation, new valve placement — permits and inspections typically apply, and they protect you: an inspected rough-in is one more set of eyes on the work before tile covers it. Those inspection days belong in the schedule from the outset rather than being discovered late, so they cost you no extra errands.
Yes — often better than the tub did. A glass panel instead of a curtain wall opens sight lines, and a 36-inch-deep walk-in fits the same alcove most tubs occupied. If the room is genuinely tight, a doorless walk-through with a single fixed panel avoids door-swing problems entirely. Bring the room dimensions to the free visit and we will lay out the options on paper.
Considering the wider job? See full bathroom remodel. Removing a tub? See tub-to-shower conversion. Curbless for aging in place? See walk-in tub & aging in place. The full service-area map lists which permit office covers your address, and the free in-home visit is the fastest way to a written price.
Free in-home visit. Written, fixed-price quote, no obligation.
