Faucet Repair

What you’re dealing with

It drips, the handle has gone stiff or floppy, or there is water pooling at the base of the spout — and it is a fixture you would rather not lose.

A dripping faucet is usually a worn cartridge, a dressed seat or a perished O-ring, not a dead fixture. On a good faucet, replacing it is almost always the wrong answer.

What the work may involve

• Identifying the make, model and cartridge family from the fixture itself
• Replacing cartridges, stems, seats, springs and O-rings
• Descaling aerators and cleaning out debris from the valve body
• Re-seating and re-indexing handles so hot and cold land where they should
• Checking the shut-offs and supply lines while everything is apart

Every job is different. This is what these jobs usually include, not a fixed scope — we will tell you what yours needs once we have seen it.