Faucet Repair & Installation in Englewood, CO

A dripping faucet is small until it is not

A faucet that drips or a handle that has gone stiff is an easy thing to live with, right up until the slow drip under a cabinet swells the particleboard, or a worn valve lets a supply line seep behind the vanity. Small fixture jobs are worth doing promptly precisely because the water they leak is quiet and out of sight, and Englewood's older cabinetry does not forgive a slow leak.

Hard water is part of why fixtures wear here. Mineral in the water at 100 to 300 ppm crusts on aerators, seizes cartridges, and scores the seats inside a valve, so a faucet that would last for years on soft water needs a cartridge or a rebuild sooner in Englewood.

Repair or replace the fixture

A quality faucet with a worn cartridge is usually worth repairing, a new cartridge and O-rings and it is good again. A cheap fixture that is corroded through, or one where parts are no longer made, is better replaced. When we install a new faucet we also check the shutoff valves under it, because old multi-turn stops often seize or weep, and that is a leak waiting to happen the next time you need to shut the water off.

A drip you have learned to ignore is still costing water every day. Let us end it.

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Fixture jobs we handle

Kitchen and bath faucet repair and replacement
Worn or seized cartridges, O-rings and valve rebuilds
Leaking or stiff shutoff valves under sinks and toilets
New sink, faucet and supply-line installs
Aerator and mineral-buildup cleaning from hard water

The parts that fail first in hard water

The cartridge is the heart of a modern faucet and the first casualty of mineral buildup. Aerators clog and drop your flow to a trickle. Supply lines and their shutoffs stiffen with scale. None of that is dramatic, but it adds up to fixtures that feel worn out years before they should. If a stiff shutoff finally will not seal, that can turn a simple faucet swap into a hunt for where the water is coming from, so we address the valves at the same time.

Running toilets are the fixture cousin of a dripping faucet and waste far more water quietly, so if yours runs, our toilet repair covers it, and a slow kitchen drain often gets sorted while we are already under the sink through drain cleaning.

Why the small leaks are worth fixing first

A dripping faucet and a seeping supply line feel like the least urgent things in the house, and that is exactly why they do quiet damage. The water is slow, out of sight under a cabinet or behind an escutcheon, and Englewood's older cabinetry and subfloors swell and rot before anyone notices. Fixing a worn cartridge, resealing a connection, or replacing a seized shutoff is a small job that heads off a much larger one, and it stops the steady waste of water in the meantime. When we are already under a sink for one fixture, checking and sorting the others nearby is the efficient way to keep small problems from becoming a callback.

Questions we hear about faucet repair & installation

Is it worth repairing a faucet or should I just replace it?

A good-quality faucet with a worn cartridge is usually worth repairing. A cheap or corroded fixture, or one whose parts are discontinued, is better replaced. We will tell you which yours is rather than defaulting to a replacement.

Why do my faucets wear out or drip so quickly?

Hard water is the main reason. Mineral at Englewood's 100 to 300 ppm scales aerators, seizes cartridges and scores valve seats, so the small moving parts wear faster than they would on soft water. A softener slows that across every fixture in the house.

Can you replace the shutoff valve under my sink?

Yes, and it is often a good idea when we are already there. Old multi-turn stops seize and weep with age, and a shutoff that will not seal turns a small repair into an emergency next time you need the water off.

My new faucet still drips at the base. Is that the faucet?

Not always. A drip at the base can be the faucet's own seals, but it can also be a supply connection or the sink seal. We find which it is rather than swapping parts hoping the drip stops.