Tap Repair & Replacement in Birmingham

Modern taps rarely fail at the washer — most Birmingham homes now have ceramic cartridge taps, and it's the cartridge that wears. We carry the common sizes, so the fix is same-visit.

Repairs: washers, cartridges and seals

Diagnosis by symptom: a steady drip from the spout is a washer (compression taps) or cartridge (ceramic disc); leakage around the base of a swivel spout is O-rings; a handle that turns without resistance is a stripped head or spline; banging pipes when the tap closes is water hammer, cured with an arrestor or pressure adjustment rather than a new tap. Each is a stocked-part fix for our Birmingham engineers. Birmingham enjoys famously soft water, piped from the Elan Valley reservoirs in mid-Wales — kind to cylinders and elements, though soft water can be more aggressive to older copper over decades.

Replacement done properly

When we replace a tap in Birmingham, isolation valves go in as standard if there are none — future repairs then take minutes and no draining down. Old flexis are replaced rather than reused, back-nuts get proper tools rather than swearing, and monoblocs are stabilised with the correct fixing kit so the tap doesn't work loose in a month. You can supply your own tap or choose from ranges we stock.

The real cost of a drip

One drip per second is roughly 5,500 litres a year — on a metered Birmingham supply, that's paid for twice, as water and as sewerage. Hot taps are worse: every drip carries heating cost too. A £75 repair typically pays for itself within months on a metered hot tap, before counting the staining and scale damage to the sink below.

Tap work pricing in Birmingham

Repairs from £75 including standard parts; replacement labour is a fixed band with the tap itself either supplied by you or itemised by us. Awkward access — seized fittings, no isolation, corroded traps in the way — is flagged before work continues, never billed as a surprise. All Birmingham pricing is confirmed before the engineer starts.