Tap Repair & Replacement in Wandsworth

Vetted & insured engineers Clear pricing before work starts G3-qualified for unvented cylinders No gas work — plumbing only

A dripping tap wastes up to 5,500 litres a year and announces itself every night at 2am. Our Wandsworth plumbers repair or replace taps of every type, usually within the hour.

Wandsworth water notes: Wandsworth's hard water works steadily on cylinders and shower valves — in a borough full of loft-extended family terraces, scaled unvented systems are a recurring theme. Wandsworth is the natural home of the extended Victorian terrace — Balham, Earlsfield and 'between the commons' houses with loft bathrooms and unvented cylinders — plus the vast new riverside stock at Nine Elms and Battersea. Mains supply here is managed by Thames Water.

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 Wandsworth engineers. Wandsworth's hard water works steadily on cylinders and shower valves — in a borough full of loft-extended family terraces, scaled unvented systems are a recurring theme.

Replacement done properly

When we replace a tap in Wandsworth, 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

That background drip is a running bill: thousands of litres a year, doubled in cost on a meter (supply plus sewerage), tripled in annoyance. Hot-side drips also drain your cylinder's heat. In Wandsworth's water the drip also leaves scale tracks that etch chrome and stain ceramics — cosmetic damage that outlasts the fault.

Tap work pricing in Wandsworth

Repairs from £65 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 Wandsworth pricing is confirmed before the engineer starts.

Frequently asked questions

Do you fix outside taps?

Yes — repairs, replacements and new outside tap installations with the legally required double-check valve for backflow prevention, plus an internal isolation point so you can drain it each winter.

My mixer tap has low pressure on hot only — why?

Common on combi and gravity systems: scale or a blocked hot-side inlet filter, a kinked or degraded flexi, or the tap's internal flow restrictor. It's diagnosable in minutes with the tap head off.

Is a constantly dripping tap really worth fixing?

On a metered supply, unambiguously: thousands of litres a year, charged as both water and sewerage, plus heating cost on hot taps. The repair usually costs less than the annual waste.

Can you fit a tap I bought online?

Yes — supply-your-own is fine and priced at the same labour rate. We'll check compatibility (tail lengths, hole spacing, pressure requirements) before removing the old tap, so a mismatch is caught before the sink is out of action.