Water where it should not be? The emergency line is answered by a person, 24 hours a day, every day of the year — and we will talk you to your shutoff before anybody gets in a van. Call 000-000-0000
Fixture work is where most people meet a plumber, and it is where the small decisions show up years later. A faucet installed onto a seized shutoff means the next repair starts by shutting the whole house down. A toilet reset without a new supply line and new bolts is a job that will be done again.
So the price we quote includes the things that are technically optional and practically essential — a new stop, a new supply line, a fresh wax seal — because leaving them out to look cheaper is how a twenty-minute job becomes a two-hour one next year.
Faucets and sinks
Repair where repair genuinely lasts, replacement where it does not.
Dripping and leaking faucets
Cartridge, seat or stem depending on the type. On a decent faucet a cartridge is the right fix; on a builder-grade one, replacement is often cheaper than the parts.
Low flow at one tap
Usually the aerator, which costs almost nothing. Worth trying yourself before you call anybody.
Kitchen and bath faucet replacement
Including a new stop and new supply lines. We are happy to fit a faucet you have bought.
Sink and basin installation
Drop-in, undermount and pedestal, including the trap, tailpiece and connections.
Garbage disposals
Repaired, unjammed or replaced. A disposal that hums and will not turn is usually a jam, not a dead motor.
Leaking traps and drain assemblies
Cracked plastic, corroded chrome, or a joint that was never right. Replaced rather than tightened harder.
Toilets
The most-used fixture in the house, and the one most likely to waste water invisibly.
Running toilets
Flapper, fill valve or a subtly cracked overflow tube. A running toilet can waste more water than everything else in the house combined and it is a cheap fix.
Weak or incomplete flush
Often blocked rim jets or a fill level set too low, both trivial. Sometimes a partially blocked trapway, which is not.
Leaking at the base
The wax seal has failed or the closet flange has broken. Needs the toilet pulled, and it needs doing promptly — that water is going into your floor.
Rocking toilets
A rocking toilet destroys its own seal repeatedly. Shimmed and re-set properly, not caulked in place and hoped for.
Toilet replacement
Including new bolts, a new wax seal, a new supply line and a new stop. Old unit removed.
Broken closet flange
Common in older houses. Repair or replacement of the flange itself, which is the difference between a fix and a recurring leak.
Showers, tubs and the rest
Everything else that gets used every day.
Shower valves and cartridges
Dripping, scalding, or a handle that has stopped controlling temperature. Most are a cartridge; some need the valve body replaced, which means access behind the wall.
Tub spouts and diverters
The diverter that no longer sends water up to the shower is one of the most common calls we take.
Shower heads and hand showers
Fitted properly with new sealant at the arm, which is where the leak inside the wall usually starts.
Washing machine valves and hoses
Braided hoses and quarter-turn valves. A burst washing machine hose is one of the most damaging failures in a house and one of the cheapest to prevent.
Outside taps and hose bibs
Frost-free replacements, and repair of the ones that split over winter.
Shutoff valves anywhere
Seized stops replaced with quarter-turn valves. Unglamorous, and the thing that makes every future job cheaper.
Questions
Faucets, Sinks & Toilets — the questions we are asked most
How much does it cost to replace a faucet in Woodside, NY?
From $245 in labour including a new quarter-turn shutoff and new supply lines, with the faucet itself supplied by you or by us. The shutoff is included rather than extra, because installing a new faucet onto a seized fifteen-year-old stop simply moves the problem to the next visit.
Can you install a faucet or toilet I bought myself?
Yes, gladly, and it is a common request. We will tell you before we start if what you have bought will not fit the existing rough-in or is missing parts, rather than discovering it with your kitchen dismantled.
Why does my toilet keep running?
Almost always a flapper that no longer seals or a fill valve that no longer shuts off. Both are inexpensive and quick. It is worth fixing promptly: a continuously running toilet can waste more water than the rest of the household uses, and it shows up on the bill long before you hear it.
My toilet is leaking at the base. Is that urgent?
Fairly, yes. The wax seal or the closet flange has failed and water is going into the floor structure every time it is flushed, which is how a $265 reset becomes a subfloor repair. Stop using that toilet and get it looked at within a few days.
How much does toilet installation cost?
From $395 in labour, including new bolts, a new wax seal, a new supply line, a new shutoff and removal of the old unit. A broken closet flange, which is common in older Queens houses, is from $385 on top and we will show you the damage before charging for it.
My shower drips or the temperature keeps changing. What is wrong?
Nearly always the valve cartridge, which is from $285 replaced on most common valve types. Where the valve body itself has failed the wall has to be opened, so we confirm which one you have before quoting rather than after.
Should I replace my washing machine hoses?
Yes, if they are the original rubber ones and more than about five years old. A burst washing machine hose delivers water at full pressure with nobody home and is one of the most damaging failures in a house. Braided stainless replacements and quarter-turn valves cost very little.
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Book a plumber, or call the 24-hour line
Tell us what the water is doing and we will tell you honestly whether it needs somebody tonight or whether it will keep until the morning. Diagnostics are $89 and credited in full against any repair you approve.