The tub spout knob pops back down
On a spout with a pull-up knob, a knob that drops while the shower is on means the diverter gasket inside has given out. A new spout, at $200 to $400, solves it without opening the wall.
Dunn Loring, Virginia
Shower repair in Dunn Loring.
For shower repair in Dunn Loring, the plumbing visit is $49, or $250 after hours. Call SwiftPro, rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews, at (703) 997-9757, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
SwiftPro’s plumbers in Dunn Loring are rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews and work under Virginia Class A contractor license 2705192276. Shower repair in Dunn Loring, where most homes are 1980s and 90s houses: we pull the handle, show you the worn part, then give you the price. A cartridge, stems or a diverter usually lands at $250 to $450. A whole new valve, trim included, runs $950 to $1,400, and a new tub spout runs $200 to $400.
- The worn part shown to you before the price
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- Run hot and cold, with a toilet flushed, before we leave
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What it costs
What shower repair costs in Dunn Loring.
These are the same numbers on our shower and tub repair page, from jobs we’ve billed. The visit fee matches our plumbing price list.
Plumbing diagnosis visit
$49
Plumbing diagnosis visit, after hours
$250
Shower valve repair (cartridge, stems, handle, diverter)
$250 to $450
Shower valve replaced, new trim included
$950 to $1,400
Tub spout or diverter spout replaced
$200 to $400
Prices checked .
Where a repair lands in that range depends on the valve brand and how stuck the old cartridge is. You see the number in writing before anything comes apart.
A dripping sink or kitchen faucet is a different repair, with its own prices on our faucet repair page.
What’s different in Dunn Loring
Dunn Loring’s showers are mostly single-handle, so a drip is almost always one part.
In a newer house, a loose handle is nearly always a screw or a worn handle insert, not the valve in the wall. The screw sits behind the cap in the middle, or under the lever. Snug it. If the lever still has play after that, replace the handle.
ZIP 22027 is mostly detached houses, 92 percent by the Census, and the median owner home dates to 1991. About half of its homes were built in the 1980s and 90s. By then single-handle valves that balance pressure were standard, so a drip here means a cartridge, and it comes out through the front of the wall.
Those cartridges are 25 to 35 years old now, and that’s about when the rubber seals tire out. A cartridge failing in a Dunn Loring house isn’t a flaw in how it was built. It’s a part that has done its job for a few decades, and a new one makes the valve like new.
A bit over one home in four here is older than 1980, so we check which valve you have before we bring parts. A tub with two handles gets stems and washers, and a single handle gets a cartridge.
By the numbers
Dunn Loring houses, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
Dunn Loring
ZIP 22027 as a whole: every Dunn Loring address. The Dunn Loring Census place is bigger: about three in four of its homes have Vienna mail.
- Median home built1991 Census
- Built before 1980about 3 in 10 Census
- Built since 2000about 2 in 10 Census
- Most homes aresingle-family houses, about 9 in 10 Census
- Heated withgas, about 7 in 10 Census
- Rentedhardly any Census
- Most homes here are detached houses, where the shower valve can often be reached from a closet or a panel behind the wall.
The signs
When a shower in Dunn Loring needs a plumber.
The handle is loose or spins
Usually a set screw under the cap that backed out, or worn teeth where the handle grips the cartridge. Tightening the screw only lasts if the teeth are still good.
It drips after it’s off
On a single-handle shower that’s the cartridge. On an older two-handle or three-handle shower, it’s the washers or the stems. Either one comes out the front, and the wall stays closed.
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Choosing who does it
How to pick who fixes a shower in Dunn Loring.
Questions to ask anybody who pulls your shower handle off, us included.
Do they carry cartridges for 1990s valves?
Valves from that era are common, and the cartridges are in most trucks, so a second visit just for the part shouldn’t be needed. If they say they have to order one, ask what brand they think it is.
Did they pull the handle before quoting a new valve?
Most loose handles and drips are a cartridge or a screw. A plumber who prices a new valve without looking inside first may be selling you a wall you didn’t need opened.
Did they test it with a toilet flushed?
A shower that runs fine on its own can still jump hot when someone flushes. Ask them to run it both ways before they pack up.
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What our customers say.
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Questions
Shower repair questions from Dunn Loring.
Why does my Dunn Loring shower drip when the house is under 35 years old?
The cartridge’s seals wear after decades of hot and cold cycles and mineral scale. That is a part reaching the end of its life, and replacing it is the fix.
Can I change the shower handle without replacing the valve?
Yes. The handle and trim are separate from the valve body. For a new finish, ask for the trim made for your valve brand so it fits the cartridge you already have.
How much is shower repair in Dunn Loring?
Most shower valve repairs we do run $250 to $450, with the visit at $49, $250 after hours. A whole new valve with trim runs $950 to $1,400, and a tub spout runs $200 to $400.
Will you have to open the wall or break tile?
Not for a cartridge, a handle or a diverter. Those come out the front. A valve replacement goes in from an access panel when there is one, and when there isn’t, a larger trim plate can usually cover the opening so the tile stays.
Ready when you are
Get the shower back to normal.
Call, or send the form at the top. We pull the handle, show you the worn part, and you get the price in writing before we fix it.
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing
4230 Lafayette Center Dr N, Chantilly, VA 20151
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SwiftPro Plumber & Water Heaters
4200 Lafayette Center Dr, Suite N, Chantilly, VA 20151
Virginia Class A contractor license #2705192276
SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing is a licensed, BBB Accredited (A rating), independently owned heating, cooling and plumbing company in Chantilly, serving Dunn Loring and the rest of Northern Virginia. Virginia contractor license #2705192276. 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews on Google, Angi, Yelp, the BBB and Facebook. SwiftPro maintains a dedicated HVAC team and a dedicated plumbing team.
From SwiftPro Heating, Cooling & Plumbing in Chantilly. Housing figures are the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020 to 2024, for each place named; permit, water and sewer facts link to each office’s own page and were checked in September and October 2026.