The drip comes back after a quick fix
If a rubber washer is swapped on a pitted seat, the drip returns within weeks, because the seat it closes on is worn. Dressing the seat or replacing the stem fixes it for good.
Vienna, Virginia
Shower repair in Vienna.
For shower repair in Vienna, 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 Vienna are rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews and work under Virginia Class A contractor license 2705192276. Shower repair in Vienna, VA, from older houses off Church Street to Wolf Trap: we pull the handle, show you the worn part, then price it. 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
- Our own licensed plumbers
- Run hot and cold, with a toilet flushed, before we leave
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Two of our plumbers in a Northern Virginia basement, beside the water heater and the supply lines that feed the bathrooms upstairs.
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What it costs
What shower repair costs in Vienna.
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 Vienna
In Vienna, the shower often changed when the house got an addition.
Before you call about a loose handle, push on it. If it rocks side to side, a screw has backed out. If it turns but nothing happens, the grip is gone, and it’s a handle or a cartridge.
About a fifth of the Town’s homes went up before 1960 and nearly two-thirds before 1980, with a median owner home from 1972. In houses that old, the original bath often kept a two-handle valve, while the bath added later has a single handle. Two showers, two valves, two different repairs.
A quarter of Vienna’s homes have been built since 2000, many of them rebuilds on old lots, so a new bath next to a 1950s one is not unusual. The Town’s own report puts its water at 5 to 10 grains per gallon, enough to leave a white crust at the base of the showerhead.
Wolf Trap, the county side, runs younger: median 1980, nearly all detached, and about a third built in the 1980s and 90s. Those are single-handle valves, so a drip is a cartridge.
Neighborhood by neighborhood
What wears out in showers across Vienna.
Census figures for the owner-occupied homes in each place, and what usually wears out in the showers of houses that age.
By the numbers
Vienna houses, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
The Town of Vienna
Nearly the whole town sits in 22180, which it shares with county streets toward Dunn Loring and Merrifield.
- Median home built1972 Census
- Built before 1980about 7 in 10 Census
- Built since 2000about 3 in 10 Census
- Most homes aresingle-family houses, about 8 in 10 Census
- Heated withgas, about 8 in 10 Census
- Rentedabout 2 in 10 Census
- Most houses here went up before 1980, and many still have the original single-handle valve, where the parts for the oldest brands can be hard to find. We check what’s in the wall before we promise a cartridge.
- Most homes here are detached houses, where the shower valve can often be reached from a closet or a panel behind the wall.
The county side, around Wolf Trap
Vienna mail outside the town line: Wolf Trap and the Tysons edge in 22182, the Oakton side of 22181, Dunn Loring. The figures are Wolf Trap’s, the biggest piece.
The signs
When a shower in Vienna 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 Vienna.
Questions to ask anybody who pulls your shower handle off, us included.
Will they fix the old valve or push a whole new one?
In a plaster or older wall, a full valve change can mean opening more than you want. Ask what they’d do from the front first, and what it would take to go further.
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.
Two of our crew going over a work order before the day's calls.
From our Google reviews
What our customers say.
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Needed 2 faucets installed and both gentlemen did a nice job. Checked everything out prior to removing old faucets and QC’d everything upon completion of the job. Cleaned up and on their way. Thanks!
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Where we work
Shower repair in every Northern Virginia town we serve
Next door to Vienna: Dunn Loring, Oakton, McLean, Reston and Falls Church.
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Questions
Shower repair questions from Vienna.
Can a Vienna house have both a two-handle shower and a single-handle one?
Yes, and it’s common in houses that were added onto. Each is repaired differently, so tell us which bathroom, and send a photo of the handles.
Do I need a water softener to stop my shower dripping?
No. A softener helps cartridges last, but a drip is a worn part, and the part is what fixes it. If scale is a pattern in your house, ask us about it while the handle is off.
How much is shower repair in Vienna?
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.
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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 Vienna 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.