A shower that bangs or whistles
A whistle through the valve, or a thump when you shut it, often points to high pressure or a worn cartridge seat. Check the gauge at the hose bib. Over 80 psi means a regulator belongs on the list.
Catlett, Virginia
Shower repair in Catlett.
For shower repair in Catlett, 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 Catlett are rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews and work under Virginia Class A contractor license 2705192276. Shower repair in Catlett, on FCWSA’s tower pressure or your own well: a drip after shutoff, a loose handle, or a shower that gets blasting cold or hot. 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.
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What it costs
What shower repair costs in Catlett.
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 Catlett
In Catlett the pressure comes from a tower on Old Dumfries Road, and a shower valve feels every pound of it.
A loose handle in Catlett starts the way it does everywhere. A screw under the cap backs out, or the stem’s grip wears round, and a cartridge is what holds it for good. Tightening is the five-minute fix. A new cartridge is the one that lasts.
FCWSA’s Catlett system is two wells pumping to an elevated tank, and the height of that tank is what pushes water to your tap. A house low in the district can see a lot more pressure than one up the hill. FCWSA says it can’t guarantee uniform pressure, and that over 80 psi the customer should install a pressure regulating valve. High pressure shortens a cartridge’s life, so a shower that drips again within a couple of years is a reason to put a gauge on a hose bib.
Catlett’s ZIP is all detached homes, and 44 percent were built before 1980, which usually means an early single-handle valve, with the oldest brands hard to match. We check what’s in the wall before promising to replace a cartridge. A modest share of 1950s farmhouses may have two handles. About a quarter were built since 2000 with pressure-balancing valves where a drip is almost always the cartridge.
Past the tower’s service area, houses here are on wells of their own, with a pressure tank doing the tower’s work. The valve repair is the same either way. The difference is where we look for the cause of a surge: on the tank side, or the valve.
By the numbers
Catlett houses, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
Catlett
ZIP 20119 as a whole: every Catlett address, the village included. The Census place for the village alone has too few homes for steady figures.
- Median home built1990 Census
- Built before 1980about 4 in 10 Census
- Built since 2000about 2 in 10 Census
- Most homes aresingle-family houses, nearly all Census
- Heated withelectricity, about 5 in 10 Census
- Rentedabout 2 in 10 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 Catlett 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 Catlett.
Questions to ask anybody who pulls your shower handle off, us included.
Will they check my water pressure before swapping a cartridge?
A pressure gauge takes a minute. A plumber who skips it may install a part that fails again for the same reason.
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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James Milligan (Jimbo) did a GREAT job fixing a pipe & replacing a valve in our basement.
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Questions
Shower repair questions from Catlett.
Is it the water company’s job to fix my shower pressure?
The Authority maintains its mains and the line to the meter. Everything on your side, the valve and a regulator included, is yours, and our visit is $49.
My Catlett shower drips a little after I shut it off. Can it wait?
It can wait a few weeks, but not forever. A drip wears the seat further every day, and a cartridge at $250 to $450 is cheaper than a valve at $950 to $1,400.
How much is shower repair in Catlett?
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 Catlett 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.