A drip you hear at night
A leak in a shower on a well makes the pump cycle on its own. If you hear it start up with nothing running, look at the shower and the toilets first.
Delaplane, Virginia
Shower repair in Delaplane.
For shower repair in Delaplane, 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 Delaplane are rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews and work under Virginia Class A contractor license 2705192276. Shower repair in Delaplane, where most houses date to the 1980s and 90s, the water comes from your own well, and the first shower valve is now 30 years old. 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 Delaplane.
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 Delaplane
In Delaplane, half the houses date to the 80s and 90s, and their original shower valves are due.
A handle that has gone loose on a valve that old is often a sign the part behind it is tired too. Check the screw first. If it holds and the handle still rocks, replace the handle. If the water starts seeping around the stem afterward, the cartridge is next.
About half the homes in ZIP 20144 were built between 1980 and 1999, and another quarter since 2000. A single-handle valve from that era often starts to wear around the twenty-to-thirty year mark, which is about where a lot of Delaplane houses are now.
There’s no public water system in Delaplane. FCWSA’s 2025 report lists sixteen, and the nearest is Paris, so each house is on its own well and pump. That also means the shower has no one to complain to but you, and no water bill to warn you that it’s dripping.
Storms matter out here. The National Weather Service logged gusts of 80 to 90 mph near Cobbler Mountain Road in June 2022, and trees and wires cut power near Delaplane in September 2023. When power comes back, air in the lines can make a shower spit for a minute. If the handle drips after that clears, it’s the cartridge.
By the numbers
Delaplane houses, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
Delaplane
ZIP 20144 as a whole: every Delaplane address.
- Median home built1986 Census
- Built before 1980about 2 in 10 Census
- Built since 2000about 3 in 10 Census
- Most homes aresingle-family houses, nearly all Census
- Heated withelectricity, about 3 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 Delaplane 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 Delaplane.
Questions to ask anybody who pulls your shower handle off, us included.
Can they get cartridges for 1980s and 90s valves?
Common brands from that era are still stocked. Ask what brand is behind your wall, and whether the part is in hand or on order.
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.
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What our customers say.
5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews. Read them on our reviews page.
James Milligan (Jimbo) did a GREAT job fixing a pipe & replacing a valve in our basement.
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Where we work
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Questions
Shower repair questions from Delaplane.
Is a 30-year-old shower valve worth repairing, or should I replace it?
If it’s a common brand, a cartridge is cheap and holds, around $250 to $450. If the body is cracked, or the part can’t be had, replacement runs $950 to $1,400 with trim. We’ll show you what we find before you choose.
Why does my shower sputter after the power comes back on?
The well pump emptied the lines, and air is working its way out. Run the tub tap for a minute with the shower off and it usually clears. If the spitting keeps coming back, the cause is further up the line than the handle.
How much is shower repair in Delaplane?
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
44679 Endicott Dr, Suite 211, Ashburn, VA 20147
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 Delaplane 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.