The shower is weak, but the sink is fine
A clogged shower head or a part-closed stop makes the shower weak without touching the sink. The head unscrews. If it’s clear and the flow is still low, the cartridge ports are plugged.
Remington, Virginia
Shower repair in Remington.
For shower repair in Remington, 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 Remington are rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews and work under Virginia Class A contractor license 2705192276. Shower repair in Remington, from old frame houses on Main and Church Streets to The Meadows: a handle that won’t hold, a drip, or no hot water. 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 Remington.
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 Remington
Remington has a lot of old frame houses and a lot of renters, and a shower repair has to work for both.
A shower handle that spins freely in a Remington house has usually gone one of two ways. The screw under the cap is gone or loose, or the stem’s grooves have worn smooth. One look with the cap off tells us which, and the second one means a cartridge, not a trip to the hardware store.
The County’s plan describes Victorian and Queen Anne houses and I- and L-plan farmhouses along Main, Church, Washington and Franklin Streets. In ZIP 22734, 38 percent of owner homes were built before 1960. Baths in houses that age were mostly added later, and a two-handle shower with worn stems and washers is common. Those are rebuilt from the front, and we say so when the better spend is a new valve.
Roughly 44 percent of the ZIP’s households rent, and that changes what we ask first. If it’s a rental, the landlord decides, pays, and picks the day. Tell them it’s a front-of-the-wall repair at $250 to $450, not a project, and we’ll work from their approval and a time that fits you.
Inside the town limits, water comes from the Town of Remington’s own system, which FCWSA notes is independent of its own. The Meadows is different. FCWSA’s wells there feed tanks and booster pumps, and the report says pressure can run lower in parts of the neighborhood at certain times. A shower that’s weak at the same hour every day is that, not the cartridge.
By the numbers
Remington houses, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
The Fauquier County side
ZIP 22734 as a whole, the Town included: its own homes are too few for steady Census figures. About one home in fourteen in this ZIP is in Culpeper County.
- Median home built1989 Census
- Built before 1980about 5 in 10 Census
- Built since 2000about 2 in 10 Census
- Most homes aresingle-family houses, about 8 in 10 Census
- Heated withelectricity, about 7 in 10 Census
- Rentedabout 4 in 10 Census
- A lot of houses here were built before 1960, when two- and three-handle showers with no pressure balancing were the norm. Stems and washers keep them going, and a new valve is how you stop the cold blast when someone flushes.
- 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 Remington 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 Remington.
Questions to ask anybody who pulls your shower handle off, us included.
If I rent, who should call the plumber?
Your landlord, normally. Ask that they send the plumber a clear description of what’s happening and give you a window to be home. A plumber who works that way saves both of you a second trip.
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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Questions
Shower repair questions from Remington.
My Remington house has three handles on the tub. Can it be rebuilt?
Often. Stems and washers cost less than a new valve, and we’ll tell you if the middle diverter stem can’t be matched.
Does the Town’s water or FCWSA’s matter for my shower repair?
Not for the part we replace. It matters when we judge pressure. A weak shower on a Meadows street is a pressure question before it’s a cartridge question.
How much is shower repair in Remington?
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 Remington 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.