A young shower that drips
On a house this new, a drip after the handle is off is usually one cartridge, not a failing valve. The tell is that it started suddenly, with no stiffness before.
Aldie, Virginia
Shower repair in Aldie.
For shower repair in Aldie, 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 Aldie are rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews and work under Virginia Class A contractor license 2705192276. Shower repair in Aldie and Stone Ridge, where the houses are young and a drip usually means one cartridge gave out early: we pull it and show you. 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 Aldie.
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 Aldie
In Aldie almost every shower is under twenty-five years old, so when one drips, something small failed early.
Check the easy thing for a loose handle: a small set screw on the handle that has backed out. On a shower this young the grip inside is rarely worn, so a snug screw often ends it. If the handle still turns without changing the water, we look at the cartridge stem. That’s less common here than in older houses, and when it happens it’s a quick part.
Nearly all of the homes in ZIP 20105, Stone Ridge included, went up in 2000 or later, and the typical owner home is from 2013. A valve that young should run for decades, so a shower that has begun to drip is telling you something. It may be a seal that failed early, or grit from the supply line that got into the cartridge. Replacing that cartridge is a short job, and it comes out through the front of the wall.
About six homes in ten are detached and three in ten are townhouses. In a newer townhouse the shower is on the second floor over a finished room, and a weeping valve behind the trim can run for a long time before it shows. Dry the trim plate with a towel after you use it. If it is wet again after a few showers, call.
Stone Ridge has several condo communities, Amber Springs, Centre Park, Mercer Park, Stone Mill Corner, Stone Springs and Summerwalk among them, and each has its own management company. If you live in one, call management before a cartridge swap, because the shutoff for your bath may be on a line that serves other units, and they may need to schedule it.
By the numbers
Aldie houses, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
Aldie
ZIP 20105 as a whole: every Aldie address, inside Stone Ridge and out.
- Median home built2013 Census
- Built before 1980hardly any Census
- Built since 2000about 9 in 10 Census
- Most homes aresingle-family houses, about 6 in 10 Census
- Heated withgas, about 8 in 10 Census
- Rentedabout 1 in 10 Census
- Many houses here were built since 2000 with single-handle pressure-balancing valves, where a loose handle or a drip is almost always 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 signs
When a shower in Aldie 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 Aldie.
Questions to ask anybody who pulls your shower handle off, us included.
Do they check the other showers when they replace one cartridge?
If a house built in the same year with the same valves has one failing, the others may follow. A good plumber looks at the brand and tells you whether to expect more.
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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Questions
Shower repair questions from Aldie.
Our Aldie shower is only a few years old and it already drips. Is that normal?
It isn’t common, but it happens. A cartridge seal can fail early, or a bit of grit from the line can hold it open. Replacing the cartridge is a $250 to $450 job, and we show you the old one.
I live in a Stone Ridge condo. Who do I call first about a leaking shower valve?
Your management company, for the shutoff and the schedule. The cartridge and the handle inside your unit are usually yours to repair. Read your documents to be sure.
How much is shower repair in Aldie?
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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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 Aldie 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.