A drip that started with the weather
Old stems and washers get stiff in cold, and a drip that comes and goes with the season is often a washer that’s lost its shape. It’s a cheap part, and it comes out through the front.
Triangle, Virginia
Shower repair in Triangle.
For shower repair in Triangle, 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 Triangle are rated 5.0 stars across 1,130 reviews and work under Virginia Class A contractor license 2705192276. Shower repair in Triangle, where a 1946 house in Carborough Heights and a 2004 house in Lionsfield Valley need different fixes behind the handle. 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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- Run hot and cold, with a toilet flushed, before we leave
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What it costs
What shower repair costs in Triangle.
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 Triangle
Triangle’s subdivisions run from 1946 to 2004, so one town has every kind of shower valve.
The county recorded Carborough Heights in 1946 and East Graham Park in 1959, then Kerill Woods in 2001 and Lionsfield Valley and Moncure Woods in 2004. Seventeen percent of Triangle’s homes predate 1960, and nearly half were built since 2000. A shower in the first group tends to be a two-handle valve, or one swapped in later. In the second group, it’s almost always a single cartridge.
For the older houses, a drip usually means the stems or washers, and a loose handle may mean a stem worn at the splines. We rebuild first and replace when the stems can’t be matched. For the newer ones, a handle that droops or a drip after shutoff is the cartridge, which is a front-side job.
Prince William Water supplies most of Triangle with Occoquan Reservoir water, treated at Griffith, and its tests ran from 2.6 to 10.5 grains per gallon in 2025. A few houses out along Joplin, Johnson and Williams Roads sit past the lines and are likely on wells, where grit can wedge under a cartridge seal and make a shower drip.
About one home in six is in a small multi-unit building, and another sixth in a larger one. If yours is, find out who controls the shutoff before we schedule. A cartridge swap is a ten-minute job when the water can go off, and a long wait when it can’t.
By the numbers
Triangle houses, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau’s 2020 to 2024 survey. Median year built and heat count owner-occupied homes only.
Triangle
- Median home built2003 Census
- Built before 1980about 4 in 10 Census
- Built since 2000about 5 in 10 Census
- Most homes aresingle-family houses, about 6 in 10 Census
- Heated withgas, about 8 in 10 Census
- Rentedabout 4 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 Triangle 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 Triangle.
Questions to ask anybody who pulls your shower handle off, us included.
Did they ask which subdivision you’re in before picking parts?
In Triangle, the street often tells you the valve: 1940s and 50s sections lean toward two handles, 2000s sections toward one cartridge. A plumber who asks has probably done this before.
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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What our customers say.
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Questions
Shower repair questions from Triangle.
My Carborough Heights shower has two handles and drips. Rebuild or replace?
If it drips but stays at a steady temperature, new stems are the cheaper answer, at $250 to $450. If it jumps hot when a toilet flushes, a pressure-balancing valve is the better fix, at $950 to $1,400 with trim.
My Lionsfield Valley shower was fine until last month. What changed?
A twenty-year-old cartridge simply wears out. It’s the common failure on a 2004 house, and it comes out the front for $250 to $450. The visit is $49, or $250 after hours.
How much is shower repair in Triangle?
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 Triangle 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.