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What to do if Your Shower Faucet is Leaking

dripping shower faucet may not seem like a huge problem, especially when you consider the other kinds of plumbing problems that homeowners routinely encounter. However, a dripping faucet can quickly drive up your water bill and may stain your shower wall or floor. It can also be indicative of bigger problems – hinting loose, corroded, or cracked pipes behind your shower wall.

So, what do you do if your shower faucet is dripping or showing signs of a hidden leak?

If your shower faucet is leaking, it can be anything from a loose washer to a worn shower cartridge. If you’re handy, you can troubleshoot the issue yourself and determine whether the fix is feasible on your own. However, if you don’t know much about home plumbing or don’t have the tools to fix whatever the issue is, you will need to find a nearby plumber to fix it for you. Plumbers do shower faucet repairs every day, which means they are accustomed to quickly finding the problem and fixing it without causing any additional damage. The main issue that homeowners have when trying to fix these kinds of issues themselves is making problems worse while trying to fix the initial leak.

Keep in mind that while a replacement shower faucet cartridge part may only be $25-125, the damage that you can do while trying to replace it is significant. If you strip out the connection inside or crack the pipe wrenching on it to try to replace it, you can easily find yourself with a bathroom shower that is out of order, and a labor-intensive plumbing job that requires cutting out drywall to replace the entire faucet housing inside the wall. Keeping that in mind, paying the trip charge and labor fee required to have it worked on by a professional plumber, makes financial sense.

Luckily, most shower repairs are not emergencies, which means that you can schedule plumbing service to fit your needs instead of needing to get it repaired immediately.

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