Faucet & Fixture Installation
Installed so the next person can service it
A faucet swap looks simple until the shutoff under the sink will not close, or the supply line snaps because it has been there since the Ford administration. In a house this age, we plan on replacing those.
- Kitchen and bathroom faucets
- Shower and tub valve replacement
- Angle stops and supply lines
- Your fixture or ours
What we replace
The parts nobody thinks about until they fail
The fixture is the visible half. These are the parts that actually cause the callbacks in older homes.
Angle stops
The shutoff valves under the sink. In a 1960s house these are frequently original and frequently seized. They get replaced.
Supply lines
Braided lines have a service life measured in years, not decades. An old supply under a sink is one of the most common household flood sources.
Escutcheons and seals
The trim that keeps water out of the wall behind a shower valve. Skipping it is how a valve replacement becomes a drywall repair.
Replacing fixtures because pressure is bad? Read why your water pressure is low first — a new faucet will not fix a scaled supply line.
Why it matters
Why installation quality shows up later
Shutoffs that actually shut off
When a supply line fails at 2am, the only thing between you and a flooded kitchen is that little valve. It should turn.
No slow drips inside the cabinet
A connection that weeps a drop an hour destroys a cabinet base over a year without ever making a sound.
Serviceable, not sealed in
We install so the next repair is a repair, not a demolition. That includes access and correct trim.
Compatible with old plumbing
Adapting a modern fixture to sixty-year-old rough-in is its own small craft. Done wrong it leaks at the connection, not the fixture.
Shower valves
The one that is worth doing right
Faucets are surface work. A shower valve lives inside the wall, and in an original 1960s bathroom that wall is usually tile.
Replacing a shower valve means opening the wall behind it, which is why we would rather do it once and properly than twice. We use pressure-balanced or thermostatic valves so the shower does not scald when a toilet flushes — worth noting, because the two-handle valves original to these houses offer no such protection. We set the valve at the correct depth for the finished wall, and install an access panel or serviceable trim where the layout allows. If original tile is going back over it, we will tell you plainly what that means for the next repair.
How we work
What to expect when you call
- 01
Bring us the fixture, or not
Happy to install what you have already bought, or to recommend fixtures that are still serviceable in ten years.
- 02
We check what is behind it
Shutoffs, supply lines and the condition of the connections before we commit to a same-visit install.
- 03
Installed and tested
Run, checked for leaks under the cabinet, and the work area cleaned up.
Free estimate
Get a fixture installed
Tell us what you are replacing and whether you already have the fixture. Most jobs are a single visit.
Related: toilet repair, leak detection, low water pressure, galvanized pipe replacement, emergency plumber
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