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A Dripping Tap Doesn't Feel Urgent Until You've Heard It Every Night For Six Weeks
None of these are emergencies. All of them wear a household down eventually: the tap that drips after midnight, the toilet that refills itself every twenty minutes, the shower that's gone from a proper pressure to a dribble.
Most of it comes down to one worn part: a washer, a cartridge, a valve seat. The instinct is often to replace the whole fitting, which costs more than it needs to when the actual part causing the problem is small and cheap.
The other common call is simpler still: someone's chosen a new tap, toilet, or shower they like the look of and just needs it fitted properly, without guessing at the plumbing behind the wall first.
What Happens When You Call
Find the actual worn part
A dripping tap or a running toilet almost always comes down to one component, identified before anything's replaced wholesale.
Fix or fit, either way tested properly
Whether it's a repair or a new fitting going in, it gets tested under real use before Sam leaves, not just glanced at.
Honest advice on repair versus replace
If an old fitting's genuinely at the end of its life, that's said plainly rather than patching something that'll be back in a month.
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Taps, Toilets & Showers: The Questions People Ask
Is it worth fixing an old tap or just replacing it?+
Depends what's actually worn and how old the fitting is. If a cheap part sorts it, that's what gets recommended. If it's genuinely at the end of its life, you'll be told that too.
Why does my toilet keep refilling itself?+
Almost always a worn flush valve or float mechanism letting water trickle through slowly. Cheap to fix, and worth doing since it's quietly adding to the water bill the whole time it's ignored.
Can you fit a tap or shower I've already bought?+
Yes, customer-supplied fittings are fitted regularly, provided they're suitable for the pipework behind them.
Do you fit customer-supplied parts generally?+
Yes, though it's worth checking compatibility with Sam before buying if you're not sure.