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Faucet Repair & Installation in Austin — Ceramic Cartridge Specialists
Austin’s hard water shortens the life of every faucet in the house. Aerators clog within months. Ceramic cartridges fail at year 4-6 instead of year 10. Delta and Moen warranty most cartridges for life, which means we can repair instead of replace if the faucet body is sound. Austin Plumbing Pros carries Moen, Delta, Kohler, Pfister, and Hansgrohe cartridges and aerators on the truck. Repairs from $145.
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Hard-water destroys ceramic cartridges in Austin at roughly half the manufacturer’s rated life. A Moen Posi-Temp rated for 10 years is a 4-6 year part here. The good news: Moen and Delta both warranty cartridges for life on most current models. We process the warranty paperwork, install the new part, and you pay only the labor. About 70% of our cartridge calls end with the customer paying $145 and getting a $35 part for free.
The Three Faucet Failures Caused By Austin Water
Aerator clog. Calcium scale builds up in the screen until flow drops by half. Unscrew the aerator, soak in vinegar for 20 minutes, reinstall. We charge $95 if you call us for it; or you can do it yourself in 5 minutes. Ceramic cartridge failure. Hard water grinds at the ceramic disc seals. After 4-6 years the handle gets sloppy, water dribbles, or hot/cold mixing goes wrong. Cartridge swap is $145-$215 depending on the brand and access. Moen and Delta cover the cartridge under warranty for life — we’ll process the warranty for you. Body leak (under the sink). Either the supply line failed (replace with stainless braided, $85), or the faucet body has cracked from freeze or just old age. Body crack means replace the faucet.
When To Repair And When To Replace
A $145 cartridge swap is the right answer on a $250+ faucet — the body is sound and the warranty replaces the part. On a $40 builder-grade faucet that’s developed a body crack or a stripped escutcheon, replacing the unit for $245 makes more sense than chasing parts. We’ll look at brand, age, and damage and tell you honestly. The biggest waste-of-money decision is paying $215 to repair a 12-year-old big-box-brand faucet that’ll have its next failure in 18 months.
What We Install And Why
Kitchen: Moen Arbor with the MotionSense (touchless) — $445 installed. Aging-in-place gold standard, parts are everywhere, hose pull-down is the best in class. Bath lavatory: Delta Lahara — $245 installed. Right balance of style and serviceability. Tub/shower: Moen Posi-Temp single-handle with cartridge swap accessibility — $485 installed including the trim kit. Hansgrohe AXOR Citterio for the design-conscious — $785 and worth it on a $750K+ home for resale. We don’t install no-name Amazon faucets even if you buy them — too many warranty hassles and parts aren’t available.
Outdoor Hose Bibs — Different Problem, Different Fix
Frost-free hose bibs are the only acceptable choice in Austin since Uri 2021. If your home still has a regular hose bib, replace with a Woodford 17 or Arrowhead 480 ($165 each installed). The frost-free unit puts the shutoff valve inside the conditioned space, so even if you forget to disconnect the hose during a freeze, the line drains and doesn’t burst. $165 vs. $1,400 for a burst-pipe repair is the trade.
Filtration At The Faucet — When It’s Worth It
If you don’t want a whole-house filter ($1,850 installed) but you want clean drinking water, an under-sink reverse-osmosis system (APEC 5-stage, $385 installed) gives you cold filtered water at a dedicated faucet. Removes chloramines, chlorine, and most of the calcium that bothers Austin coffee drinkers. We also install Aquasana inline cartridge filters for $195 if you want chlorine taste removed at a single faucet without the under-sink real estate.
Transparent Austin Plumbing Pricing
Service calls from $79 daytime · $189 after-hours (waived if you authorize the repair) · Free written quote on jobs over $500
Five Promises We Keep On Every Austin Job
Written estimate before we cut
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Master plumber on every truck
TSBPE M-43891. The lead tech who arrives at your house is a Master or Journeyman, never apprentice-only. Verify any Austin plumber’s license at tsbpe.texas.gov. 📞 Verify license
Two-year parts-and-labor warranty
Repair fails inside 24 months? We come back free, parts and labor. That’s twice the typical Austin trade warranty and we mean it. 📞 Warranty claim
Every permit, pulled and closed
City of Austin, Travis County, Williamson County, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown — we know every jurisdiction and pull every permit. 📞 Same-day permit
Honest repair-vs-replace math
If the cheaper fix is the right answer, we tell you. We don’t run mandatory membership clubs. We don’t manufacture urgency to upsell a whole-house repipe when a $145 cartridge swap is what you need. 📞 Get a quote
Frequently Asked Questions
How much is faucet repair in Austin?
$145-$215 for cartridge or aerator. $85 for a supply line. Full faucet replacement: $245-$485 installed depending on brand.
What brands do you carry on the truck?
Moen, Delta, Kohler, Pfister cartridges and aerators. Hansgrohe by call-ahead. American Standard and Price Pfister are still around — we get the parts within a day.
Will the manufacturer cover my cartridge?
Moen and Delta have lifetime cartridge warranties on most models. We process the warranty for you — you pay labor, the part is free.
My faucet drips constantly — is that the cartridge?
95% of the time yes. The other 5% is a worn seat in the body, which usually means replacement.
Why does the cold side dribble when I want hot?
Cartridge balance failure. Either the cartridge is worn or installed 180° off from a previous repair. We replace and re-balance.
Should I buy the faucet first or have you bring one?
Either works. If you have a specific style in mind, buy it and we’ll install. If you want us to recommend and warranty the whole package, we’ll bring.
Can you replace a hose bib without breaking the wall?
Most Austin homes — yes. The frost-free body slides into the existing hole. About 20% of installs need a small wall open for an interior shutoff add.
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About Austin Plumbing Pros
Austin Plumbing Pros is the city’s premium master-licensed plumbing operation, run out of three depots — South Slaughter Lane, Anderson Mill, and East Riverside — so a TSBPE-licensed plumber is on-site for most calls within 35-60 minutes of dispatch anywhere inside the 130 loop. Every emergency truck carries a Master or Journeyman as the lead tech (never apprentice-only), the standard inventory truck stocks Rheem, A.O. Smith, and Bradford White water heaters plus Moen, Delta, and Kohler cartridges and aerators, and we pull permits with the City of Austin, Travis County, Williamson County, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, and Manor jurisdictions every business day. We’ve spent enough hours pulling cast iron out of pre-1980 Hyde Park backyards and chasing slab leaks under 1990s North Austin builds that we know which symptom is the easy fix and which is buying time. When you call, a real Austin dispatcher picks up. When the truck arrives, the Master plumber writes you a flat-rate estimate before any drywall or pipe is touched. When the job’s done, you get a two-year parts-and-labor warranty. That’s the entire operation in three sentences.
📞 Same-day service in any Austin ZIP — (512) 555-PLBR · Master licensed TSBPE #M-43891 · TRRC #LP-2089 · $2M general liability · Two-year warranty · Free written quote on any job over $500.