Faucets, sinks, and supply stops
Faucet and fixture repair in Aurora
A drip at a spout is usually a cartridge or a washer. Water under the sink, or a stain on the ceiling below, may be a supply line, a trap, or a pipe in the wall. Those are not the same visit.
What you can describe before anyone arrives
Is the water only at the spout, only under the sink, or both? Does it happen with hot, cold, or either handle? Does the ceiling below get wet when the faucet is off? A spout drip with a dry cabinet is a fixture repair. A wet cabinet with the faucet off is a supply stop, a dishwasher line, or a disposal connection. A wet ceiling with everything off under the sink is a leak in the wall or ceiling, not a new faucet.
Replacing the whole faucet is reasonable when the body is corroded or the finish is done. It is a poor substitute for a pinhole in the hot line in the wall. Pipe repair is that second job. Replacing every supply pipe in the house is repiping, and one bad faucet does not prove it.
Install versus repair
A new faucet on the same holes, with the same supply stops, is a short visit if the stops still shut. Stops that will not close turn the job into a water shutoff for the house. Ask whether the stops work before the day of the work. A new sink that changes the drain height, or a pot filler that needs a new pipe in the wall, is closer to a remodel. Englewood lists a change to water lines among work that needs a permit. Aurora treats plumbing changes as permitted work when the inspections rules apply. Ask for the address.
Toilets are their own page: toilet repair. A disposal that hums or leaks is the disposal. Do not buy a faucet to solve either one.
Questions to settle first
The faucet drips. Do I need new pipes?
Usually no. A drip at the spout with a dry cabinet is a cartridge, a seat, or the faucet body. New pipes are for a leak in the wall, a rotten stop, or repeated pinholes on several lines. Ask the plumber to show you the wet part before you approve a repipe.
Water is under the sink only when the dishwasher runs.
That points to the dishwasher hose or its connection, not the spout. A new faucet will not stop it. Ask for that hose and the air gap or the drain loop to be checked. If the cabinet is wet with every fixture off, look for a supply leak instead.
Can I shut the water at the little valves?
If they turn and the flow stops, yes, those are the stops for that faucet. If they spin or snap, stop forcing them. The house shutoff, not a guessed street valve, is the next step. In Castle Rock the street valve belongs to the Town. Do not dig for it.
Does a new kitchen faucet need a permit in Aurora?
A like-for-like faucet on working stops often stays a repair. Moving the pipe, opening the wall, or changing the drain can cross into permitted work. Englewood specifically lists water-line changes as permit work. Ask the building department for your parcel rather than using a neighboring city's list.
