FAUCET REPAIR & INSTALL — FIXED IN ONE VISIT

A drippy faucet isn't just annoying. At one drip per second, you're wasting about 2,700 gallons of water per year — water you're paying for — and a cracked valve under pressure is exactly how a small drip turns into a 2am flood. Most faucet problems are 30-60 minute repairs. Pay a little now, skip the big one later.

Our techs roll with common repair parts on the truck — cartridges, ceramic discs, O-rings, seats and springs, aerators, escutcheon plates, and full replacement faucets in common finishes. Over 80% of the faucet service calls we take wrap the same visit. For the rare case where we need a specialty part (vintage, high-end, or discontinued), we source it overnight and schedule a 2nd visit at no additional trip fee.

What we repair

1. Cartridge faucets — Moen, Delta, Price Pfister, Kohler — cartridge replacement is the #1 repair we do
2. Compression (stem) faucets — older two-handle bathrooms; reseat, repack, new washers
3. Ceramic disc faucets — Glacier Bay, American Standard, higher-end brands — disc kit replacement
4. Ball faucets — older kitchen faucets with a single handle over a ball joint
5. Widespread, centerset, single-hole — any configuration, any finish
6. Shower and tub valves — single-handle, two-handle, three-handle, thermostatic, pressure-balance
7. Outdoor hose bibs and frost-free spigots — freeze-damaged or dripping
8. Pot fillers, bar faucets, prep sinks — kitchen specialty fixtures

What we install

Full faucet replacements are quoted flat-rate by complexity, plus the faucet itself (bring your own from Home Depot, Lowe's, Ferguson, or we can spec and supply). We install Moen, Delta, Kohler, Grohe, Hansgrohe, Pfister, American Standard, Brizo — basically anything the factory designed right. Shower valve swaps cost more when we have to open tile than when we can work from back access.

North Louisiana faucet issues

Hard water is the primary faucet killer in this area. Water averaging 15-25 grains per gallon of hardness builds calcium on aerators, cartridges, and ceramic discs — cutting faucet life 2-3x faster than in soft-water markets. If you're replacing the kitchen cartridge for the second time in five years, that's the water, not the faucet. We pair faucet service with water softener quotes often — the softener usually pays for itself in saved plumbing and appliance replacements over 5-7 years.

Cold-weather freezes on outdoor spigots are also a concern in North Louisiana. A frost-free hose bib with a hose still attached going into a freeze is one of the most common burst-pipe calls we take. If your outdoor spigot is dripping after cold weather or you heard a pop in the wall, call us — a pipe behind the wall may have cracked and it's about to flood as soon as someone opens the valve.

What Mark Johnson & Sons does differently

Same-day scheduling for anything actively leaking. Flat-rate pricing — we tell you the price before we open a wrench. All work comes with a 1-year warranty on parts and labor, plus whatever manufacturer warranty is on a new faucet (Moen, Delta, and Kohler are all lifetime on most residential lines). Service members get 15% off, plus their annual plumbing inspection catches worn cartridges and aerators before they fail.