Faucet Leak Detection & Repair in Georgetown, TX

A slow drip is faster than you think

One drip a second does not sound like much, but it runs around the clock and adds up to gallons a day and hundreds across a year. On Georgetown's hard water, those drips arrive sooner than they would elsewhere, because the same minerals that scale your pipes also chew up the moving parts inside a faucet.

The fix is usually small once we know what is leaking. The trick is that a faucet can leak in several different places, and each one points to a different part.

Where a faucet actually leaks

A drip from the spout when the handle is off means the cartridge, washer, or seat has worn out and no longer holds back the water. A leak at the base of the spout or around the handle points to a failed O-ring. A puddle that collects in the cabinet under the sink is usually a loose or corroded supply connection rather than the faucet body at all.

Telling these apart saves money. Replacing a whole faucet when a worn O-ring was the culprit is a common and avoidable overspend.

Why hard water shortens faucet life in Georgetown

At roughly 25.8 grains per gallon, Georgetown's water leaves mineral deposits everywhere it sits still, and the inside of a faucet is full of tight tolerances where that scale does damage. Cartridges grow stiff and grind, seats pit, and aerators clog until the stream sputters. Homes across Cimarron Hills and the rest of the city see cartridges fail years sooner than the manufacturer would predict on soft water.

It is also why a faucet that was rebuilt a couple of years ago can need attention again. The water never stops working on it.

Finding and fixing the leak

We start by running the faucet and watching exactly where the water appears, with the handle on and off, which usually identifies the failed part on the spot. Under the cabinet, we check the supply lines, the shutoffs, and the connections for the slow weep that stains the wood. From there the repair is a matched cartridge, a fresh set of O-rings and seats, or a tightened or replaced supply line.

When a faucet is old enough that parts are scarce or the body itself is corroded, we will say so and let you weigh a rebuild against a replacement. No guesswork, no upsell.

Small leak, easy save

Faucet leaks are some of the most satisfying to fix, because a small, inexpensive repair stops real ongoing waste. Catching the drip early also keeps a cabinet leak from quietly ruining the base of a vanity or warping a kitchen cabinet floor.

If a faucet in the kitchen or bath has started to drip, weep, or stiffen up, it is worth a quick look before the hard water finishes the job. A quick repair also tells us whether the same scale is starting on the shutoffs and supply lines below, so we can flag a connection that is close to weeping before it actually does. Catching that early is the kind of small save that keeps a kitchen or vanity cabinet from ever seeing water in the first place.