Tap Replacement in March
Off the main routes out towards the surrounding villages, properties sit on long supply runs where pressure and hard water are the usual issues. Taps don't last forever. They start dripping, the handles stiffen up, the spout corrodes, and eventually they're wasting water and costing you money. A single dripping tap can waste over 5,000 litres a year — that's showing up on your water bill whether you notice it or not.
Many homes here still run open-vented systems with loft tanks, a world apart from the sealed combis in the newer developments. All types of taps are replaced across March — kitchen and bathroom, monobloc and deck-mounted, wall-mounted and pull-out spray. If you've bought a tap yourself, your plumber will fit it. If you'd rather it was supplied for you, your plumber will recommend something that suits your setup, your water pressure, and your budget. Clean swap with no mess left behind.
The railway heritage left rows of solid brick housing, and behind those walls the services have usually been patched rather than renewed. We cover the town centre, West End, Estover, Eastwood, and the surrounding villages. When a tap is replaced, the isolation valves underneath are checked and swapped if they're seized or weeping — so you can actually turn off individual taps in future without shutting off the whole house. The flexi-hoses are replaced at the same time if they're old or corroded. No point fitting a new tap on dodgy connections.
Hard water furs everything up quickly here, so showers, kettles and boilers all feel the effects within a few years of a fresh install. Across March the most common tap calls are the slow-drip kitchen monobloc that's finally given up after years of fighting the limescale, the bathroom basin tap that's stiff because the cartridge has scaled solid, and the bath filler that won't shut off properly. All three are usually fixable with the right brass-bodied replacement and a fresh set of isolation valves. Your plumber stocks the brands they trust and won't fit the throwaway models that fail again within two years.
