The correct part, not another tighten
A drip that keeps time all night, a handle gone stiff or loose, water that trickles where it used to flow: in most Davie homes, a worn internal part is the cause, not a faucet that needs replacing, and figuring out which one comes first.
My faucet still drips after I tightened it. Why?
A persistent drip is rarely about a loose handle; it’s almost always a worn seal somewhere inside the faucet body. Most faucets made in recent decades rely on a cartridge, a ball assembly, or a ceramic disc to control flow, and each of those wears down the same way any moving mechanical part eventually does, letting a small trickle through even with the handle turned fully off. Cranking the handle harder doesn’t reach that internal seal at all, and it can damage the mechanism faster, so a hard tighten only buys a few quiet days before the drip returns.
The real fix is swapping out whichever specific part failed, cartridge, washer, or disc, matched correctly to that faucet’s make and internal mechanism, and it’s normally a contained job rather than a full faucet swap. Since the common cartridge styles are kept on hand, most of these repairs wrap up in a single visit rather than needing a second trip once the correct part is confirmed.
WHAT WE REPAIR
Traceable to a worn cartridge, washer, or ceramic disc depending on faucet type. Left running steadily, it wastes more over a month than it appears to at a glance.
Frequently a mineral-clogged aerator; occasionally a cartridge failing internally and choking flow rather than the aerator being at fault.
Generally worn mounting hardware, or a cartridge that’s begun to bind, either one a straightforward correction once it’s been identified.
Usually a worn O-ring at the point where the faucet body sits against the counter or sink deck, a separate issue from a spout drip and easy to confuse with one.
Shows up often after a season of heavy irrigation use, and it’s worth addressing before the next freeze warning or storm finds that weakened seal.
Fig. A single-story home behind a white rail fence on a large shaded lot with mature live oaks and hanging Spanish moss, typical of a large-lot Davie property
DAVIE, SPECIFICALLY
Properties west of University Drive drawing from a private well tend to see more sediment and mineral content in their supply than homes on treated municipal water do. That difference speeds up buildup inside an aerator and around a cartridge’s moving parts compared with a faucet fed by the city system.
A large stretch of central Davie went up across the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, and faucet seals don’t last indefinitely. It’s common to find a cartridge failing in one house and a nearly identical one failing two doors down within the same season, simply because the homes themselves share an age.
An average household’s kitchen faucet sees many times the daily use a bathroom faucet gets, and that difference in wear shows up directly in which fixture generates the most repair calls citywide.
Before you call
In most cases, yes. Cartridges and seals follow fairly standard patterns by manufacturer and model, and common types are kept on hand for a same-visit fix.
If the faucet body itself is sound and only an internal part has failed, repair is usually the smarter call, and that’s the honest answer you’ll get rather than a push toward something you don’t need.
More than it seems, since the loss is constant rather than occasional. Weeks of a steady drip can add a real, visible amount to a water bill.
Yes. The same worn-part reasoning applies, and outdoor fixtures typically wear faster given the extra exposure to sun and irrigation use.
Yes. If one is already being looked at, mentioning a second issue elsewhere in the house at booking usually saves a separate trip out.
Ready when you are
A worn part replaced today costs less than the water that drip wastes while it waits.
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