A dripping faucet wastes water and points to a worn part inside. New Pro repairs or replaces kitchen, bath, and utility faucets across the Westside — flat-rate, clean, and done right the first visit.
Written bySteven Lockhart
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Reviewed byMiguel Lopez, Owner & Licensed Plumber, New Pro Plumbing (CSLB #974600)
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Last reviewedJune 2026 · 6 min read
Quick Answer
Most faucet drips come from a worn cartridge, washer, or O-ring — inexpensive parts that fail with age and West LA’s hard water. New Pro repairs the faucet you have when it makes sense, or installs a new one when the body is corroded, and quotes a flat rate before any work.
A faucet that drips, drags, or leaks at the base can usually be repaired — but not always worth repairing. This page is part of our complete guide to residential plumbing services across West Los Angeles. The deciding factors are the condition of the faucet body and whether replacement parts still exist for the model. A worn cartridge in a quality faucet is a quick, inexpensive fix. A corroded body, a failing finish, or a discontinued cartridge usually means a new faucet is the smarter spend.
Faucet repair is the replacement of the worn internal parts — cartridge, washers, O-rings, or seats — that cause a faucet to drip, stick, or leak, restoring a sound faucet body to full working order without replacing the whole fixture.
Los Angeles water is hard, and the dissolved minerals leave scale that grinds against rubber seals and seizes cartridges. The same hardness that spots your glassware shortens the life of every valve in the house. A whole-house water softener slows that wear, but even without one, a clean cartridge swap returns most faucets to like-new.
One drip per second wastes thousands of gallons a year, and on a hot-water faucet you pay to heat every drop. The U.S. EPA puts household leaks at nearly a trillion gallons nationally each year (EPA WaterSense). Fixing a drip is one of the cheapest plumbing repairs there is, and it pays for itself.
The most common faucet problems are a steady drip from the spout, a leak around the handle base, low flow, and a handle that is hard to turn. Each points to a specific worn part, and most are repaired in a single visit.
A drip from the spout is a worn cartridge or seat. A leak around the base is a failed O-ring. Low water pressure at one faucet usually means a clogged aerator, not a house-wide problem. A stiff handle is scale on the cartridge — a cleaning or swap fixes it. See our guide to a dripping faucet for quick checks before you call.
Faucet dripping or stuck? We’ll fix it fast.
Call (310) 663-7666When replacement is the right call, choose a faucet by mounting configuration, valve quality, and finish durability rather than price alone. A solid-brass body with a ceramic-disc cartridge outlasts a budget zinc faucet several times over in hard water.
We confirm the hole spacing on your sink, match the new faucet to it, and install with new supply lines and a clean seal. See our overview of faucet installation cost for what drives the price.
The Bottom Line
A dripping faucet is rarely a big repair — usually a worn cartridge or O-ring that New Pro can swap in one visit. When the body is corroded or parts are gone, replacement is the better value, and we will tell you straight which way to go and quote a flat rate first.
Tightening the handle does not fix a drip — the leak is from a worn cartridge, washer, or seat inside the valve, and over-tightening can crack the handle or damage the stem. The fix is to replace the worn part, which is quick and inexpensive on most faucets.
Repair is almost always cheaper when the faucet body is sound and parts are available — a cartridge or washer is a small fraction of a new faucet’s cost. Replacement makes sense when the body is corroded, the finish is failing, or the model’s parts are discontinued. New Pro tells you which way is the better value before starting.
Most faucet repairs take under an hour. Replacing a cartridge, washer, or aerator is straightforward when the part is on hand. A full faucet replacement usually takes about an hour to ninety minutes, including new supply lines.
Low flow at a single faucet is almost always a clogged aerator — the small screen at the tip of the spout that catches mineral scale and debris. Cleaning or replacing the aerator restores flow. If pressure is low throughout the house, that points to a different issue covered on our low water pressure guide.
Yes. If you have already bought a faucet, we are glad to install it. We will confirm it matches your sink’s hole configuration first, and we install with new supply lines for a clean, leak-free connection.
Yes. Los Angeles water is hard, and the dissolved minerals leave scale that wears rubber seals and seizes cartridges faster than the faucet’s rating suggests. Cleaning the aerator periodically helps, and a whole-house softener slows wear across every fixture.
This page was written by the New Pro Plumbing content team and reviewed for technical accuracy by Miguel Lopez, owner and California-licensed plumber (CSLB #974600). Guidance follows U.S. EPA, U.S. Department of Energy, and California agency sources where cited. Any figures reflect New Pro Plumbing's typical practice and West Los Angeles conditions, not a quote — we confirm pricing in writing before any work begins.
What’s new: June 2026 — first publication.
A dripping faucet wastes water and points to a worn part inside. New Pro repairs or replaces kitchen, bath, and utility faucets across the Westside — flat-rate, clean, and done right the first visit.
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