Faucet Repair and Replacement in Mukilteo, WA
Dripping kitchen faucets, worn tub and shower valves and tired single-handle cartridges, repaired or replaced in Old Town, Harbour Pointe and every neighborhood between, by the licensed plumbers on 5th Street
Stollwerck Plumbing & Sewer repairs and replaces faucets across Mukilteo from our shop in Old Town. Most drips come down to a worn cartridge, stem or seal that we can replace once we know exactly which valve you have. When a faucet is past saving, we install a new one from the truck or one you picked, and we test it before we leave. Our faucet repair page covers the work across the county.
Real Faucet Work in Mukilteo
In September 2025 Logan finished a repair at a waterfront condo in Old Town whose Kohler tub and shower valve needed a new volume cartridge and a new diverter stem. Parts for a valve like that are not sitting on a supply-house shelf, so Logan ordered them directly from Kohler, had them shipped to the owners, and fitted them once they had arrived. He took the trim off, pulled the old cartridge and diverter stem, cleaned up the valve body and installed the new parts. With the water back on he checked every joint for leaks, ran the valve through hot and cold, and confirmed the diverter switched cleanly between the spout and the shower head before he reinstalled the trim and sealed it to the wall. The building’s water pressure was checked on the same call.
In May 2026 Logan and Willie replaced a kitchen faucet in Harbour Pointe for a homeowner we had worked for before. The old low-arc single-handle faucet came off the almond double sink, a chrome Moen Arbor pulldown from the truck went on in its place, and the new faucet was run and checked for leaks at every connection before they left.
The September before, Logan and Justin answered a call at the west end of Harbour Pointe where the kitchen faucet was leaking from inside its body. A leak inside the body is not something a new cartridge can fix, so that faucet was replaced with another chrome Arbor from our stock and run until they were sure of every joint.
What We Do for Mukilteo Faucets
Kitchen Faucet Repair and Replacement
Single-handle kitchen faucets usually fail at the cartridge, the pull-out hose or the body. We replace the cartridge or hose when the body is sound, and we replace the faucet when the body itself leaks, as it did in that west Harbour Pointe kitchen.
Bathroom Faucets
Lavatory faucets drip from worn cartridges and stems, and they leak at the base or at the pop-up drain. A widespread faucet keeps its valves under the counter, which is why a hallway faucet that would not stop running in Harbour Pointe became a replacement rather than a repair.
Tub and Shower Valves
Cartridges, stems and diverters come out through the trim opening without touching the tile. We identify the make and model first, because many valves take one specific part, and that part sometimes has to come from the manufacturer.
Special-Order Parts
When the right part is not on a supply-house shelf, we order it from the manufacturer or a specialty supplier and come back to fit it, as Logan did with the Kohler parts for the Old Town condo.
Shutoffs and Supply Lines
The stops and supply lines under a sink are part of every faucet job. We replace stops that will not close and supply lines that have gone stiff, and we tell you before changing anything you did not call us about.
Mukilteo-Specific Considerations
Old Town and the Waterfront: Valves That Need the Exact Part
Old Town holds the oldest housing in Mukilteo, and its houses and waterfront condos have faucets and valves from several decades and many makers. Parts for those are often a special order, so we photograph and measure the valve, confirm the model and order once, rather than forcing a near match that starts dripping again a month later.
Harbour Pointe: Kitchens From the Late 1980s and 1990s
Harbour Pointe was built out from the late 1980s through the 1990s, and plenty of its kitchens and baths still have their original single-handle faucets. After thirty-odd years the bodies, hoses and cartridges on those faucets are wearing out together, which is why a Harbour Pointe faucet call often ends with a new faucet rather than a new cartridge.
Under the Sink in Harbour Pointe Condos
Many Harbour Pointe condos still have the stops and supply lines they were built with, and under those sinks we find Qest fittings from the polybutylene era and CPVC adapters that fail with age. A faucet change is the easiest time to replace them, because the water is already off and the cabinet is already open.
Soft Water, So Faucets Wear Instead of Scaling
Mukilteo’s water comes from Spada Lake through the Mukilteo Water & Wastewater District, and it carries very little mineral. A faucet here rarely seizes up with scale. What fails instead are the moving parts, the cartridge seals, O-rings and stem washers, and those can usually be replaced on their own.
Pressure Shortens a Faucet’s Life
High static pressure pushes on every seal in the house, all day and all night. We check the pressure on most calls, as we did at the Old Town condo, and if it is running high we talk about a pressure-reducing valve before your new cartridge has a chance to start dripping.
How We Handle a Mukilteo Faucet Call
Find Out What Is Behind the Handle
We take the handle off, identify the faucet or valve, and look at the stops and supply lines underneath before we quote anything.
Get the Right Part
Our standard kitchen faucet rides on the truck. Valve parts are matched to your valve, and anything a supply house cannot provide is ordered from the manufacturer, with the return visit scheduled once it arrives.
Repair or Replace
We repair when the body is sound and the part exists, and we replace when it is not. Either way the valve is cleaned and the new parts go in with the water off.
Test Before the Trim Goes Back On
Hot, cold, the diverter if there is one, and every connection under the sink are checked with the water on before the trim is reinstalled and sealed.
Faucet Repair FAQ for Mukilteo
Will Mukilteo’s soft water make my faucet last longer?
It changes how a faucet fails more than how long it lasts. Mukilteo’s Spada Lake water leaves almost no scale, so handles rarely seize and aerators rarely clog. The cartridge seals, O-rings and stem washers still wear, and a drip here is usually one of those parts, which is often a repair rather than a new faucet.
My Harbour Pointe condo still has its original shutoffs under the sink. Should they go when the faucet does?
Usually, yes. Stops and supply lines from the late 1980s and 1990s are reaching the end of their life, and some Harbour Pointe condos still have Qest fittings or CPVC adapters under the sinks. With the water already off and the faucet out, replacing them adds little time, and we look at them before recommending anything.
Do you bring a replacement faucet, or should I buy one before you come?
Either works. We carry a chrome Moen Arbor pulldown on the truck, the same faucet Logan and Willie set in a Harbour Pointe kitchen in May 2026, so a failed kitchen faucet can often be replaced on the first visit. If you would rather choose your own, buy it first and we will check that it suits your sink.
My tub spout keeps dripping after the shower is off. Is that the diverter?
Usually not. A spout that drips with the valve off means the cartridge or stems are not sealing, while a worn diverter shows up as water still coming from the spout when the shower is on. Older valves can have both problems at once; in an Old Town condo Logan replaced the cartridge and the diverter stem together.
How soon can you get to a faucet that won’t shut off in Old Town or Harbour Pointe?
Often the same day. Our shop is on 5th Street in Old Town, so the waterfront is a few blocks away and Harbour Pointe is a short drive up the hill. Until we arrive, close the two stops under the sink, or for a tub or shower valve, close the main shutoff or your condo’s own shutoff.
Serving Mukilteo From 5th Street
Mukilteo is where we live and work, and a faucet call here rarely means a long drive. Our crews leave from 5th Street in Old Town, which puts the waterfront condos a few blocks away and Harbour Pointe, Goat Trail and Smugglers Cove a few minutes up the hill. When a part has to be ordered, the short drive back makes the return visit easy to fit in soon after the part arrives.
Why Mukilteo Homeowners Choose Us for Faucet Work
Licensed Plumbers, Not Contractors
Every person we send is a licensed plumber on our own crew, so the person who identifies your valve is the person who repairs it.
Parts Matched to the Valve
We would rather order the exact part from Kohler than force a near fit that drips again, and we tell you how long a part will take before we order it.
A One-Year Guarantee
Our workmanship is guaranteed for a full year on every job, faucets and valves included.
A Faucet That Drips, Runs or Leaks
Call the office and tell us what the faucet is doing and, if you can, send a photo of the handle and the trim. Most of the time we can tell you before we arrive whether it is a part or a new faucet.