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Yes, Masters Plumbing Service provides round-the-clock Faucet Repair services directly in Lewiston, MN.

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Dripping or Low-Flow Faucet in Lewiston, MN? Masters Plumbing Service Repairs Any Valve Type

Name: Masters Plumbing Service
Telephone: +1-855-718-1500
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Rating: 4.9

Low water flow at a kitchen or bathroom faucet is almost always a clogged aerator or a partially failed cartridge — not low supply pressure. Stiff handles, dripping spouts, and leaks under the sink each trace to specific internal components. Our techs in Lewiston know faucet valve anatomy across all the major brands and carry the parts to fix them.

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All Faucet Brands & Types Cartridge & Ceramic Disc Specialists Kitchen, Bath & Outdoor Fixtures Stocked Parts On-Truck

Licensed Faucet Repair service in Lewiston, MN - Masters Plumbing Service

Our Qualifications

4 Things That Set Our Faucet Repair Service Apart in Lewiston, MN

Faucet repair looks simple until the wrong cartridge is installed, a seat-and-spring assembly is put in backwards, or a corroded packing nut strips during removal. Our techs know the specific disassembly sequence for the faucets they work on in Lewiston, MN.

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Valve-Type Specific Expertise

Ball faucets, cartridge faucets, ceramic disc faucets, and compression faucets all fail differently and require different repair approaches. A ball-type faucet drips from a worn ball, springs, seats, or O-rings — all small parts that come in a manufacturer-specific repair kit. A cartridge faucet drip is almost always solved by cartridge replacement. Knowing which type you have before touching it determines whether the repair takes 30 minutes or 2 hours.

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Brand Knowledge Across Major Lines

Moen, Delta, Kohler, Price Pfister, American Standard, Grohe, Hansgrohe — each brand uses proprietary cartridge and valve designs that are not interchangeable. Moen uses their own 1200 and 1225 cartridge system; Delta uses ball valves in older fixtures and cartridges in newer ones; Kohler uses Rite-Temp pressure-balance cartridges in shower valves.

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Shower & Tub Valve Specialists

Shower valves — particularly pressure-balance and thermostatic mixing valves — are more complex than a kitchen sink faucet and have safety implications if repaired incorrectly. We carry cartridges for the major pressure-balance valve brands common in Lewiston, MN homes and understand the anti-scald setpoint calibration that should be verified after any shower valve cartridge replacement.

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Under-Sink Leak Diagnosis

Not every under-sink leak is the faucet itself — many are supply line connections, P-trap slip joints, garbage disposal collars, or drain body gaskets. Our techs trace the water source precisely before recommending a faucet repair or replacement.

Our Faucet Services

From Kitchen to Shower — Faucet Repair Across Your Home

Here's the full range of faucet repair work our techs handle in Lewiston, MN — by fixture type and by symptom.

Kitchen

Kitchen Faucet Repair & Replacement

Older kitchen faucets with two separate handles use compression valves — each handle has a rubber seat washer that wears and needs periodic replacement. We stock washers and seat tools for these older designs, which are still common in Lewiston, MN homes built before 1980.

Bathroom

Bathroom Sink Faucet Repair

Single-handle bathroom faucets use cartridge valves — one cartridge controls both hot/cold mixing and volume. When the cartridge wears, the result is a drip that typically starts slowly and worsens over months. We identify the cartridge model by the faucet brand and replace it with the correct OEM cartridge.

Shower

Shower Valve Cartridge Replacement

Shower pressure-balance valves keep the water temperature stable when someone flushes a toilet or runs a dishwasher. When the cartridge wears, you lose that temperature compensation — hot and cold water temperatures swing unpredictably during the shower. We replace pressure-balance cartridges for Moen, Delta, Kohler, and other common brands found in Lewiston, MN homes.

Outdoor

Outdoor Spigot & Hose Bibb Repair

Freeze-proof (anti-siphon) hose bibbs found in colder Lewiston, MN climates have a longer stem that shuts water off 8–12 inches inside the heated wall. When these fail or freeze-crack internally, the whole bibb typically needs replacement to restore the freeze-protection function.

Low Flow

Aerator Cleaning & Flow Restoration

Persistent low flow after aerator cleaning points to a partially failed cartridge that's not opening fully, or a kinked supply hose under the sink. We trace the restriction and resolve it.

Replacement

Full Faucet Replacement

We handle the full installation: shut the supply, disconnect the old faucet, inspect the supply lines and angle stop valves, install the new faucet, connect supply, adjust the aerator, and verify drip-free operation before leaving.

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Our Process

Masters Plumbing Service's Faucet Repair Workflow in Lewiston

We identify the valve type before ordering or installing any part. The right cartridge for your faucet brand is what produces a lasting result — not a generic part that fits loosely.

Call & Describe Your Faucet Symptom

Drip at the spout? Leak at the base? Stiff handle? Low flow? Knowing the symptom and, if possible, the faucet brand lets us arrive with the most likely replacement parts already stocked on the truck.

Valve Type Identification & Diagnosis

For many major-brand cartridges — Moen 1225, Delta RP46074, Kohler GP30413 — the part is on the truck and the repair proceeds immediately.

Flat-Rate Quote & Repair Execution

You receive a flat-rate quote covering parts and labor before the water is shut off under the sink. Common repairs — cartridge replacement, ball assembly rebuild, aerator service — are straight-forward pricing with no variable labor component.

Verify Zero Drip Before Leaving

After repair, we run the faucet through the full temperature range, check the spout, base, handle, and supply connections for any drip, and confirm the aerator flow is unrestricted. The repair is complete when we can demonstrate it's dry and flowing correctly.

Customer Reviews

Masters Plumbing Service Faucet Repair — Our Customers Speak

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Single-handle Moen bathroom faucet dripping at the spout. Tech pulled the cartridge — an old 1200 design that was heavily scaled — swapped in a new Moen cartridge, adjusted the flow limiter, and the faucet has been silent for three months. Clean work, fast, reasonably priced.

— K. Svensson, Lewiston

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My shower temperature was impossible to control — any toilet flush or washing machine cycle would cause a cold spike mid-shower. Masters Plumbing Service replaced the pressure-balance cartridge in the Kohler valve, set the anti-scald stop at 120°F, and tested temperature stability by running the toilet while the shower ran. The swing went from 15+ degrees to less than 2. That's how a pressure-balance valve is supposed to work.

— P. & G. Delacroix, Lewiston, MN

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Full bathroom faucet replacement — my old two-handle fixture was discontinued and no cartridges were available. Masters Plumbing Service supplied a quality Moen single-handle faucet in the same 4-inch centerset configuration, removed the old fixture, replaced the supply lines with braided steel, and installed the new unit. Clean, level installation. Also replaced both angle stop valves under the sink since the originals were 20 years old and barely turned.

— R. Fontaine, Lewiston, MN

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Common Questions

Faucet Repair FAQ for Lewiston, MN Homeowners

The more important issue: a drip that starts slow almost never stays at one drip per second. The cartridge or seat washer continues to deteriorate, worsening the leak until it's a steady stream or a handle that no longer shuts off at all.

For most faucets from established brands — Moen, Delta, Kohler, Price Pfister — replacement cartridges and repair kits are available and the fixture is worth repairing. We carry or can source these parts and prefer repair over replacement when the faucet body itself is in good condition.

Temperature swings during a shower — particularly when another fixture is used elsewhere in the house — indicate a failing pressure-balance cartridge. The cartridge's job is to compensate for supply pressure changes caused by other fixtures drawing hot or cold water, keeping shower temperature stable. When the cartridge wears, it loses this compensation ability and temperature follows the pressure fluctuation.

Stiffness in a faucet handle is usually caused by mineral scale accumulation on the cartridge tracks and O-ring contact surfaces, or a cartridge that's beginning to seize from corrosion. In many cases, a new cartridge — which comes with new lubricated O-rings and a clean ceramic or plastic body — restores smooth operation completely.

Cartridge faucets use a replaceable ceramic or plastic cartridge that slides in and out of the valve body — repair means pulling the old cartridge and installing the new one in the correct orientation. Ball faucets use a rotating stainless-steel or brass ball with ports that align with supply inlets — repair means a rebuild kit with new ball (if scored), springs, seats, and O-rings installed into the cleaned valve body.

Cartridge replacement on a standard bathroom or kitchen faucet: 30–45 minutes. Ball faucet rebuild: 45–60 minutes. Shower pressure-balance cartridge replacement and anti-scald verification: 60–90 minutes. Aerator cleaning: 15 minutes. Full faucet replacement (fixture supplied): 60–90 minutes.

Dripping or Low-Flow Faucet in Lewiston, MN? Masters Plumbing Service Repairs Any Valve Type