Water heater and shower valve repair in Shoreview, MN 55126

Bathrooms in Shoreview homes from the 1970s and 1980s often still have the original single handle shower valve. Its cartridge wears out, and you notice a steady drip, a handle that's hard to turn, or water that swings hot and cold when someone flushes a toilet. Older valves may not have the pressure balancing that newer ones include.

Many of these valves just need a new cartridge, and we carry the common ones from Moen, Delta and other makers. When parts are no longer available or the valve body is corroded, we replace the valve, working through an access panel when there is one so we disturb as little tile as possible. Then we set the temperature limit so nobody gets scalded.

A lot of Shoreview split-levels tuck the water heater and furnace into a small mechanical room on the lowest level. When the tank goes, it often takes a finished floor or carpet with it. If yours is past twelve years, showing rust at the fittings, or dripping at the relief valve, it's worth replacing on your schedule rather than at midnight.

We look at the venting, the gas line and the drain options before recommending a size or type. Larger families sometimes move to a high efficiency power vent tank or a tankless unit. Whatever you choose, we pull the city permit, haul the old tank away, and leave the area cleaner than we found it.

Shoreview is dotted with lakes and wetlands, and many walkouts sit close to the water. The soil around these homes stays wet into early summer, and drain tile around the foundation sends that water straight to the sump pit. A tired pump in one of these houses shows its age quickly.

We replace pumps with models matched to how hard yours actually works, using names like Zoeller and Liberty Pumps, and we add a check valve and a proper discharge. A battery backup or high water alarm is worth adding for lake lots where the pump runs often, since a failure during a spring storm can flood a finished lower level in hours.