A two-lever kitchen mixer tap in Solihull was dripping. We took the tap apart and found the old cartridges worn and corroded. We fitted new cartridges on both the hot and cold sides and put the tap back together, so the customer kept their tap.
A customer in Solihull had a two-lever kitchen mixer tap that was dripping. Inside a lever tap like this, a cartridge on each side opens and closes the water. Both old cartridges were worn, with green corrosion and scale around the brass. We replaced the hot and cold cartridges and rebuilt the tap. The drip was fixed and the tap itself stayed, so no new tap was needed.
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The customer in Solihull had a two-lever kitchen mixer tap that was dripping.
Inside a lever tap like this, a cartridge on each side opens and closes the water. With the handles off and the cartridges out, both old cartridges were worn, with green corrosion and scale around the brass. The first photo shows one still in the tap body, and the third shows an old cartridge next to a new one.
We fitted new cartridges on both the hot and the cold side and put the tap back together. The drip was fixed and the customer kept their tap. Our plumbing repairs page covers taps, toilets, showers and leaks.
A dripping tap does not always mean a new tap. When the body is sound, new cartridges are often enough. If a tap does need replacing, a kitchen tap is £200 supplied and fitted.
A tap repair depends on which cartridges the tap takes. Send us the make or a photo on WhatsApp and we will confirm the price before anything is booked. Details are on our price list.
On a lever tap like this one, a cartridge inside the tap body opens and closes the water. When the cartridge wears, or scale and corrosion build up on it, it stops sealing fully and the tap drips.
Not always. If the tap body is sound, new cartridges are often enough, as they were here. If the body itself is corroded or the cartridges are no longer available, a new tap can be the better option; a kitchen tap is £200 supplied and fitted.
When one cartridge has worn, the other is usually the same age. On this tap we replaced both the hot and the cold on the same visit.
It depends on which cartridges the tap takes. Send us the make or a photo on WhatsApp and we will confirm the price before anything is booked.
Job attended and photographed by our engineers, November 2026. Written up by Saeed Iqbal, the engineer who leads Synergy Gas & Plumbing (Gas Safe registered 594385). More of our work in the area is on our Solihull page, and every job we write up is on the case studies index.
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Leak detection or repair £99 for the first hour in office hours; sink or bath waste unblocked £95. Other jobs are on our price list.
No travel charge within 10 miles of B20 2JS. Further out, £2 per mile may apply — always agreed before anything is booked.
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