Taps & Mixers
Replacing worn or leaking taps and mixers on basins, sinks and showers, cleanly and without damaging the surrounds.
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Renovating a bathroom or kitchen in Durbanville, or just replacing a tired tap or leaking toilet? We handle the plumbing side of the job, taps, toilets, basins, showers and pipe relays, roughed in on time and watertight before the tiler arrives.
Tell us about the job and we will call you back with an honest, upfront price before any work starts.
From swapping a single mixer to plumbing a full renovation, done tidy and to standard so the tiling and finishes go on without a hitch.
Replacing worn or leaking taps and mixers on basins, sinks and showers, cleanly and without damaging the surrounds.
New toilets, running cisterns and leaking pans repaired or replaced so you stop wasting water.
New basins and kitchen sinks, plus the supply and waste connections behind them.
Shower and bath installs, mixer valves and waste, sealed and watertight.
Moving or renewing supply and waste pipes when you change a bathroom or kitchen layout.
First and second fix plumbing for a full bathroom or kitchen renovation.
Many of the older homes around Durbanville, from the CBD and Sonstraal to Kenridge and Eversdal, still run on the galvanised supply pipes fitted in the 1970s and 80s. A renovation is the perfect time to swap them out, because once the new tiles are on, getting back in is expensive and messy.
The other thing worth checking before you spend on smart new fittings is pressure. If City of Cape Town municipal pressure sits above the 400 kPa that SANS 10252 allows, it will hammer a new mixer and shorten its life, so a pressure-reducing valve is a small job that protects the whole renovation. On the newer security estates like Sonstraal Heights, Graanendal and Aurora Hills we often work with high-pressure mixer systems and solar-geyser hybrids off the plans, and around the estate's HOA access and paperwork; in older freestanding homes we work with whatever is behind the wall.
We coordinate with your builder and tiler so the plumbing is roughed in on time, pressure-tested and watertight before anything gets closed up, and we clean up after ourselves.
We’re a local Durbanville team covering the whole area: Durbanville CBD, Sonstraal Heights, Kenridge, Eversdal, Vierlanden, Pinehurst, D’Urbanvale, Uitzicht and Goedemoed, plus neighbouring Kraaifontein, Brackenfell and Bellville.
We are plumbers, not a building contractor, and we would rather be clear about that up front than be a disappointment halfway through your renovation.
Once the old bathroom or kitchen is stripped out: supply and waste lines moved to the new layout, old galvanised pipe replaced while the walls are open, everything pressure tested before it is closed up.
After the tiling is finished: taps, mixers, toilets, basins, sinks, showers and baths fitted, connected and sealed, then tested properly before we hand it over.
Tiling, cabinetry, electrical and general building. Many customers run their own renovation and bring us in for the plumbing, and we coordinate with your builder and tiler around their dates.
We do the plumbing side of a renovation, and we are straight with people about that. That means first and second fix, moving supply and waste lines to suit a new layout, replacing old galvanised pipework while the walls are open, and fitting the taps, toilets, basins, showers and baths at the end. Tiling, cabinetry, electrical and the general building work are other trades. Plenty of our customers project manage their own renovation and bring us in for our part, and we are happy to coordinate with whoever else is on site.
Twice, and both are before the pretty part. The first fix happens once the old fittings are stripped out and before anything is closed up, which is when supply and waste lines get moved, renewed and pressure tested. The second fix is right at the end, once tiling is done, when the actual fittings go on. Getting the first fix wrong is the expensive mistake, because putting it right means taking new tiles off.
If the house still has galvanised steel supply pipe, yes, without hesitation. A renovation is the only cheap opportunity you will ever get to replace it, because the walls are already open. Once new tiles are on, that same job means breaking them off again. In the older parts of Durbanville, from the CBD and Sonstraal through Kenridge and Eversdal, most homes from the 1970s and 80s still have that pipework and it is at the end of its life.
Usually yes, but waste is the constraint, not water. Supply lines are relatively easy to run anywhere. A toilet needs a fall on its waste line to the existing soil stack, so how far it can move depends on floor build-up and where the stack is. We will tell you on the first visit whether the layout you have drawn actually works, which is better than finding out halfway through.
If the work changes the water installation, a Certificate of Compliance from a registered plumber is the right paperwork to have, and the City of Cape Town requires a water installation certificate when a property is sold. It is also worth checking pressure while we are there. Municipal pressure in parts of Durbanville sits above the 400 kPa that SANS 10252 allows at a fixture, and that will shorten the life of every new mixer you have just paid for.
For a single bathroom, first fix is typically a day or two depending on how much pipe is being moved or renewed, and second fix is usually a day once the tiling is finished. The wait between the two is set by the other trades, not by us. We would rather book the second fix once the tiler has actually finished than hold up your bathroom waiting on a date that slips.
The things that come up again and again in local reviews, and the things we care most about getting right.
You get the price before we start, so there is no surprise call-out fee on the invoice.
Quick call-outs across Durbanville and the northern suburbs during business hours.
Based in Durbanville and quick to reach right across the northern suburbs.
We treat your home with care and clean up before we leave.
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