Stop the drip. Stop the bill.
A dripping tap is the easiest plumbing problem to live with and one of the least sensible to. A steady drip wastes a genuinely surprising amount of water over a year, it stains fixtures, and the underlying wear usually gets worse rather than settling down.
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Voyager repairs leaking taps across the North Shore — usually a quick job, always at a price agreed before the work starts.
Dripping from the spout Worn washer, worn jumper valve, or a damaged valve seat. On a mixer, usually a worn cartridge. The most common tap fault there is.
Leaking from the handle or body Perished O-rings or a failed spindle. Often the tap is repairable, sometimes it’s reached the end.
Leaking at the base of the tap Usually a seal at the mounting, or a loose connection underneath.
Leaking under the sink or vanity Frequently the flexible hose rather than the tap itself. Worth taking seriously — flexible hoses are a well-known failure point and when one lets go it floods a room, not a cupboard.
Water hammer — banging pipes when a tap closes A different problem, but it’s often noticed at the same time and it does damage over the long run. Worth mentioning when you call.
All of it’s covered, wherever the tap lives: kitchen mixers and pull-out sprays, basin and shower taps, bath spouts, laundry tub taps and washing-machine stops, and outdoor garden taps — which cop the weather year-round and are usually the first to seize or drip at the spindle.
Most leaking taps are repairable — a washer, a jumper valve, a cartridge or a set of O-rings, plus re-seating the valve where the seat is scored.
Replacement makes more sense when the tap body is corroded, when the fitting is obsolete and parts aren’t available, or when the same tap has been repaired repeatedly. Voyager will tell you which situation you’re in and what each option costs. On a job this size there is not much point being anything other than straight about it.
| What’s going on | Repair or replace? |
|---|---|
| Dripping spout, tap body in good shape | Repair — washer, jumper valve or valve re-seat |
| Mixer dripping or getting stiff | Repair — usually a cartridge swap |
| Leak from the handle or body, tap otherwise sound | Repair — O-rings and spindle service |
| Body corroded, parts obsolete, or repaired before | Replace — that money is better put toward new tapware |
| Flexible hose under the sink weeping or bulging | Replace the hose immediately — that’s how bathrooms flood |
Describe what’s happening and we’ll tell you straight — including when the simple fix is the whole job.
Spout drip, handle leak, water under the cupboard. A photo helps
Priced by the job rather than the hour
And the work area left tidy
Subject to Voyager’s current terms and eligibility requirements
If there are several dripping taps around the house, get them done in one visit — it’s the sensible way to handle it.
A tap dripping once a second wastes upwards of 9,000 litres a year — continuously, every day. It rarely shows up as a dramatic bill on its own, but combined with a running toilet cistern — the other silent water-waster — it’s usually enough to notice.
If your bill has jumped and your taps are fine, the problem is more likely a hidden leak.
On a traditional tap it’s a common DIY job. The parts that catch people out are isolating the water first, and a scored valve seat — if the seat is damaged, a new washer will start dripping again fairly quickly because the seat needs re-cutting. Mixer taps use cartridges rather than washers and are less forgiving.
Priced by the job, with a fixed price before the work starts and a free quote. If several taps need attention, doing them in one visit is more economical than separate callouts.
Most straightforward tap repairs are done within the visit.
On its own it’s minor. But it wastes water continuously, it usually gets worse, and the same visit can deal with a running toilet or anything else on the list. Most people are better off batching it than ignoring it for another year.
Often, yes. Where parts genuinely aren’t available, you’ll be told that rather than being charged for the search — and given replacement options.
That’s water hammer, and it’s a separate issue — but it does cause wear over time. Mention it when you book and it can be looked at during the same visit.
Free quote, a fixed price agreed before the work starts, and someone on the end of the phone at any hour.
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Page reviewed and updated 19 August 2026
