Shower Valve Replacement in Illinois
Shower Valve Replacement across Illinois: the 750 ZIP codes and 525 cities we route calls in, and who licenses plumbers in the state.
Free to homeowners in Illinois — the contractor pays us for the introduction, you never do.
Behind the wall
Our shower valve replacement coverage in Illinois runs to 750 ZIP codes in 525 cities. In a state of mixed housing the valve body behind the tiles is as likely to be a 1970s three-handle set as a modern pressure-balanced cartridge, and the two are not replaced the same way or for the same money.
Source: coverage area as published by our call partner; place and county names from the US Census Bureau.
We route shower valve replacement calls in 750 ZIP codes across 525 Illinois cities, in 51 counties.
What this site is
ShowerValve is a referral service, not a contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands, and valve work opening a wall is often a permitted alteration — ask to see the permit. We carry out no work, we sell no valves, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call. The maximum water temperature is set by your local code, not by this website.Checking a credential in Illinois
Illinois licenses are issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health, Plumbing Program, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.
23 of the 51 Illinois counties we cover, a cross-section, largest to smallest
- Boone County 5 ZIP codes
Belvidere, Caledonia, Capron, Garden Prairie, Poplar Grove - Carroll County 1 ZIP code
Lanark - Champaign County 33 ZIP codes
Champaign, Urbana, Bondville, Broadlands, Dewey, Fisher, Foosland, Gifford, Homer, Ivesdale, Longview, Ludlow, Mahomet, Ogden, Penfield and 11 more - Coles County 6 ZIP codes
Ashmore, Charleston, Humboldt, Lerna, Mattoon, Oakland - Cook County 215 ZIP codes
Chicago, Palatine, Schaumburg, Evanston, Des Plaines, Oak Park, Arlington Heights, Hoffman Estates, Melrose Park, Chicago Heights, Elk Grove Village, Glenview, Northbrook, Oak Lawn, Orland Park and 79 more - De Witt County 7 ZIP codes
Clinton, DeWitt, Farmer City, Lane, Wapella, Waynesville, Weldon - Dekalb County 10 ZIP codes
Cortland, DeKalb, Genoa, Hinckley, Kingston, Kirkland, Malta, Sandwich, Somonauk, Sycamore - DuPage County 2 ZIP codes
Eola, Wayne - Ford County 7 ZIP codes
Elliott, Gibson City, Melvin, Paxton, Piper City, Roberts, Sibley - Grundy County 8 ZIP codes
Braceville, Coal City, Gardner, Mazon, Minooka, Morris, South Wilmington, Verona - Jackson County 15 ZIP codes
Carbondale, Ava, Campbell Hill, De Soto, Dowell, Elkville, Gorham, Grand Tower, Jacob, Makanda, Murphysboro, Pomona, Vergennes - Kane County 23 ZIP codes
Elgin, Saint Charles, Batavia, Big Rock, Burlington, Carpentersville, Dundee, Elburn, Geneva, Gilberts, Hampshire, Kaneville, Maple Park, Mooseheart, North Aurora and 3 more - LaSalle County 3 ZIP codes
Leland, Millington, Ransom - Lasalle County 12 ZIP codes
Earlville, La Salle, Marseilles, Mendota, Oglesby, Ottawa, Peru, Seneca, Sheridan, Streator, Tonica, Utica - Massac County 1 ZIP code
Karnak - McLean County 11 ZIP codes
Anchor, Arrowsmith, Bellflower, Colfax, Cooksville, Cropsey, Ellsworth, Saybrook, Shirley, Stanford, Towanda - Mchenry County 19 ZIP codes
Crystal Lake, McHenry, Algonquin, Cary, Fox River Grove, Harvard, Hebron, Huntley, Lake in the Hills, Marengo, Richmond, Ringwood, Spring Grove, Union, Wonder Lake and 1 more - Moultrie County 2 ZIP codes
Bethany, Sullivan - Peoria County 3 ZIP codes
Brimfield, Chillicothe, Peoria - Pulaski County 7 ZIP codes
Grand Chain, Mound City, Mounds, Olmsted, Pulaski, Ullin, Villa Ridge - Shelby County 1 ZIP code
Lakewood - Vermilion County 17 ZIP codes
Danville, Bismarck, Catlin, Collison, Fairmount, Fithian, Georgetown, Henning, Hoopeston, Muncie, Oakwood, Potomac, Rankin, Rossville, Tilton and 1 more - Will County 29 ZIP codes
Joliet, Plainfield, Bolingbrook, Beecher, Braidwood, Channahon, Crest Hill, Crete, Elwood, Frankfort, Homer Glen, Lockport, Manhattan, Mokena, Monee and 6 more
28 more Illinois counties are inside the coverage area and are not listed here. If your ZIP code is in Illinois, the call reaches a contractor.
What that coverage looks like
Chicago, at 85 ZIP codes, is the largest part of our Illinois footprint, and Cook County holds 215 of the 750 we cover. A valve job needs the right cartridge in the van, so the call asks what the trim looks like and how many handles it has before anyone is sent.
How a shower valve replacement job goes
A shower that will not hold temperature is a cartridge far more often than it is a valve. The cartridge sits inside the valve body behind the tiles and can usually be drawn out through the trim plate without opening the wall. The wall comes off when the body itself is cracked, seized into the pipework, or no longer made in a form that fits.
What the call asks about shower valve replacement
- How many handles the shower has, and whether the trim plate is round or square.
- Whether the fault is temperature, pressure, or a drip that will not stop.
- The maker if it is stamped on the trim, because that identifies the cartridge.
Every Illinois city we route in
226 cities, ordered by size. Valve stock follows the age of the bathroom, which follows the age of the house. Each page carries that city’s own numbers and the ZIP codes we route there.
- Glenwood 100%
- Riverside 97%
- Berwyn 97%
- River Grove 96%
- Brookfield 96%
- Cicero 96%
- Hillside 95%
- Westchester 95%
- Maywood 95%
- Evergreen Park 95%
- Franklin Park 94%
- Broadview 94%
- Park Forest 94%
- Riverdale 94%
- Homewood 93%
- Bellwood 93%
- Dolton 93%
- La Grange Park 93%
- Calumet City 92%
- Bradley 91%
- Lansing 91%
- Schiller Park 91%
- Rock Island 90%
- South Holland 90%
- Streator 90%
- River Forest 90%
- Midlothian 90%
- Forest Park 90%
- Kankakee 90%
- Oak Park 89%
- Moline 89%
- Harvey 89%
- Melrose Park 89%
- Skokie 89%
- Pekin 89%
- Summit Argo 89%
- Oak Lawn 88%
- Elk Grove Village 88%
- Worth 87%
- Mount Prospect 87%
- Decatur 87%
- Danville 87%
- Elmwood Park 87%
- Chicago Ridge 86%
- Burbank 86%
- Villa Park 86%
- Niles 85%
- Hazel Crest 85%
- Mattoon 85%
- Markham 85%
- Peru 85%
- Oak Brook 85%
- Wilmette 85%
- Rantoul 84%
- La Salle 84%
- Clinton 84%
- Rolling Meadows 84%
- Morton Grove 84%
- Bensenville 84%
- Hanover Park 84%
- Rockford 83%
- Palos Hills 83%
- Freeport 83%
- Prospect Heights 83%
- Lincoln 83%
- Harwood Heights 83%
- Arlington Heights 83%
- Peoria 83%
- Chicago Heights 82%
- Lyons 82%
- Sterling 82%
- Mendota 82%
- Park Ridge 82%
- Wheaton 82%
- Chicago 81%
- Crestwood 81%
- Oregon 81%
- Evanston 81%
- Addison 81%
- Steger 80%
- Glendale Heights 80%
- Alsip 80%
- Princeton 80%
- Pontiac 80%
- Hickory Hills 80%
- Des Plaines 80%
- Hoffman Estates 80%
- Waukegan 80%
- Wood Dale 80%
- Glen Ellyn 79%
- Western Springs 79%
- Downers Grove 79%
- Blue Island 79%
- Winnetka 78%
- Crete 78%
- La Grange 78%
- Lincolnwood 78%
- Oak Forest 78%
- Murphysboro 78%
- Collinsville 78%
- Highland Park 78%
- Palatine 78%
- Westmont 77%
- North Chicago 77%
- Darien 77%
- Lombard 77%
- Dixon 77%
- Rochelle 77%
- Flossmoor 77%
- Schaumburg 77%
- Springfield 77%
- Lisle 77%
- Roselle 77%
- Ottawa 76%
- Palos Heights 76%
- Chillicothe 76%
- Country Club Hills 76%
- Buffalo Grove 76%
- Richton Park 75%
- Wheeling 74%
- Zion 73%
- Warrenville 72%
- Palos Park 72%
- Libertyville 72%
- Elmhurst 72%
- Glenview 71%
- Justice 71%
- Ingleside 71%
- Northbrook 71%
- Streamwood 71%
- Woodridge 71%
- Deerfield 70%
- Willowbrook 70%
- Fairview Heights 70%
- Joliet 70%
- Lake Forest 69%
- Bloomingdale 69%
- Wonder Lake 69%
- Carol Stream 69%
- Clarendon Hills 68%
- Carbondale 68%
- Machesney Park 68%
- West Chicago 68%
- Charleston 67%
- Godfrey 67%
- Bridgeview 67%
- Barrington 66%
- Belleville 66%
- Marengo 65%
- Belvidere 65%
- Winfield 65%
- Itasca 65%
- Cary 65%
- DeKalb 65%
- Harvard 64%
- Elgin 64%
- Monticello 64%
- Urbana 63%
- Wilmington 63%
- Lake Bluff 62%
- Morris 61%
- Mundelein 61%
- Hinsdale 60%
- Loves Park 60%
- Antioch 60%
- Bloomington 59%
- Dundee 59%
- Sandwich 59%
- Carpentersville 59%
- Woodstock 59%
- McHenry 58%
- Batavia 58%
- Wauconda 57%
- Saint Charles 57%
- Aurora 57%
- Lake Zurich 57%
- Champaign 57%
- Tinley Park 57%
- Orland Park 56%
- Crystal Lake 56%
- Fox Lake 55%
- Bourbonnais 55%
- Naperville 55%
- South Beloit 54%
- Island Lake 54%
- Coal City 54%
- Lake Villa 54%
- Rockton 52%
- Homer Glen 52%
- Normal 51%
- Bolingbrook 51%
- Vernon Hills 50%
- Sycamore 50%
- Lincolnshire 49%
- Metamora 49%
- Elburn 49%
- Matteson 49%
- Columbia 48%
- Montgomery 47%
- Plano 47%
- Crest Hill 47%
- Gurnee 46%
- Bartlett 45%
- Geneva 45%
- Lemont 45%
- Roscoe 45%
- Lockport 45%
- Spring Grove 44%
- Frankfort 44%
- Manteno 43%
- Chatham 42%
- Mahomet 41%
- New Lenox 41%
- Mokena 41%
- Round Lake 41%
- Algonquin 40%
- O'Fallon 40%
- Grayslake 40%
- Savoy 38%
- Poplar Grove 35%
- Romeoville 34%
- Shorewood 33%
- North Aurora 33%
- South Elgin 32%
- Channahon 30%
- Manhattan 30%
Before you call
A valve that will not hold temperature is a cartridge far more often than it is a valve. The pages above say how to tell before the tiles are touched.
