Shower Valve Replacement in North Carolina

Checking a credential in North Carolina

North Carolina licenses are issued by the North Carolina State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinkler Contractors, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

23 of the 60 North Carolina counties we cover, a cross-section, largest to smallest

• Alexander County 1 ZIP code
  Taylorsville
• Beaufort County 7 ZIP codes
  Bath, Blounts Creek, Chocowinity, Edward, Pantego, Pinetown, Washington
• Brunswick County 2 ZIP codes
  Ocean Isle Beach, Shallotte
• Cabarrus County 9 ZIP codes
  Concord, Kannapolis, Harrisburg, Midland, Mount Pleasant
• Cumberland County 17 ZIP codes
  Fayetteville, Cumberland, Falcon, Hope Mills, Linden, Spring Lake, Stedman, Wade
• Davidson County 10 ZIP codes
  Lexington, Thomasville, Denton, Linwood, Southmont, Welcome
• Duplin County 1 ZIP code
  Wallace
• Franklin County 2 ZIP codes
  Castalia, Youngsville
• Greene County 4 ZIP codes
  Hookerton, Maury, Snow Hill, Walstonburg
• Guilford County 47 ZIP codes
  Greensboro, High Point, Browns Summit, Colfax, Gibsonville, Jamestown, Julian, McLeansville, Oak Ridge, Pleasant Garden, Sedalia, Stokesdale, Summerfield, Whitsett
• Lee County 5 ZIP codes
  Sanford, Broadway, Lemon Springs
• Lenoir County 7 ZIP codes
  Kinston, Deep Run, La Grange, Pink Hill
• Lincoln County 6 ZIP codes
  Lincolnton, Crouse, Denver, Iron Station, Vale
• Mecklenburg County 82 ZIP codes
  Charlotte, Matthews, Davidson, Huntersville, Cornelius, Pineville
• Montgomery County 3 ZIP codes
  Biscoe, Mount Gilead, Star
• Moore County 13 ZIP codes
  Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Carthage, Eagle Springs, Jackson Springs, Lakeview, Pinebluff, Robbins, Vass, West End
• New Hanover County 15 ZIP codes
  Wilmington, Carolina Beach, Castle Hayne, Kure Beach, Wrightsville Beach
• Person County 4 ZIP codes
  Roxboro, Semora, Timberlake
• Randolph County 12 ZIP codes
  Asheboro, Climax, Franklinville, Liberty, Ramseur, Randleman, Seagrove, Sophia, Staley, Trinity
• Rockingham County 8 ZIP codes
  Eden, Reidsville, Madison, Mayodan, Ruffin, Stoneville
• Stanly County 10 ZIP codes
  Albemarle, Badin, Locust, Misenheimer, New London, Norwood, Oakboro, Richfield, Stanfield
• Watauga County 1 ZIP code
  Blowing Rock
• Wilson County 9 ZIP codes
  Wilson, Black Creek, Elm City, Lucama, Saratoga, Stantonsburg

37 more North Carolina counties are inside the coverage area and are not listed here. If your ZIP code is in North Carolina, the call reaches a contractor.

What that coverage looks like

Charlotte, at 73 ZIP codes, is the largest part of our North Carolina footprint, and Mecklenburg County holds 82 of the 628 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 North Carolina city we route in

128 cities, ordered by size — the figure this site is built on. Each page carries that city’s own numbers and the ZIP codes we route there.

• Wadesboro 82%
• Eden 78%
• Valdese 77%
• Albemarle 77%
• Tryon 74%
• Kinston 74%
• Carrboro 73%
• Lenoir 72%
• Washington 71%
• Shelby 69%
• Roxboro 69%
• Bessemer City 68%
• Morganton 67%
• Williamston 67%
• Hudson 67%
• Newton 66%
• Marshville 66%
• Tarboro 66%
• Gastonia 66%
• Hickory 65%
• Kill Devil Hills 65%
• Red Springs 65%
• Stoneville 64%
• Cherryville 64%
• Reidsville 64%
• Kings Mountain 64%
• Winston Salem 64%
• Snow Hill 63%
• Lexington 63%
• Rocky Mount 63%
• China Grove 62%
• Burlington 62%
• Farmville 62%
• Trinity 62%
• Asheboro 61%
• Dunn 61%
• Salisbury 61%
• Walnut Cove 61%
• Greensboro 60%
• Lumberton 60%
• King 60%
• Connelly Springs 59%
• Kannapolis 59%
• Wilson 58%
• High Point 58%
• Lincolnton 58%
• Liberty 58%
• Thomasville 58%
• Vale 58%
• Kitty Hawk 58%
• Rural Hall 58%
• Gibsonville 57%
• Elm City 57%
• Taylorsville 57%
• Fayetteville 57%
• Hendersonville 57%
• Carolina Beach 57%
• Smithfield 57%
• Denton 56%
• Pfafftown 56%
• Dallas 55%
• Pleasant Garden 55%
• Southern Pines 55%
• Selma 55%
• Wallace 54%
• Grifton 54%
• Statesville 54%
• Ayden 54%
• La Grange 53%
• Granite Falls 53%
• Saint Pauls 53%
• Conover 53%
• Graham 53%
• Kenly 52%
• Claremont 52%
• Pembroke 51%
• Stanley 51%
• Mount Holly 50%
• Randleman 50%
• Nashville 50%
• Madison 50%
• Lewisville 49%
• Kernersville 49%
• Rockwell 49%
• Wilmington 48%
• Burgaw 48%
• Durham 47%
• Benson 47%
• Sanford 47%
• Four Oaks 47%
• Belmont 47%
• Castle Hayne 46%
• Advance 46%
• Maiden 45%
• Flat Rock 45%
• Monroe 44%
• Hillsborough 44%
• Greenville 44%
• Elon 44%
• Chapel Hill 44%
• West End 43%
• McLeansville 42%
• Charlotte 42%
• Wendell 41%
• Carthage 41%
• Raleigh 41%
• Clemmons 41%
• Lillington 41%
• Concord 40%
• Troutman 40%
• Aberdeen 39%
• Spring Lake 38%
• Zebulon 37%
• Pinehurst 37%
• Jamestown 36%
• Midland 36%
• Pittsboro 36%
• Browns Summit 36%
• Mebane 35%
• Shallotte 35%
• Stokesdale 33%
• Hope Mills 33%
• Angier 33%
• Matthews 33%
• Holly Ridge 32%
• Ocean Isle Beach 31%
• Garner 31%
• Summerfield 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.