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Shower Valve Replacement in Saint Louis, Missouri 63101

In Saint Louis, 87% of the housing predates 1990. A shower that runs cold the moment a tap is opened elsewhere is usually the valve rather than the water heater.

The short answer

In Saint Louis, 87% of the housing predates 1990. A shower that runs cold the moment a tap is opened elsewhere is usually the valve rather than the water heater.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, table B25034, five-year estimates. A margin of error is published alongside every estimate.

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.

Shower mixer being worked on with a pair of pliers

Saint Louis in numbers

Occupied homes	400,447
Owner-occupied	58%
Detached houses	60%
Built before 1990	87%
Built since 2000	8%

Shower Valve Replacement coverage in Saint Louis, MO

Saint Louis spans St. Louis, St. Louis City and St. Louis city Counties, Missouri. It covers 49 ZIP codes: 63101, 63102, 63103, 63104, 63105, 63106, 63107, 63108, 63109, 63110, 63111, 63112, 63113, 63114, 63115, 63116, 63117, 63118, 63119, 63120, 63121, 63122, 63123, 63124 and 25 more. We route shower valve replacement calls from every one of them.

Cartridge or valve body

A shower that drips is usually the cartridge, which is a part. A shower that will not hold a temperature when a tap runs elsewhere is usually the valve, which is behind the wall.

What points to the body rather than the trim

Water appearing inside the wall, in a ceiling below, or a handle that turns without changing anything, all point past the trim. None of them are fixed by a new escutcheon.

Nearby cities we cover

Everywhere we route in Missouri

Checking a plumber in Missouri

Missouri has no state plumbing board. Section 341.010 of the Revised Statutes requires a certificate for plumbers working in cities or towns of fifteen thousand or more inhabitants, and the chapter elsewhere recognizes licenses issued by any county or city operating under plumbing rules, so the office that issued one is a local office. Start here. Ask the contractor which municipality licenses them and confirm it with that office before work begins.

Shower Valve Replacement in Saint Louis? Tell us your ZIP code and what is happening. We route you to an independent contractor who covers ZIP 63101 and the other 48 this city covers. We carry out no work and set no prices, you are never charged, and the contractors pay us when we route a call.

Call (888) 752-7111

Blue-handled gate valve on a run of red pipes