Most plumbing repairs are small, and most of them get expensive only because they were left. A toilet that runs continuously wastes more water in a month than a family uses in a week. A dripping supply valve is a burst pipe with a start date. We fix the everyday failures quickly, at a price agreed before we begin.
Napps Plumbing — Longview & East Texas since 1957
The bread and butter of a plumbing licence. None of these should take long, and none of them should cost more than the number you agreed on the phone.
Dripping spouts, cartridges seized by scale, loose bases and the shut-off valves underneath that no longer shut off. In hard-water country these wear far faster than the manufacturer intended.
Continuous running, weak or incomplete flush, rocking on the floor, and water appearing around the base — the last of which is a wax ring that has failed and is worth attending to promptly.
Humming without turning, jammed impellers, leaks from the housing seam, and units that have simply reached the end of a working life. Replacement is often cheaper than repair on older models.
Shut-off valves that seize open, braided supply lines past their service life, and hose bibbs split by a freeze. These are the cheapest repairs on this page and the most expensive to ignore.
Diverters that will not divert, mixing valves running scalding or cold, and leaks that show up on the ceiling of the room below rather than in the bathroom itself.
P-traps, drain assemblies, and repairs to the branch and main lines behind them. If a repair keeps recurring in the same spot, the fault is usually further back than the fitting you can see.
We will tell you when a fixture is worth repairing and when you are better off replacing it. Usually the honest answer saves money in the same year.
A cartridge or washer replacement is inexpensive and buys years on a decent faucet. But if the body itself is pitted, the finish has gone, or you are rebuilding the same fixture for the second time in three years, hard water has effectively ended it and a replacement is the cheaper decision.
Fixture Installation →Fill valves, flappers and flush assemblies are cheap and fast to rebuild, and most running toilets are fixed for very little. A cracked tank or bowl is not repairable, and a pre-1994 toilet using well over three gallons a flush pays for its own replacement in water within a few years.
Toilet Installation →A jam or a tripped reset is a five-minute fix and should be priced accordingly. A leaking housing or a dead motor on a unit past about ten years is not economic to repair — the labour to open it up is most of the cost of a new one.
Disposal Replacement →Angle stops and shut-off valves are among the cheapest components in the house and among the most consequential when they fail. If one weeps, will not close fully, or has visible mineral crust, it gets replaced. Nursing a failing shut-off is how a routine repair becomes a flooded room.
Emergency Plumbing →General guidance only — we assess the actual fixture on site.
| Fixture | Usually Repair | Usually Replace |
|---|---|---|
| Faucet | Cartridge, washer or aerator fault | Corroded body, or second rebuild in three years |
| Toilet | Fill valve, flapper, wax ring | Cracked tank or bowl, or pre-1994 high-volume |
| Garbage disposal | Jam, reset fault, loose fitting | Leaking housing or failed motor past ten years |
| Shut-off valve | Nothing — replace it | Any weeping, seizing or crusting |
| Water heater | Element, thermostat, anode rod | Tank leaking, or past twelve years |
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Short, predictable, and priced before the toolbag opens.
We ask enough to bring the right parts, so most repairs are finished on the first visit rather than the second.
The visible drip and the actual fault are often different things. We check before quoting rather than after.
You approve the figure first. If we find something additional we stop and tell you before doing anything about it.
We run the fixture, confirm the repair holds, and point out anything nearby that is heading the same way.
Every one of these is cheap this week and considerably less cheap in six months.
Small jobs done properly, by a company that will still be here when the next one comes up.
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What Longview homeowners ask before booking a repair.
It depends on the fixture and what has actually failed, which is why we quote a flat rate once we have seen it rather than an hourly figure over the phone. What we can promise is that the number you approve is the number on the invoice. Small repairs — a running toilet, a dripping faucet, a jammed disposal — are at the low end and are usually resolved in a single visit.
Usually, yes. Standard repairs are generally same-day or next-day depending on the season and how full the schedule is, and we bring common parts with us so the job finishes on the first visit. Anything actively flooding is treated as an emergency and dispatched immediately, day or night.
Nearly always the flapper has hardened and no longer seals, or the fill valve has stopped shutting off cleanly. Both are inexpensive parts and a quick repair. It is worth doing promptly rather than living with it — a continuously running toilet can add a genuinely surprising amount to a monthly water bill.
Probably. In hard water, a second rebuild inside a few years usually means the valve seat or body is pitted rather than the cartridge being at fault, and you will be back again. At that point a new fixture with a fresh set of internals is the cheaper decision over any reasonable horizon.
Yes. Branch and main line repairs are part of the same licence, and we handle sections that have failed as well as the fittings around them. If a repair keeps recurring in the same area, we look further back along the line rather than replacing the same fitting a third time.
Yes, and it is worth something because we have been at the same address in Longview since 1957. If a repair we made does not hold, call us and we will come back to it. That is a straightforward promise to make when you are not planning to leave town.
If your problem is a blocked drain, a hidden leak or an emergency, these pages go into more detail.
Flat-rate pricing agreed before work starts, and trucks stocked for the repairs that come up most.
Describe the fixture and what it is doing and we will come back with a time and a price. Anything actively leaking is better handled by phone.
