Your Swell Choice For Lowcountry Faucet Replacement
Our $45 dispatch fee counts toward your actual repair or service
Time For A New Faucet?
Faucets don't last like they used to. The reality of the market today is that many off-the-shelf faucets are built with lightweight plastic internals that simply don't hold up compared to solid brass bodies.
At Swell Guy Plumbing, we know budget matters. When you're looking at a $600 heavy-duty fixture versus a $99 big-box model, we're never going to pressure you into buying the Rolls-Royce of kitchen or bath faucets.
You pick out and buy whatever faucet you like, and we'll install it right. We just like to be honest with our neighbors upfront: while we stand behind our installation work 100%, we can't provide a warranty on lightweight plastic faucets that aren't built for the long haul.
What's A New Faucet Or Sink Drain Gonna Cost?
Faucet Pricing
Upgrading your fixtures or fixing a dripping spout? Check out our complete Faucet Replacement options.
Faucet Replacement
Faucet Replacement - 3 piece
Pop-up Assembly
Basket Strainer
Listed rates reflect standalone service pricing including dispatch and setup. When you combine multiple repairs or replacements in a single visit, we discount your labor for each additional service.
Faucet replacement includes connection to existing working supply stops. If shut-off valves are frozen or corroded, valve replacements will be quoted on site before work proceeds.
Touchless/electronic kitchen faucets: $360 – $425 (due to control box wiring & sensor calibration).
Specialty Finish Advisory (Matte Black, Brushed Gold, Oil-Rubbed Bronze)
While matte black, brushed gold, and custom bronze look great in modern kitchens and baths, they come with real-world drawbacks compared to classic polished chrome or brushed nickel:
Parts Availability: Specialty finishes are rarely stocked locally at supply houses. If a part fails years down the road, you're usually stuck waiting weeks on direct manufacturer shipments.
Finish Sensitivity: Specialty coatings are sensitive to harsh household cleaners and hard water mineral deposits, causing them to flake or stain much faster than chrome.
Our Advice: If you choose a specialty finish, stick with major brands like Moen, Delta, or Kohler so replacement parts are easier to source later.
Common Faucet & Sink Drains We Repair/Replace
Kitchen Faucets: We typically install single-handle, high-arc kitchen faucets with pull-down sprayers—either mounted on a single hole or over a 3-hole sink using a deck plate. Prefer a classic 2-handle low-arc setup with a side spray? We install those too.
A quick word on faucet finishes: Matte black, oil-rubbed bronze, and brushed nickel look great, but they cost more upfront, and replacement parts are rarely stocked locally. I stick to standard chrome in my own house because parts are cheap and every plumbing supply store in the Lowcountry keeps them on the shelf. The choice is yours—just don't get mad at us if we have to wait 3 weeks on a backordered matte black faucet handle!
Bathroom Faucets: We install a lot of single-handle bathroom faucets (Moen is our top recommendation for durability). While 2-handle widespread faucets have surged in popularity due to new home construction, our 25 years of field experience proves that a well-built single-handle unit almost always outlasts modern 2-handle valves.
Basket Strainers: Your basket strainer seals the sink drain to the kitchen sink bowl. We exclusively install heavy-duty specification strainers because cheap big-box strainers pit, leak, and fail far too quickly under daily kitchen use.
Push-Pop vs. Standard Pop-Up Assemblies: For bathroom sinks, we strongly favor modern push-pop (click-clack) drains. Instead of fighting with rusty pivot rods under the vanity when hair clogs the drain, you simply push down to open or close it, and unscrew the cap from above to clear out hair. If you prefer a traditional rod-driven pop-up assembly, we can certainly install those as well.
Under-Sink Tubular Drains & Traps: The thin plastic drain pipes connecting your sink strainer to the wall PVC are your under-sink tubular drains. We typically replace these when installing new basket strainers or pop-up assemblies to ensure you aren't leaving old, brittle plastic under a fresh drain.
Braided Supply Lines: Supply lines connect your faucet directly to the water valves under the cabinet. We always replace old supply lines during a faucet installation, or if we spot early corrosion, kinking, or bulges in the line.
Note: Many modern faucets come with factory-integrated supply lines. If a factory line fails or gets damaged down the road, the entire faucet usually has to be replaced.
Under-Sink Supply Stop Valves: Your under-sink shut-off valves are the most critical safety feature under your cabinet—they let you kill the water instantly if a faucet bursts. If your valves are frozen, leaking, or rusted when we replace your faucet, we'll give you an upfront price to swap them out.
**If your existing valve has an old built-in supply tube, we require replacing the valve—we never reuse old supply lines on a new install.
Need to replace corroded or frozen shut-off valves under your sink? Check out our complete Shut-Off Valve Replacement pricing page.
Why Do Lowcountry Homeowners Trust Swell Guy Plumbing?
- Over 25 Years of Local Experience: We aren’t a massive national franchise, we’re your neighbors. Steven Dyson, owner and licensed plumber at Swell Guy Plumbing, is a lifelong Lowcountry resident with over 25 years local plumbing experience. Born and raised in Hanahan, SC – living in Summerville, SC – and operating in Goose Creek, SC. We know the area and strive to maintain a great name in the Lowcountry community.
- Licensed & Experienced: Swell Guy Plumbing is a licensed SC plumbing & gas contractor (M115194) and certified SCDES backflow tester. You won’t find our owner sitting behind an air conditioned desk all day because he’s out helping his neighbors solve faucet problems.
- Upfront, Transparent Pricing: How many plumbing companies actually post their plumbing price ranges online for their Lowcountry neighbors to see before scheduling? Swell Guy Plumbing Co does because we believe in transparent pricing.
- Serving Your Neighborhood: Swell Guy Plumbing works hard to keep your faucets flowing in Goose Creek, Hanahan, Ladson, Moncks Corner, North Charleston, Charleston, and Summerville. The Lowcountry is our home and we value the opportunity to help our neighbors.
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Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on the faucet's original value:
- High-End Faucets ($500+): Repair it (if possible). Premium fixtures are built to last and are well worth fixing.
- Budget Faucets (~$99): Replace it. Repair labor will likely exceed the cost of buying a brand-new faucet.
About 99% of the time, a slow stream comes down to either a clogged aerator or a water-saver flow restrictor. Scale, dirt, and debris get trapped in the aerator screen over time, blocking the water from flowing at full pressure.
Many modern faucets also come with a tiny internal O-ring meant to restrict flow. Honestly, a lot of these are built pretty cheap, and that O-ring ends up choking your pressure way too much! When we come out, we usually remove that restrictor so you get to decide how much water pressure you want just by how far you open the handle.
This happens way more often than you’d think—especially in older homes. Most newer faucets now come with built-in supply lines, and they don't always stretch as far as you need them to.
When they fall short, we use a braided supply extender. It has a 3/8" female connection on one end to attach to your shut-off valve, and a 3/8" male connection on the other to hook right into your faucet’s built-in line. They usually come in 12" and 20" lengths, so getting them to reach is a pretty quick fix.
Every plumber has a brand they swear by. After 25 years of plumbing here in the Lowcountry, Moen is our top pick because their fixtures consistently last the longest with the fewest headaches. That said, most major brands make great high-end faucets alongside very cheap budget models.
Let’s be completely honest: you get what you pay for. A $69 faucet off Amazon—or even the bottom-shelf model at a home improvement box store—isn't built for quality, and no plumber can stand behind the performance of cheap fixtures. When Swell Guy Plumbing supplies a faucet, we buy heavy-bodied Moen models directly from a commercial plumbing distributor. They start around $250 for a bathroom and $500 for a kitchen, but they’re built to last—we’ve seen plenty of our installations cross the 20-year mark. The days of old solid-brass fixtures like Central Brass lasting 50 years are gone, but professional-grade Moens are as close as you get today.
We do repair faucets, but not all of them. We stick to major brands—like Moen—where we know reliable replacement parts are actually available.
If you need a repair, holding onto your original paperwork, product brand, or model number helps immensely. When a plumber has to spend time tracking down mystery part numbers, you're paying for every minute—and at that point, the labor cost can quickly outweigh the cost of a full replacement.
We won't track down parts for a $69 no-name bargain faucet, nor do we order random components from unknown online sources. We only source parts directly from the manufacturer or through our local plumbing suppliers to make sure the job is done right.
In our experience, yes—especially with their heavier-duty, premium models. Moen is generally very good about honoring their warranty, but you need your original paperwork with the make and model number when you call them so they can send the right part.
Keep in mind: this is a parts warranty, not a labor warranty. Moen provides the free replacement part, but unless you're handy enough to DIY, you'll still pay a plumber for the labor to install it. If it's an $89 budget Moen, paying labor to fix it rarely makes sense, and we'd usually recommend replacing it with a better fixture instead.
We don't tell our customers what faucet they have to buy, but we always explain the difference between economy and heavy-duty models. When you invest in a premium faucet, you rarely even need the warranty because they don't break down like the budget lines do. It comes down to a simple rule: spend more upfront and it lasts, or spend less and plan on replacing it sooner.
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