Kitchen Work We Handle in Sterling
From the cabinet's quiet leaks to the remodel's open walls, these are the recurring kitchen calls.
Under-sink leak, source unclear
Traps, supply connections, dishwasher feeds, and disposal seals all live in one dark cabinet and all leak downward to the same floor. Dry-paper testing at each joint under load names the culprit without replacing the innocent.
Disposal humming, jammed, or dead
A jammed flywheel hums; a tripped reset sits silent; a dead motor does neither for long. Diagnosis separates a service call from a replacement in minutes — and a unit leaking through its housing is a replacement regardless.
Dishwasher standing water or sink backup
The dishwasher drains through the disposal port or its own branch, and a blockage in either floods the other. Air-gap and high-loop correctness decide whether sink water can visit the clean dishes.
Kitchen sink slow or gurgling
Grease-narrowed branches are the Sterling standard, especially in cast iron. Cleaning restores the bore; jetting strips the walls when relapse is the pattern.
Faucet drips, sprays, or stiffens
Cartridge scale from Loudoun Water's minerals stiffens handles and defeats seals. Sound bodies rebuild; corroded ones retire — the faucet's condition, not its age alone, decides.
Refrigerator icemaker line problems
Saddle valves and tired plastic lines are slow leaks with excellent hiding skills. Proper lines and real shutoffs replace the era's shortcuts before the kitchen floor learns about them.
Sink relocation and island plumbing
Moving a sink — above all to an island — is drain slope and venting engineering wearing a design costume. Island venting has correct answers; improvisations have odors and slow drains.
Gas range and line coordination
Range upgrades and kitchen reworks often touch gas supply sizing and shutoffs. Kitchen projects get their gas scope identified at survey, sequenced with the rest of the room's work.