Kitchen Tap Replacement Cost

By Emily Rivers

Last updated 25th February 2026

If your kitchen tap springs a leak or stops working altogether, it can cause serious disruption to your home life. Whether you’ve got a mixer tap or two single taps, you’ll want to get a replacement fitted as soon as possible. But how much does it cost? We’ll go through everything you need to know in this guide.

How much does a plumber charge to replace a kitchen tap?

How much a plumber will charge to replace a kitchen tap depends on the complexity of the job and where you live. Expect to pay at least £80 for them to change your tap, plus the cost of the new tap:

Service	Average cost
Replacing a kitchen mixer tap with a new mixer tap	£80
Replacing kitchen pillar taps with a new mixer tap	£150
Replacing new seals on a kitchen mixer tap	£35
Diagnosing a leak on a kitchen mixer tap and repairing the leak	£50
Fitting isolation valves on a kitchen mixer tap	£60

Where you live has a big impact on the final cost of kitchen tap replacement. Plumber rates are usually highest in London and the south east, and lowest in the north of England and Scotland.

Take a look at our kitchen tap replacement cost table and find your nearest town or city to get a more accurate estimate for plumber rates in your area.

Cost to replace a kitchen tap in the UK

Kitchen mixer tap brands

Mixer taps are probably the most common type of kitchen tap today. With one spout for both the hot and cold water, it makes it easy to adjust the temperature for hand washing or washing up.

When you turn the tap on, small holes, known as valves or butterflies, move from a closed to an open position or from partially open to fully open, depending on the desired temperature and flow rate.

Most mixer taps are fitted with a flow limiter to stop too much hot and cold water from flowing through the mixer at once. This results in less hot water being used than if you had two single taps, which should reduce your heating bill.

Kitchen mixer taps vary hugely in price. To help you understand the total cost of kitchen tap replacement, we’ve put together a table of some of the top brands’ mixer taps and how much they cost:

Image	Name	Cost
	Bower Neptune Kitchen Tap with Swivel Spout - Single Lever	£29.95
	Grohe Bauloop Chrome effect Kitchen Mixer Tap	£72.00
	GROHE Ambi Dual Lever Kitchen Mixer Tap	£110.00
	Franke Olympus Mono Mixer Kitchen Tap Chrome	£180.00
	Grohe Get Pull-Out Kitchen Tap Chrome	£205.00
	Grohe Concetto Kitchen Sink Mixer - SuperSteel	£242.50
	Grohe Minta Touch Electronic Kitchen Sink Mixer with Pull Out Spray - SuperSteel	£666.96

Types of kitchen mixer taps

When you’re shopping for your new mixer tap, consider the space in the kitchen and if you’d like your tap to be mounted on the countertop or the wall. Having it mounted to the wall may cost more if your plumber needs to add more pipework.

Next, decide what other features you’d like. Most mixer taps can be turned side to side to give you more flexibility, while others may have an extendable spout to help spray dishes when washing up. Mixer taps come in different finishes and colours, from chrome satin to matt black, and everything in between.

There are a few different types of kitchen mixer taps:

Single lever mixer: One lever to control the water temperature
Monobloc mixer: The most common kitchen tap mixer, this has one hole for installation and may have one or two levers on the same body
Bridge mixer: Separate hot and cold water inlets that are connected by a central bridge, where the hot and cold water mix before leaving a single spout
Wall-mounted mixer: These keep the taps off the sink or worktop and can make the area feel uncluttered, as much of the pipework can be hidden behind tiles

Can I change my separate kitchen taps to a mixer tap?

Many homes still have separate hot and cold water taps in the kitchen. This was to avoid cross-contamination when hot water was not fit to mix with drinking water.

If you still have separate pillar taps in your kitchen, a plumber can certainly change them to a mixer tap for you. However, a bit more work will be involved, and therefore the cost is usually higher.

When the plumber installs the mixer tap, there will still be two separate pipes for hot and cold water that connect at the back of the mixer tap. This connection can be made with isolation valves so that if there is ever a plumbing emergency, one of the water supplies can be isolated from the tap. If the water supply is connected without isolation valves, there will just be the hoses bringing the water fitted with O-rings.

Can a kitchen mixer tap be repaired?

There are many situations where your plumber will be able to repair your faulty mixer tap without you having to replace it. A common fault with mixer taps is a leaky tap that won’t shut off correctly. A leak usually appears in one of three different areas:

at the base of the spout
dripping from the mouth of the spout
at the water supply connection

If the leak is coming from the base of the spout, a plumber could do a simple repair by removing the spout and replacing the seal ring. The seal O-ring deteriorates over time, and this can cause a trickle of water to escape, getting worse the longer it is left. Often, if there is a leak at the water supply connection, this is also due to the seals or the connection has loosened over time and may just need to be re-tightened.

It’s a good idea to have isolation valves fitted at the water connections, as the flow can be reduced in areas where the pressure is too high to avoid running the mixer under a high flow rate. Having isolation valves means you can also turn off the water supply one at a time, to see if this helps stop the leak to diagnose where the cause of the water leak is coming from.

When a tap is dripping from the mouth of the spout, this could be due to limescale or a washer seal inside that has perished. First, clean off any limescale and replace the O-ring, and then if your tap is still leaking, the built-in cartridge may need to be removed and cleaned or replaced.

A professional plumber will be able to take the mixer tap apart and have a look at all of the seals, replacing any that are showing signs of age.

Can I replace a kitchen tap myself?

If you’re confident with DIY, you may be able to replace your kitchen tap yourself. If you’re doing a like-for-like swap, installation can be relatively straightforward, with the most difficult part being accessing the plumbing to remove and replace the tap.

However, there’s always a chance that things can go wrong when you do it yourself, so we’d always recommend leaving plumbing work to the professionals.

Post your job with HaMuch now and we’ll put you in touch with local plumbers who will be happy to help you replace your kitchen tap.

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Rates for other trades

Replace a kitchen tap cost in the UK

Estimate Replace a kitchen tap cost in the UK, including Kitchen Tap valued at £30, based on hourly/daily rate (excluding VAT or callout charges)
Location in UK	Replace a kitchen tap cost
Replace a kitchen tap near London	£106
Replace a kitchen tap near Birmingham	£93
Replace a kitchen tap near Glasgow	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Leeds	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near Liverpool	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Sheffield	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Edinburgh	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Manchester	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Belfast	£83
Replace a kitchen tap near Bristol	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Leicester	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Cardiff	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Coventry	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Bradford	£97
Replace a kitchen tap near Nottingham	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Newcastle Upon Tyne	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Brighton and Hove	£99
Replace a kitchen tap near Derby	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Hull	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near Plymouth	£82
Replace a kitchen tap near Stoke-on-Trent	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near Southampton	£93
Replace a kitchen tap near Northampton	£97
Replace a kitchen tap near Wolverhampton	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Luton	£101
Replace a kitchen tap near Portsmouth	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Reading	£107
Replace a kitchen tap near Norwich	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Milton Keynes	£102
Replace a kitchen tap near Bournemouth	£93
Replace a kitchen tap near Aberdeen	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Peterborough	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Bolton	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Swindon	£102
Replace a kitchen tap near Southend-on-Sea	£95
Replace a kitchen tap near Warrington	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Oxford	£100
Replace a kitchen tap near Swansea	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Sunderland	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Slough	£107
Replace a kitchen tap near Kingswood	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Telford	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Cambridge	£94
Replace a kitchen tap near Ipswich	£96
Replace a kitchen tap near Blackpool	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Middlesbrough	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Dundee	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Huddersfield	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near York	£86
Replace a kitchen tap near Poole	£93
Replace a kitchen tap near Watford	£105
Replace a kitchen tap near Newport	£84
Replace a kitchen tap near Colchester	£94
Replace a kitchen tap near Exeter	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near Blackburn	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Crawley	£108
Replace a kitchen tap near Gloucester	£93
Replace a kitchen tap near Stockport	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Basingstoke	£105
Replace a kitchen tap near Basildon	£96
Replace a kitchen tap near Cheltenham	£95
Replace a kitchen tap near Gateshead	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Worthing	£98
Replace a kitchen tap near Rochdale	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Oldham	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Chelmsford	£99
Replace a kitchen tap near Birkenhead	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Maidstone	£98
Replace a kitchen tap near Gillingham	£96
Replace a kitchen tap near Salford	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Solihull	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near St Helens	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Worcester	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Lincoln	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near West Bromwich	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Eastbourne	£94
Replace a kitchen tap near Wakefield	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Wythenshawe	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Bedford	£98
Replace a kitchen tap near Hemel Hempstead	£105
Replace a kitchen tap near Preston	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Stevenage	£99
Replace a kitchen tap near Southport	£86
Replace a kitchen tap near Bath	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Harlow	£101
Replace a kitchen tap near Sutton Coldfield	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Darlington	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Chester	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Hastings	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Nuneaton	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Halifax	£86
Replace a kitchen tap near Hartlepool	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Aylesbury	£108
Replace a kitchen tap near Doncaster	£85
Replace a kitchen tap near Grimsby	£86
Replace a kitchen tap near Wallasey	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near Stockton-on-Tees	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Weston-super-Mare	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near High Wycombe	£104
Replace a kitchen tap near Ashford	£95
Replace a kitchen tap near Redditch	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Wigan	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Scunthorpe	£84
Replace a kitchen tap near Bury	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Paisley	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Bracknell	£105
Replace a kitchen tap near Burnley	£86
Replace a kitchen tap near Rugby	£93
Replace a kitchen tap near Guildford	£107
Replace a kitchen tap near Carlisle	£79
Replace a kitchen tap near Chatham	£96
Replace a kitchen tap near East Kilbride	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Newcastle-under-Lyme	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near Chesterfield	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near Burton upon Trent	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Tamworth	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Shrewsbury	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Woking	£108
Replace a kitchen tap near St Albans	£105
Replace a kitchen tap near Harrogate	£86
Replace a kitchen tap near Crewe	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near South Shields	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Craigavon	£78
Replace a kitchen tap near Stafford	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Rotherham	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Barnsley	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near Lowestoft	£94
Replace a kitchen tap near Walsall	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Gosport	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Dartford	£109
Replace a kitchen tap near Bognor Regis	£94
Replace a kitchen tap near Corby	£94
Replace a kitchen tap near Paignton	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Maidenhead	£104
Replace a kitchen tap near Rochester	£96
Replace a kitchen tap near Ellesmere Port	£86
Replace a kitchen tap near Loughborough	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Dudley	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Bangor	£81
Replace a kitchen tap near Dewsbury	£86
Replace a kitchen tap near Mansfield	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Margate	£94
Replace a kitchen tap near Kettering	£96
Replace a kitchen tap near Cannock	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Sale	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Taunton	£82
Replace a kitchen tap near Runcorn	£93
Replace a kitchen tap near Farnborough	£106
Replace a kitchen tap near Tynemouth	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Hereford	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Halesowen	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Widnes	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Huyton with Roby	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Scarborough	£85
Replace a kitchen tap near Gravesend	£98
Replace a kitchen tap near Bebington	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Kidderminster	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Stourbridge	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Barry	£86
Replace a kitchen tap near Smethwick	£93
Replace a kitchen tap near Dunfermline	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Livingston	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Weymouth	£85
Replace a kitchen tap near Brentwood	£100
Replace a kitchen tap near Barrow-in-Furness	£100
Replace a kitchen tap near Hamilton	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Canterbury	£93
Replace a kitchen tap near Wellingborough	£97
Replace a kitchen tap near Sittingbourne	£95
Replace a kitchen tap near Macclesfield	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near Bootle	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Carlton	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Esher	£106
Replace a kitchen tap near Clacton-on-Sea	£100
Replace a kitchen tap near Lancaster	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Beeston	£87
Replace a kitchen tap near Banbury	£96
Replace a kitchen tap near Torquay	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Folkestone	£94
Replace a kitchen tap near Kingswinford	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Bloxwich	£91
Replace a kitchen tap near Bridgend	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Welwyn Garden City	£106
Replace a kitchen tap near Lisburn	£83
Replace a kitchen tap near Leamington Spa	£93
Replace a kitchen tap near Washington	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Tunbridge Wells	£100
Replace a kitchen tap near Kirkcaldy	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Hinckley	£89
Replace a kitchen tap near Durham	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Cumbernauld	£92
Replace a kitchen tap near Wokingham	£107
Replace a kitchen tap near Horsham	£102
Replace a kitchen tap near Crosby	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Yeovil	£84
Replace a kitchen tap near Thundersley	£97
Replace a kitchen tap near Altrincham	£88
Replace a kitchen tap near Willenhall	£90
Replace a kitchen tap near Christchurch	£94
Replace a kitchen tap near Keighley	£86

	Job	Estimate
	Cost to fix a leak	£240
	Cost to unblock a clogged toilet	£69
	Cost to unblock a sink	£68
	Cost to install a thermostatic mixer shower	£690
	Tap replacement cost	£142
	Cost to seal or re silicone a bath or shower	£80
	Cost to install a shower booster pump	£365
	Cost to replumb a house	£3,750
	Cost to replace toilet float valve	£46
	Replace a toilet	£344
	Cost to replace a bath	£489
	Kitchen sink replacement	£276
	Cost to plumb in an outdoor garden shower	£495
	Cost to replace mains water supply pipe	£350
	Cost to replace kitchen mixer tap	£130
	Dishwasher installation and removal cost	£444
	Power shower installation cost	£749
	Cost to install a washing machine	£70
	Cost to fit a sink waste disposal	£179
	Cost to install an ice machine	£66
	Cost to replace heating expansion header tank	£169
	Cost to fit a home garden sprinkler system	£575
	Bathroom basin installation	£400
	Cost to fit an outside garden tap	£138
	Cost to fit a water softener	£1,208
	Cost to fit a macerator	£860
	Cost to find a leak	£235
	Cost of an emergency plumber	£280
	Replace a cold water storage tank	£195
	Boiling water tap installation	£449
	Cost to install a bidet	£580
	Cost to install a basement sump pump	£2,070