Over time, valves degrade due to high pressures, extreme temperatures, and continuous operation. Our refurbishment process restores them to like-new condition, replacing worn components, resealing internal parts, and ensuring they function as intended.
VALVE REFURBISHMENT
A smart, sustainable, and cost-effective solution
Valve refurbishment offers a smart, sustainable, and cost-effective solution that delivers long-term value across all industries. By restoring worn or damaged valves to full working condition, refurbishment significantly extends their operational lifespan, helping you avoid frequent replacements and the associated downtime. It provides a cost-effective alternative to purchasing new equipment, reducing capital expenditure while maintaining — or even improving — performance.
Our precision repair process restores full functionality and flow efficiency, ensuring smooth, reliable operation in demanding environments. In addition, refurbishment eliminates leaks, pressure drops, and other performance issues that can lead to costly breakdowns or production stoppages. As an added benefit, valve refurbishment is an eco-friendly choice, helping reduce industrial waste and support sustainability targets by minimising unnecessary manufacturing and disposal.
Why Refurbish Instead of Replace?
In many industrial settings, valves face constant stress from high pressure, corrosive media, and continuous operation. Over time, this wear leads many operators to assume replacement is the only option — but that’s not the case. Valve refurbishment allows you to retain your existing infrastructure, restoring performance without the high cost and lead time of sourcing new valves. Our expert repair process tackles everything from internal erosion and damaged seals to seized components and actuator issues, returning your valve to like-new condition with full pressure and flow capability.
Refurbishment isn’t just practical — it’s also strategic. Choosing to repair over replace can result in up to 70% cost savings, with quicker turnaround and less disruption to your operation. Plus, by extending the life of your existing assets, you help reduce industrial waste and minimise your site’s environmental footprint. It’s a smarter, greener way to manage your critical equipment.
Valve Inspection & Assessment
Every refurbishment project at Valve Repair begins with a thorough strip-down and inspection of the valve. Our team disassembles the unit down to its core components to perform a comprehensive visual and mechanical assessment.
We examine each part for signs of wear, corrosion, deformation, and fatigue — including valve bodies, stems, seats, and sealing surfaces. Using specialised pressure and leak path testing, we check for internal failures that may not be visible to the eye, such as micro-cracks or compromised pressure boundaries. Following this inspection, we compile a detailed assessment report, outlining the valve’s current condition, recommended repairs, and any components that require replacement. This clear diagnosis ensures we take the right steps to restore performance while maximising cost-efficiency for our clients.
Component Cleaning & Repair
Once the valve is inspected and assessed, we move on to the cleaning and repair phase — a vital step in returning it to optimal condition. Our technicians use ultrasonic cleaning, media blasting, and degreasing techniques to eliminate scale, rust, and residual buildup from internal and external surfaces. Every component is cleaned to a near-new state, ensuring that no debris interferes with performance.
Damaged or degraded parts — including seals, seats, O-rings, gaskets, and packing — are replaced with OEM-quality or upgraded alternatives to guarantee lasting performance. If surfaces such as valve seats or stems are worn, they are re-machined, lapped, or refinished to meet the original manufacturing tolerances. This process not only improves valve functionality but also helps extend the working life of critical components in your system.
Reassembly & Functional Testing
With all necessary repairs completed, we proceed to reassemble the valve with precision and care. Using OEM specifications or high-grade replacement parts, our skilled engineers rebuild each unit to restore full mechanical and pressure-handling capability. Once reassembled, every valve undergoes rigorous performance testing, including functional checks, pressure testing, and leak detection under simulated operating conditions. This ensures the valve operates smoothly, shuts off correctly, and withstands required pressures without fault. We also perform stroke testing and calibration for control valves and actuated units, ensuring accurate positioning and response times.
Upon successful completion, we issue full certification and documentation, confirming that the valve is compliant with industry safety, regulatory, and operational standards. It leaves our workshop fully tested, traceable, and field-ready.
