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Toilet Repair in Temple City, CA
Temple City has old housing and a mixed tenure: 81% of homes predate 1990, and 37% of households rent. Which of those you are changes the whole answer.
Short version
63% of occupied homes in Temple City are owner-occupied and 37% are rented, which is close enough to even that the first question is which you are. A landlord is generally responsible for a fixture in a tenancy; an owner is not. Housing there is 81% pre-1990, which dates the house rather than the fixture.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B25003 and B25034.
Who this page is for in Temple City
With 63% owning and 37% renting, Temple City is close to evenly split. Work out which you are before anything else — it is the one fact that changes every other answer on this page.
| Occupied homes in Temple City | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 63% | 7,144 |
| Rented | 37% | 4,192 |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003 (tenure), 2023 release. Universe: 11,336 occupied housing units.
What the age of Temple City’s housing suggests
Temple City is old housing by this measure — 81% of its 11,953 housing units predate 1990, and 8% were built before 1940. Anything installed new in those homes was a pre-standard fixture at 3.5 gallons or more, against 1.6 today.
Plenty of them have been changed since, and this data cannot tell you whether yours has. It tells you what the odds are for the street rather than the room.
| Housing in Temple City | Share |
|---|---|
| Built before 1940 | 8% |
| Built 1940 to 1989 | 73% |
| Built 1990 onwards | 19% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Universe: 11,953 housing units, including vacant ones — a different universe from the tenure table above. Flush volumes: US EPA WaterSense, tank-type toilet supporting statement
What is actually wrong with it
Most calls are one of five things, and the useful first step is deciding which. Three of them — running, a weak flush and no flush at all — live inside the tank. The other two, a leak at the base and a rocking fixture, are underneath it and are related to each other.
If you are quoted for a new fixture, ask what ruled out the parts. Flappers and fill valves are inexpensive and account for most of what goes wrong, so replacing the toilet without testing them has skipped a step.
Other California towns we route in
- West Hollywood 39% owner-occupied · 90% built before 1990
- West Covina 61% owner-occupied · 87% built before 1990
- Walnut 82% owner-occupied · 87% built before 1990
- Cypress 67% owner-occupied · 84% built before 1990
- Oakland 43% owner-occupied · 84% built before 1990
Checking a plumber in California
Checking a credential in California
California licenses are issued by the Contractors State License Board, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. California licenses the C-36 plumbing contractor; there is no state journeyman license.
If the dye test pointed at the flapper, that is a part, not a fixture.Worth saying on the call, because it changes what somebody arrives with. We connect you to a contractor covering your area and you are never charged. Whatever wants a plumber in Temple City can be raised when you call.
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