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Toilet Repair in Hollis, NH

About 69% of homes in Hollis were built before 1990 and 90% of households own theirs, so the fixture could be either generation and the repair is yours.

Short version

Owner-occupiers hold 90% of the occupied homes in Hollis. For most households there the toilet is theirs outright, so the repair can be arranged directly without a landlord, an agent or a lease in the way. At 69% pre-1990, the housing gives no strong steer on flush volume, which makes the tank label worth a look.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B25003 and B25034.

Tank and Bowl is a referral service, not a contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands. Every state page sets out who licenses plumbers there and where to check, so you can confirm before work begins. We carry out no work, we sell no fixtures, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything — the contractors in our network pay us when we route them a call.

Who this page is for in Hollis

90% of the 3,367 households in Hollis are owner-occupiers. The small renting minority should read the page for tenants, because the answer for them is different.

Occupied homes in Hollis	Share	Homes
Owner-occupied	90%	3,021
Rented	10%	346

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003 (tenure), 2023 release. Universe: 3,367 occupied housing units.

What the age of Hollis’s housing suggests

69% of Hollis’s 3,397 housing units were built before 1990. EPA puts pre-standard toilets at 3.5 to more than 5.0 gallons a flush against 1.6 for anything built to the standard.

In a town this evenly split the age of the house is a weak guide, and it is the age of the house rather than the toilet in any case.

Housing in Hollis	Share
Built before 1940	12%
Built 1940 to 1989	58%
Built 1990 onwards	31%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Universe: 3,397 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

Work from the symptom rather than the fixture. Continuous running has a ten-minute test that settles it; water at the base is identified by when it appears rather than where; and a handle that does nothing is visible the moment the tank lid is off.

Ask them to name the fault before they name the price. “The toilet needs replacing” is not a diagnosis; “the flapper seat is pitted and will not hold a new flapper” is, and it happens to be a common one.

Other New Hampshire towns we route in

Chesterfield 100% owner-occupied · 41% built before 1990
Antrim 81% owner-occupied · 74% built before 1990
Nashua 56% owner-occupied · 82% built before 1990
Marlow 93% owner-occupied · 63% built before 1990
Nottingham 94% owner-occupied · 52% built before 1990

Everywhere we route in New Hampshire

Checking a plumber in New Hampshire

Checking a credential in New Hampshire

The authority is the New Hampshire Office of Professional Licensure and Certification, Mechanical Safety and Licensing Board. New Hampshire licenses plumbers but publishes no online licensee search, so verification means contacting the office directly.

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. Past toilets, Hollis is covered for whatever has gone wrong.

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