Toilet Repair in Taylors, SC

Taylors sits in the middle of both measures — 56% of housing built before 1990, 77% of households owning their home.

Short version

77% of occupied homes in Taylors are owner-occupied and 23% 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 splits either side of 1990 at 56% pre-1990, so flush volume is worth checking rather than assuming.

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 Taylors

About 23% of households in Taylors rent. For them the fixture is part of the property and the repair is the landlord’s; for the 77% who own, it is a straightforward decision about a part.

Occupied homes in Taylors	Share	Homes
Owner-occupied	77%	13,104
Rented	23%	4,007

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003 (tenure), 2023 release. Universe: 17,111 occupied housing units.

What the age of Taylors’s housing suggests

Roughly 56% of housing here predates 1990 and 28% was built from 2000 onwards, so Taylors has both generations in quantity.

Which one is in your bathroom is not something this data can reach. It dates construction, not fixtures, and the two come apart every time somebody remodels.

Housing in Taylors	Share
Built before 1940	2%
Built 1940 to 1989	54%
Built 1990 onwards	44%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Universe: 18,606 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.

On an older fixture that is being lifted anyway, ask what the difference is between putting this one back and setting a new one down. Frequently the work is the same and only the part differs, which is the one moment when replacement is worth thinking about.

Other South Carolina towns we route in

Chester 74% owner-occupied · 71% built before 1990
Hickory Grove 66% owner-occupied · 53% built before 1990
Anderson 71% owner-occupied · 56% built before 1990
McConnells 81% owner-occupied · 43% built before 1990
West Union 89% owner-occupied · 39% built before 1990

Everywhere we route in South Carolina

Checking a plumber in South Carolina

Checking a credential in South Carolina

South Carolina licenses are issued by the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. South Carolina requires a residential plumber license for work over $500, according to the Commission.

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. Anything plumbing-related from Taylors is taken on this number.

Call (888) 525-3450