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Toilet Repair in Dallas, TX

Most households in Dallas rent — 56% of them — in housing that splits either side of 1990, with 65% of it older than that.

Short version

56% of occupied homes in Dallas are rented, so for most households the toilet is the landlord's fixture rather than the tenant's. Reporting it is normally the tenant's step, and arranging the repair is normally not. At 65% 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 Dallas

At 56% renting across 552,606 occupied homes, most readers in Dallas are not the person who pays. Knowing which fault it is still matters: a leak at the base and a running tank get very different responses from a landlord, and rightly.

Occupied homes in Dallas	Share	Homes
Owner-occupied	44%	240,439
Rented	56%	312,167

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003 (tenure), 2023 release. Universe: 552,606 occupied housing units.

What the age of Dallas’s housing suggests

About 65% of homes in Dallas predate 1990. That is close enough to even that the town average tells you very little about any one house, which is worth saying rather than dressing up.

What it does tell you is that both generations of fixture are common here, and they fail in different ways.

Housing in Dallas	Share
Built before 1940	5%
Built 1940 to 1989	60%
Built 1990 onwards	35%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Universe: 611,889 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.

Ask what happens to the floor. A leak at the base has usually been going for a while by the time it is visible, and whether the subfloor and flange are sound is the difference between a seal replacement and a return visit.

Other Texas towns we route in

Melissa 88% owner-occupied · 7% built before 1990
Cedar Park 65% owner-occupied · 15% built before 1990
Josephine 95% owner-occupied · 29% built before 1990
Anderson 86% owner-occupied · 32% built before 1990
Somerville 81% owner-occupied · 55% built before 1990

Everywhere we route in Texas

Checking a plumber in Texas

Checking a credential in Texas

Texas licenses are issued by the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.

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. Toilets are one subject; we serve Dallas on all the others too.

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