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Toilet Repair in Hurst, TX

Hurst has old housing and a mixed tenure: 75% of homes predate 1990, and 38% of households rent. Which of those you are changes the whole answer.

Short version

62% of occupied homes in Hurst are owner-occupied and 38% 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 75% pre-1990, which dates the house rather than the fixture.

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 Hurst

Hurst has 16,425 occupied homes, 62% of them owner-occupied. Which side of that you are on changes not just who pays but how quickly anything happens, which is why the tenant page is about reporting rather than repairing.

Occupied homes in Hurst	Share	Homes
Owner-occupied	62%	10,144
Rented	38%	6,281

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003 (tenure), 2023 release. Universe: 16,425 occupied housing units.

What the age of Hurst’s housing suggests

75% of Hurst’s housing predates 1990 and under 1% predates 1940. That makes the pre-standard fixture the base case here rather than the exception.

It is a statement about the housing stock. A house built in 1935 has had ninety years in which somebody could have replaced the toilet, and many have.

Housing in Hurst	Share
Built before 1940	under 1%
Built 1940 to 1989	75%
Built 1990 onwards	25%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Universe: 17,505 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 which part was tested before the fixture was blamed. On a running toilet that means the dye test; on a leak at the base it means whether the flange was looked at. A quote to reset a toilet that does not mention the flange has not established why the last seal failed.

Other Texas towns we route in

Magnolia 81% owner-occupied · 18% built before 1990
Euless 38% owner-occupied · 57% built before 1990
Duncanville 65% owner-occupied · 85% built before 1990
North Zulch 74% owner-occupied · 45% built before 1990
Lancaster 67% owner-occupied · 47% built before 1990

Everywhere we route in Texas

Checking a plumber in Texas

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

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