Toilet Repair in Tempe, AZ

In Tempe, 58% of households are renting. The housing is mixed in age, 64% of it built before 1990.

Short version

In Tempe, 58% of occupied homes are rented. That usually puts the toilet on the landlord's side of the line, so a tenant's job is to report the fault rather than to find somebody to fix it. At 64% 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 Tempe

Most households in Tempe rent: 58% of 78,584 occupied homes. If that includes you, the toilet is part of the property and repairing it is normally your landlord’s responsibility, not something to arrange and pay for yourself.

Occupied homes in Tempe	Share	Homes
Owner-occupied	42%	32,927
Rented	58%	45,657

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003 (tenure), 2023 release. Universe: 78,584 occupied housing units.

What the age of Tempe’s housing suggests

Roughly 64% of housing here predates 1990 and 22% was built from 2000 onwards, so Tempe 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 Tempe	Share
Built before 1940	1%
Built 1940 to 1989	64%
Built 1990 onwards	36%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Universe: 86,351 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

Four complaints cover nearly all of it, and they are different faults rather than degrees of one. Running is the flapper or the fill valve. Nothing at all is usually the chain or a blockage. Water on the floor is four possibilities, one of which is not a leak. A weak flush is the water level, the chain, or the specification.

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 Arizona towns we route in

Florence 85% owner-occupied · 20% built before 1990
Wickenburg 79% owner-occupied · 47% built before 1990
Gold Canyon 92% owner-occupied · 9% built before 1990
Gila Bend 65% owner-occupied · 79% built before 1990
Morristown 85% owner-occupied · 43% built before 1990

Everywhere we route in Arizona

Checking a plumber in Arizona

Checking a credential in Arizona

Arizona licenses are issued by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. Arizona licenses plumbing contractors rather than individual journeymen.

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 Tempe can be raised when you call.

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