Toilet Repair in Florida

Weighted across 5,056,807 occupied homes. Separately, 57% of the state’s 5,949,650 housing units — a wider universe, because it includes vacant ones — were built before 1990, which is before the Energy Policy Act of 1992 set a 1.6 gallon flush maximum.

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B25003 (tenure) and B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Flush volumes: US EPA WaterSense, tank-type toilet supporting statement.

A state average hides the thing that matters. Of the 142 towns we route in here, 22 are mostly pre-1990 housing and 49 are mostly post-1990 housing; on tenure, 64 are strongly owner-occupied and 11 are renter-heavy.

The two are close to independent of each other, so an old town is not reliably an owning town or a renting one. That is why every town page below carries its own pair of figures rather than inheriting these.

The fault list does not vary by state. A running tank is the flapper or the fill valve, and EPA publishes a ten-minute test that tells them apart. Water at the base is four different faults, one of which is condensation and not a leak at all. A fixture that rocks is the one that causes the seal failure you will meet later.

What varies by town is who fixes it. In a rented home the toilet is normally the landlord’s repair, and in the towns above that is a large share of households.

Checking a credential in Florida

Florida licenses are issued by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. Florida distinguishes state-certified contractors from registered contractors, who are limited to particular counties.

• Alva 93% owner-occupied · 36% pre-1990
• Anna Maria 95% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Apollo Beach 83% owner-occupied · 27% pre-1990
• Atlantic Beach 59% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Belleair Beach 94% owner-occupied · 74% pre-1990
• Belleview 73% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Beverly Hills 81% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Boca Raton 72% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Bokeelia 85% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Bonita Springs 81% owner-occupied · 28% pre-1990
• Boynton Beach 75% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Bradenton 70% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Bradenton Beach 88% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• Brandon 58% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Bushnell 77% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Cape Canaveral 61% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Cape Coral 78% owner-occupied · 37% pre-1990
• Center Hill 77% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Chattahoochee 70% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Clearwater 59% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Clearwater Beach 85% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Cocoa 78% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Cocoa Beach 77% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• Coleman 82% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Coral Springs 55% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Cortez 92% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Crawfordville 84% owner-occupied · 28% pre-1990
• Crystal River 79% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Dania 43% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Deerfield Beach 64% owner-occupied · 85% pre-1990
• Delray Beach 75% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Dover 74% owner-occupied · 50% pre-1990
• Dunnellon 87% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Ellenton 82% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Englewood 87% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Estero 85% owner-occupied · 16% pre-1990
• Felda 89% owner-occupied · 30% pre-1990
• Fleming Island 87% owner-occupied · 16% pre-1990
• Floral City 86% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Fort Lauderdale 62% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Fort Myers 66% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Fort Myers Beach 90% owner-occupied · 73% pre-1990
• Fruitland Park 82% owner-occupied · 70% pre-1990
• Gibsonton 67% owner-occupied · 31% pre-1990
• Grant 97% owner-occupied · 37% pre-1990
• Green Cove Springs 82% owner-occupied · 37% pre-1990
• Greensboro 41% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Gretna 46% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Hallandale 54% owner-occupied · 81% pre-1990
• Havana 82% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• Hernando 86% owner-occupied · 44% pre-1990
• Hialeah 51% owner-occupied · 68% pre-1990
• Hollywood 64% owner-occupied · 62% pre-1990
• Homestead 58% owner-occupied · 32% pre-1990
• Homosassa 91% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Hudson 77% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• Immokalee 51% owner-occupied · 33% pre-1990
• Indialantic 85% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Indian Rocks Beach 78% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Inverness 83% owner-occupied · 60% pre-1990
• Jacksonville 57% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Jacksonville Beach 69% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Key Biscayne 69% owner-occupied · 72% pre-1990
• Lady Lake 81% owner-occupied · 32% pre-1990
• Lake Panasoffkee 72% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Land O' Lakes 83% owner-occupied · 16% pre-1990
• Largo 70% owner-occupied · 83% pre-1990
• Lecanto 87% owner-occupied · 41% pre-1990
• Leesburg 76% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• Lehigh Acres 68% owner-occupied · 28% pre-1990
• Lithia 84% owner-occupied · 14% pre-1990
• Longboat Key 94% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Lutz 73% owner-occupied · 40% pre-1990
• Malabar 94% owner-occupied · 46% pre-1990
• Marco Island 90% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Melbourne 72% owner-occupied · 46% pre-1990
• Melbourne Beach 85% owner-occupied · 57% pre-1990
• Merritt Island 79% owner-occupied · 71% pre-1990
• Miami 52% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Miami Beach 42% owner-occupied · 76% pre-1990
• Miami Gardens 65% owner-occupied · 77% pre-1990
• Middleburg 79% owner-occupied · 33% pre-1990
• Midway 88% owner-occupied · 10% pre-1990
• Mims 92% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990
• Myakka City 91% owner-occupied · 31% pre-1990
• Naples 77% owner-occupied · 34% pre-1990
• Neptune Beach 72% owner-occupied · 88% pre-1990
• New Port Richey 78% owner-occupied · 32% pre-1990
• Nokomis 86% owner-occupied · 51% pre-1990
• North Fort Myers 83% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• North Miami Beach 59% owner-occupied · 64% pre-1990
• North Port 80% owner-occupied · 34% pre-1990
• Ocala 66% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Ocklawaha 79% owner-occupied · 65% pre-1990
• Odessa 86% owner-occupied · 22% pre-1990
• Opa Locka 63% owner-occupied · 86% pre-1990
• Orange Park 67% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Osprey 89% owner-occupied · 37% pre-1990
• Oxford 64% owner-occupied · 20% pre-1990
• Palm Bay 79% owner-occupied · 47% pre-1990
• Palmetto 81% owner-occupied · 48% pre-1990
• Parrish 89% owner-occupied · 9% pre-1990
• Pembroke Pines 79% owner-occupied · 5% pre-1990
• Pinellas Park 69% owner-occupied · 79% pre-1990
• Plant City 72% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Pompano Beach 66% owner-occupied · 69% pre-1990
• Ponte Vedra 83% owner-occupied · 2% pre-1990
• Ponte Vedra Beach 82% owner-occupied · 48% pre-1990
• Punta Gorda 86% owner-occupied · 38% pre-1990
• Quincy 69% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Riverview 71% owner-occupied · 16% pre-1990
• Rockledge 77% owner-occupied · 43% pre-1990
• Ruskin 75% owner-occupied · 32% pre-1990
• Saint Augustine 80% owner-occupied · 36% pre-1990
• Saint James City 90% owner-occupied · 68% pre-1990
• Saint Johns 89% owner-occupied · 11% pre-1990
• Saint Petersburg 66% owner-occupied · 82% pre-1990
• San Antonio 93% owner-occupied · 22% pre-1990
• Sanibel 92% owner-occupied · 78% pre-1990
• Sarasota 70% owner-occupied · 63% pre-1990
• Satellite Beach 82% owner-occupied · 81% pre-1990
• Sebastian 94% owner-occupied · 66% pre-1990
• Seffner 75% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Seminole 81% owner-occupied · 83% pre-1990
• Silver Springs 71% owner-occupied · 61% pre-1990
• Sneads 76% owner-occupied · 75% pre-1990
• Summerfield 87% owner-occupied · 27% pre-1990
• Sumterville 84% owner-occupied · 39% pre-1990
• Sun City Center 84% owner-occupied · 42% pre-1990
• Tallahassee 52% owner-occupied · 54% pre-1990
• Tampa 52% owner-occupied · 59% pre-1990
• The Villages 94% owner-occupied · 3% pre-1990
• Thonotosassa 61% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Titusville 76% owner-occupied · 67% pre-1990
• Valrico 80% owner-occupied · 39% pre-1990
• Venice 84% owner-occupied · 49% pre-1990
• Weirsdale 94% owner-occupied · 39% pre-1990
• Wesley Chapel 80% owner-occupied · 13% pre-1990
• Wildwood 67% owner-occupied · 56% pre-1990
• Wimauma 87% owner-occupied · 14% pre-1990
• Yalaha 97% owner-occupied · 53% pre-1990
• Zephyrhills 79% owner-occupied · 55% pre-1990