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Toilet Repair in North Andover, MA

In North Andover, about 72% of homes predate 1990 and roughly 30% of households rent. Both halves of this page apply to somebody here.

Short version

70% of occupied homes in North Andover are owner-occupied and 30% 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. At 72% 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 North Andover

Tenure in North Andover is genuinely mixed — 30% of its 11,521 households rent. That matters more than it sounds: it decides whether the next step is calling a contractor or writing to a landlord.

Occupied homes in North Andover	Share	Homes
Owner-occupied	70%	8,049
Rented	30%	3,472

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003 (tenure), 2023 release. Universe: 11,521 occupied housing units.

What the age of North Andover’s housing suggests

North Andover straddles the line: 72% of its housing units were built before 1990, when the Energy Policy Act of 1992 set the 1.6 gallon maximum, and the rest since.

So the housing stock genuinely does not predict the fixture here, and the date inside the tank lid is worth more than any figure on this page.

Housing in North Andover	Share
Built before 1940	15%
Built 1940 to 1989	57%
Built 1990 onwards	28%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Universe: 12,010 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

The fault list is short. A running tank and a weak flush are both usually parts inside the tank. A leak at the base is the one that damages the building, and a fixture that rocks is the one that causes it.

Ask them to name the fault before they name the price. “The toilet needs replacing” is not a diagnosis; “the flapper seat is pitted and will not hold a new flapper” is, and it happens to be a common one.

Other Massachusetts towns we route in

Topsfield 90% owner-occupied · 74% built before 1990
Georgetown 84% owner-occupied · 65% built before 1990
Lexington 81% owner-occupied · 73% built before 1990
Mansfield 73% owner-occupied · 72% built before 1990
Watertown 49% owner-occupied · 85% built before 1990

Everywhere we route in Massachusetts

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Massachusetts licenses are issued by the Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters, 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 North Andover is taken on this number.

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