Toilet Repair in Annapolis, MD
In Annapolis, about 67% 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 Annapolis 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. Housing there splits either side of 1990 at 67% pre-1990, so flush volume is worth checking rather than assuming.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B25003 and B25034.
Who this page is for in Annapolis
Tenure in Annapolis is genuinely mixed — 30% of its 40,203 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 Annapolis | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 70% | 28,062 |
| Rented | 30% | 12,141 |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003 (tenure), 2023 release. Universe: 40,203 occupied housing units.
What the age of Annapolis’s housing suggests
Annapolis straddles the line: 67% 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 Annapolis | Share |
|---|---|
| Built before 1940 | 9% |
| Built 1940 to 1989 | 58% |
| Built 1990 onwards | 33% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Universe: 43,050 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 Maryland towns we route in
- Nottingham 69% owner-occupied · 73% built before 1990
- Funkstown 61% owner-occupied · 87% built before 1990
- Clarksburg 87% owner-occupied · 11% built before 1990
- Monrovia 98% owner-occupied · 53% built before 1990
- Fallston 97% owner-occupied · 68% built before 1990
Checking a plumber in Maryland
Checking a credential in Maryland
Maryland licenses are issued by the Maryland State Board of Plumbing, Department of Labor, 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. Whatever wants a plumber in Annapolis can be raised when you call.
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