Toilet Repair in Concord, NC

Only 40% of the housing in Concord predates 1990, and tenure is mixed with 68% of households owning their home.

Short version

Tenure in Concord is close to even, at 68% owner-occupied and 32% rented. Where a home is rented the fixture is usually the landlord's to repair, so the lease decides who arranges the work and who is billed for it. With most homes built since 1990, the fixture is probably already a 1.6 gallon one and its age is unlikely to be the fault.

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 Concord

About 32% of households in Concord rent. For them the fixture is part of the property and the repair is the landlord’s; for the 68% who own, it is a straightforward decision about a part.

Occupied homes in Concord	Share	Homes
Owner-occupied	68%	32,743
Rented	32%	15,458

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003 (tenure), 2023 release. Universe: 48,201 occupied housing units.

What the age of Concord’s housing suggests

40% of Concord’s housing predates 1990 — a small share. Most homes here were built under the 1.6 gallon maximum, so the fault is far more likely to be a part than the fixture.

As everywhere, this dates the house. A toilet can be replaced with an older one, and occasionally is.

Housing in Concord	Share
Built before 1940	6%
Built 1940 to 1989	34%
Built 1990 onwards	60%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Universe: 55,209 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 North Carolina towns we route in

Pikeville 77% owner-occupied · 35% built before 1990
Leasburg 93% owner-occupied · 28% built before 1990
Blowing Rock 71% owner-occupied · 52% built before 1990
Hamptonville 81% owner-occupied · 63% built before 1990
Hope Mills 73% owner-occupied · 33% built before 1990

Everywhere we route in North Carolina

Checking a plumber in North Carolina

Checking a credential in North Carolina

North Carolina licenses are issued by the North Carolina State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinkler Contractors, 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 Concord is taken on this number.

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