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Toilet Repair in Maple Shade, NJ
In Maple Shade, 52% of households rent their home and 88% of the housing predates 1990. For most readers here, the toilet is the landlord’s repair.
Short version
52% of occupied homes in Maple Shade are rented, so for most households the toilet is the landlord's fixture rather than the tenant's. Reporting it is normally the tenant's step, and arranging the repair is normally not. Housing there is 88% pre-1990, so a pre-standard fixture using far more than 1.6 gallons a flush is a real possibility — though that dates the house, not the toilet.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B25003 and B25034.
Who this page is for in Maple Shade
Maple Shade is a renting town — 52% of households rent. This page is still worth reading, because describing the fault accurately is what gets it fixed, but the tenant page is the one that applies to most people here.
| Occupied homes in Maple Shade | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 48% | 4,182 |
| Rented | 52% | 4,609 |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003 (tenure), 2023 release. Universe: 8,791 occupied housing units.
What the age of Maple Shade’s housing suggests
88% of housing units in Maple Shade were built before 1990, which is to say before the Energy Policy Act of 1992 set a 1.6 gallon maximum. EPA puts pre-standard fixtures at 3.5 to more than 5.0 gallons a flush.
That is about the house, not about your bathroom: a 1968 home may be on its third toilet. What the figure says is that in a town like this, an original fixture is a live possibility rather than a curiosity.
| Housing in Maple Shade | Share |
|---|---|
| Built before 1940 | 10% |
| Built 1940 to 1989 | 78% |
| Built 1990 onwards | 12% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Universe: 9,401 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.
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 New Jersey towns we route in
- Newfield 91% owner-occupied · 85% built before 1990
- Mountain Lakes 97% owner-occupied · 80% built before 1990
- Mount Arlington 68% owner-occupied · 48% built before 1990
- Lodi 41% owner-occupied · 87% built before 1990
- Ringwood 95% owner-occupied · 89% built before 1990
Checking a plumber in New Jersey
Checking a credential in New Jersey
New Jersey licenses are issued by the New Jersey State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers, Division of Consumer Affairs, 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 Maple Shade can be raised when you call.
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