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Toilet Repair in Longs, SC

Only 17% of homes in Longs predate 1990. At 86% owner-occupied, this is a town where the fixture is probably modern and the decision is definitely yours.

Short version

86% of occupied homes in Longs are owner-occupied, so a failed toilet there is almost always the occupant's own to repair and the occupant's own to pay for. Nothing has to be cleared with anybody before the work is arranged. 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 Longs

Of Longs’s 6,786 occupied homes, 86% are lived in by their owners. There is no landlord in this arrangement, which means no waiting and also no one else paying.

Occupied homes in Longs	Share	Homes
Owner-occupied	86%	5,809
Rented	14%	977

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003 (tenure), 2023 release. Universe: 6,786 occupied housing units.

What the age of Longs’s housing suggests

With only 17% of homes built before 1990, Longs is a town of modern fixtures. EPA’s WaterSense label goes further than the standard at 1.28 gallons per flush.

The figure is about construction dates rather than what is bolted to the floor, but in a town this new the two are less likely to have diverged.

Housing in Longs	Share
Built before 1940	under 1%
Built 1940 to 1989	17%
Built 1990 onwards	83%

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25034 (year structure built), 2023 release. Universe: 8,131 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

Work from the symptom rather than the fixture. Continuous running has a ten-minute test that settles it; water at the base is identified by when it appears rather than where; and a handle that does nothing is visible the moment the tank lid is off.

If you are quoted for a new fixture, ask what ruled out the parts. Flappers and fill valves are inexpensive and account for most of what goes wrong, so replacing the toilet without testing them has skipped a step.

Other South Carolina towns we route in

Murrells Inlet 87% owner-occupied · 29% built before 1990
Trenton 84% owner-occupied · 49% built before 1990
Townville 87% owner-occupied · 41% built before 1990
Great Falls 85% owner-occupied · 82% built before 1990
Edgemoor 89% owner-occupied · 32% built before 1990

Everywhere we route in South Carolina

Checking a plumber in South Carolina

Checking a credential in South Carolina

South Carolina licenses are issued by the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins. South Carolina requires a residential plumber license for work over $500, according to the Commission.

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 Longs can be raised when you call.

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