Toilet internals
Fill valves, flappers, flush valves, handles and tank bolts. A toilet that runs intermittently is almost always a worn flapper or a fill valve that has stopped sealing.
Toilet and Faucet Repair
The small stuff still wastes water and still floods a cabinet. Dallas 24 Hour Plumber repairs running toilets, weak flushes, dripping faucets and seized shutoff valves across Dallas, and replaces the fixture instead when that is the better value.
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Problems We Repair
- A toilet that runs on its own, or keeps refilling between uses
- A weak or incomplete flush, or one that needs the handle held down
- Water on the floor around the base of a toilet after every flush
- Faucets that drip, drag, whine or have lost pressure on one side
- Angle stops under a sink that will not turn, or weep when you try
If water is coming from the base of a toilet, turn the angle stop behind it clockwise and stop using it. If a faucet supply line is dripping, put a bowl under it and turn the same valve off. If either valve is stuck, do not force it, because old stops shear off and turn a small leak into a big one. Shut the main off instead and call.
What the Service Includes
These are small jobs with a habit of revealing bigger ones, so Dallas 24 Hour Plumber checks the supply lines and valves while the fixture is apart.
Wax rings and flanges
Water at the base after a flush usually means the seal beneath the toilet has failed, or the flange under it has. Both need the toilet pulled, and both get worse if left.
Faucet cartridges and seals
Cartridges, washers, O-rings and aerators. Hard Dallas water chews through seals and clogs aerators with scale, which is why a faucet can drip and run weak at the same time.
Shutoff valves and supply lines
Old angle stops and braided connectors are worth replacing while everything is already open. A failed supply line under a sink can empty a lot of water before anyone notices.
Repair or Replace the Fixture
A quality faucet or toilet is usually worth repairing, because the parts are available and the fixture itself lasts decades. The calculation changes with builder-grade fixtures whose cartridges are discontinued, with toilets that have hairline cracks in the tank or bowl, and with any fixture that has already been repaired twice. At that point new hardware costs less than another round of parts and labor.
It is also worth grouping small jobs. If you have a running toilet in one bathroom, a dripping tub faucet in another and a stuck valve under the kitchen sink, handling them in one visit costs less than three separate calls. Make a list before the plumber arrives.
If a fixture leak turns out to be coming from inside a wall, see leak detection. A toilet that is backing up rather than leaking belongs with drain cleaning, and multiple fixtures backing up together points to sewer line repair. Browse all plumbing services or request a visit.
Toilet and Faucet Questions
Why does my toilet keep running?
Nearly always a worn flapper letting water seep from the tank into the bowl, or a fill valve that no longer shuts off cleanly. Both are inexpensive parts. Left alone, a running toilet quietly adds to every water bill, so it is worth booking with Dallas 24 Hour Plumber rather than living with it.
Is a dripping faucet worth fixing?
Yes. A steady drip wastes a surprising amount of water over a year, and the same worn cartridge that drips at the spout often weeps inside the cabinet where you cannot see it. Dallas 24 Hour Plumber will tell you whether the cartridge is still available or the fixture is better replaced.
Can I get same-day toilet repair in Dallas?
Usually, subject to availability. A household with only one working toilet is treated as a priority. Tell Dallas 24 Hour Plumber how many bathrooms you have and what each one is doing when you call, and mention the brand if you know it so the right parts come along.
Water is pooling around the base of my toilet. What now?
Stop using that toilet and shut the valve behind it. Water at the base after flushing usually means the wax seal or the flange has failed, and continuing to flush pushes water under the flooring and into the subfloor. Read how a service call works and book the visit.
Book a plumber for the small jobs
List everything that drips, runs or sticks and we will handle it in one visit.