Toilets
Hear the tank hissing and refilling between flushes? A tired flapper or fill valve is behind it. Water seeping out where the bowl meets the floor points to a failed wax ring, and a crack in the bowl or tank means replacing the toilet.
Toilet, Faucet and Fixture Repair in Tacoma
Fixtures wear out one small part at a time. A toilet running through the night, a dripping faucet, a shower jumping between scalding and cold or a jammed disposal can be fixed, and we connect you with a Tacoma plumber to do it.
This page covers the fixtures that wear out, when moving or adding one takes a city permit, and Tacoma Water’s free lead test.
Common fixture repairs
Faucets
Inside every dripping faucet is a worn cartridge, washer or seal. Swapping that part is the repair, and a corroded body or a finish worn down to bare metal is the point where a new faucet makes more sense.
Shower and tub valves
Temperature that drifts mid-shower, or a spout that drips long after the handle is off, comes from worn parts hidden behind the trim plate. The repair is either a fresh cartridge or a replacement valve inside the wall.
Garbage disposals
Humming with no grinding, water dripping from the bottom of the unit or a reset button that keeps popping out are signs of a jam or a worn-out disposal. Expect either a repair or a new unit from the plumber you hire.
Moving or adding a fixture in Tacoma
Tacoma’s residential permit list puts relocating, removing or adding toilets, showers, sinks, dishwashers and laundry hookups under a plumbing permit from the City of Tacoma Planning and Development Services.
Repairs that leave the fixtures and pipes where they are follow a separate rule, and the leak detection page sets out what the City exempts.
Testing your tap water for lead
If you are a Tacoma Water customer, the utility can send you a free kit to test the water from your taps for lead.
Grit and worn faucets
Tacoma Water notes that grit coming loose from inside old galvanized pipe can wear out faucets. The repiping page has more on that kind of pipe and how it is replaced.
Got a sink or tub that empties slowly? That belongs under drain cleaning. A soaked cabinet base with no visible source is a leak detection job, and the homepage gathers everything else.
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