Why professional toilet installation matters
Many homeowners assume they can install a toilet themselves, but the work is time-consuming and difficult — especially when the old toilet needs plumbing work first.
A plumber typically removes the old toilet in under an hour, then checks and installs the pipes and valves that supply water and carry waste away, looking for potential problems and optimizing for water savings. The last phase is setting the bowl and installing the tank, with every pipe, valve and fitting checked for leaks.
We then test the new toilet for proper flushing, no overflows or clogs, and no damage from the installation.
Clogged toilet repair specialists in Los Angeles
Our technicians use specialized tools and techniques to find the root cause of a clog — foreign objects, buildup or outdated plumbing — so your toilet is unclogged and functioning well, not just plunged.
When a new toilet is the right answer
- The bad flush. Aging or cheap toilets often flush poorly, causing repeated flushing, plunger use and overflows. That’s a sign it’s time for a replacement.
- Lots of water, lots of the time. Toilets installed before 1980 used about 7 gallons per flush. Post-1980 models were limited to about 3.5 gallons, and modern ultra-efficient models use about 1.6 gallons.
- Keeping up with modern design. Dated colored toilets (pink, blue, yellow) are old, inefficient and unattractive; a modern toilet suits current design preferences.