Toilet Repair & Replacement in Richmond Hill

• Running toilets — usually a worn flapper, fill valve or flush valve. A five-dollar part running 24/7 can waste 200+ litres daily.
• Clogged toilets — we auger the trap and, if it keeps happening, camera the branch line to find out why.
• Leaks at the base — the wax seal has failed. Left alone, it soaks the subfloor and ceiling below. We re-set the toilet with a new seal and check the flange.
• Weak or incomplete flush — rim jets clogged with Richmond Hill's hard-water scale, a failing fill mechanism, or low water level in the tank.
• Rocking or loose toilets — the flange is broken or the floor has softened. We stabilize, repair or replace the flange.
• Phantom flushing — a slow leak from tank to bowl; almost always a flapper or flush valve seat.

Most toilet repairs are worth doing: fill valves, flappers and seals are inexpensive and take under an hour. Replacement makes more sense when the porcelain is cracked, the toilet is a pre-1990s water hog (older units use 13+ litres per flush versus 4.8 for modern high-efficiency models), or repairs are stacking up. If replacement is the right call, we install high-efficiency or dual-flush units — the City of Richmond Hill's water rates make the payback period short for a family toilet. We quote both options with real numbers and let you decide; there's no commission structure pushing either direction.

Toilet repairs start from $149 and replacement labour starts from $250, plus your chosen fixture. Both are quoted as a flat rate in writing before we start. We haul away the old unit, re-seal and test everything, and leave the bathroom cleaner than we found it. Same-day service is available across Richmond Hill because our trucks are already in the city. Call 647-691-2141 to book.

A plunger fixes most simple toilet clogs — but it has limits. Stop plunging and call a professional when: the clog returns within days, more than one fixture backs up at the same time, water rises in the shower when you flush, or the toilet gurgles. Those are signs the blockage is in your branch or main line, past where any plunger reaches. Continued plunging on a main-line blockage just pressurizes the weakest fitting — often the wax seal under your toilet.

If something solid went down (toys, wipes, sanitary products), a closet auger usually retrieves it. If your Richmond Hill home has a low-flow toilet from the mid-1990s — the era of notorious 'never-flush-right' designs — recurring clogs are a design flaw, not a blockage, and replacement is the honest answer. We'll tell you which situation you're in before quoting anything.

A slow-leaking flapper can waste 200–400 litres a day; a fully running toilet, over 4,000 litres. On Richmond Hill's metered water rates, that's anywhere from a few dollars to $50+ a month — enough to pay for the repair many times over within a year. The fix is usually a $20–40 part and under an hour of labour. If you suspect a running toilet, try the dye test: put food colouring in the tank, wait 20 minutes without flushing, and check if colour appears in the bowl. If it does, the flapper or flush valve is leaking — and the repair pays for itself.