Toilets
Toilet trouble covers a tank that never stops refilling, a bowl rocking on loose bolts and seepage around the base. Each of these can be repaired, and a toilet that is past saving can be replaced.
Toilet, Faucet and Fixture Repair in Portland
When a toilet runs, a tap drips, a shower valve misbehaves or a disposal quits, the fix is a repair or a new fixture. Call us for a Portland plumber who handles both.
Kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms in Portland homes are covered, from a worn washer to a new fixture.
Fixtures and their parts
Faucets
A faucet that drips or leaks at the handle has a worn cartridge, washer or seal inside it. Older brass faucets raise another question in Portland, covered further down this page.
Shower and tub valves
A shower that runs too hot or too cold, or keeps dripping after it is turned off, can have a worn cartridge inside the valve behind the trim.
Garbage disposals
Some disposals that hum or drip underneath can be repaired. When the motor or housing is finished, a new unit replaces it under the sink.
When a fixture job needs a permit
Portland Permitting & Development needs no permit to fix or maintain existing fixtures or their parts. Installing or replacing a fixture, such as a toilet, sink, shower, tub or dishwasher, does need a plumbing permit.
Older brass faucets
The Portland Water Bureau lists brass parts and faucets installed before 2014 among the ways lead can reach tap water from home plumbing. If yours went in before 2014, the bureau offers a free lead-in-water test for checking your tap.
Lawn sprinkler backflow assemblies
State law and City Code require a backflow prevention assembly on properties with irrigation, and installing one for a lawn sprinkler system takes a plumbing permit. The Water Bureau asks to be told before an assembly is installed or replaced.
Owners must keep the assembly working and have it tested every year by a state-certified backflow assembly tester. Repairs go to a licensed plumber, or to a licensed landscape contractor for irrigation, and the assembly is retested after a repair.
Alongside this page you will find drain cleaning for blockages and leak detection for water inside walls; what remains is on the homepage.
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