The same toilet blocks every week
Nearly always paper towels, wipes or something else being flushed. A bin and a sign fixes it more reliably than a plumber does.
Plumbing & Drains16,069 businesses licensed for it
Restroom fixture repair
A public restroom is the fixture set your customers judge you on and the one that takes the most abuse. Work covers flush valves and cisterns, blocked and running toilets, faucets and mixing valves, urinal flush controls and sensors, sink traps and wastes, and the accessible fixture requirements that come with a public restroom. It is small work that keeps happening, which is why batching it into one visit is worth doing.
Enter your ZIP to see the businesses listed for this trade nearest to your site, with their phone numbers.
- Free to searchno account, nothing to submit
- Public registersevery listing names its source
- License numberswhere the state publishes one
- Directyou call the business yourself
- Our estimate
- $170-$1,500
- Time on site
- 1-4 hrs
- Fault patterns covered
- 2
- Licensed for this trade itself
- 16,069
What restroom fixture repair costs
Most of these jobs land near $360. The full spread runs $170 to $1,500, and the gap between those two ends is diagnosis against replacement rather than one business being dearer than another.
What moves it: how much of the job is parts, whether the fault is found in the first hour or the third, access to the equipment, and the hour of the day you call. We never speak to the businesses listed here, so there is no rate card behind any of this. It is our own band for the category, and there is no regional index: the figure does not change with your metro.
| How soon you need it | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled visitBooked in advance, no urgency multiplier applied | $360 | $170 to $1,500 |
| Same dayOur band multiplied by 1.12 | $405 | $190 to $1,680 |
| Emergency calloutOur band multiplied by 1.35 | $485 | $230 to $2,025 |
Our estimate from national cost bands, not a quote from any business. Every row is the same band with the urgency multiplier the site applies everywhere else, so this table can never contradict the headline number. Ask for a written price before the work starts.
Who is licensed to do this work
In California the classification that squarely covers this is C-36 plumbing, and the register says who holds it. Every listing on this site shows the classification, the license number and the date we read it, with a link back to the register entry so you can check it against the state rather than against us.
Overlapping classifications exist and are labeled as overlapping rather than as a match: C-42 sanitation system and C-55 water conditioning. A general building contractor may hold the job and subcontract the trade, which is a real answer and a different one, so the card says which of the two you are looking at.
One thing worth being plain about: CSLB classifications do not distinguish commercial work from residential. There is no separate commercial license to hold and no register field that would prove one. That is why this page describes the equipment rather than the contractor, and why nothing here says a business has been checked out. We read a public record on a stated date. That is the whole claim.
Before you pay for a callout
Two minutes of checks that sometimes end the problem
We would rather you did not need a callout at all. These are the checks that end the most calls for this fault.
Try a quick fix first
Some issues resolve without a truck roll. Two minutes now can save the callout.
- 1
Count everything that needs doing before you call. Restroom work is mostly trip charge, and five small jobs in one visit costs far less than five visits.
- 2
A toilet running continuously is metered water going straight to the sewer. It looks trivial and it is one of the few faults that shows up on the bill within a month.
- 3
Check the isolating valve at each fixture actually works. Half of them are seized in older premises, and a technician who cannot isolate the fixture has to shut the whole building instead.
- 4
If it is a sensor fixture, change the battery before you book anything.
What the visit actually includes
- Repair or replacement of the failed fixture or valve
- Flush and flow test on every fixture in the room
- Isolating valve check and replacement where seized
- Trap and waste inspection
- Note of anything approaching failure
Diagnosis
How restroom faults usually present
Written from how these faults actually present on a working premises, not from a manual.
Sensor taps that run for no reason
A dirty or misaimed sensor picking up a reflection off the opposite wall or a shiny sink. Cleaning and re-aiming is usually the whole repair.
Listed for this trade
Businesses listed for restroom
Read from public license registers, so there is no ranking here and no distance: this page has no location to measure from. Enter your ZIP to sort by who is nearest to your site.
By location
Restroom fixture repair near you
Local pages show which businesses are listed for that metro, how far out they sit, and the local conditions that drive demand.
Counted from the businesses we have imported for each metro center inside a 25 mile radius, and counting only those whose own license classification names this trade. General contractors licensed widely enough to take it on and subcontract it are excluded here, and still appear in a search. A metro reads “none yet” until we load a register that covers this trade there.
All coverage areasQuestions owners ask
Restroom FAQs
Short, specific answers. If yours is not here, ask the business you call before you agree to the visit.
Do I have to provide a customer restroom?
It depends on your occupancy, your local code and whether you serve food. The plumbing code sets fixture counts by occupancy, and your building department is the authority on your specific premises.
How fast should a restroom fault be fixed?
If it is the only restroom in a food premises, immediately, because losing handwashing is a closure risk. Otherwise it can wait for a batched visit.
Is this licensed work?
Fixture repair and replacement is C-36 plumbing work in California. The listings here show which businesses hold that classification.
Related work
Often booked in the same visit
Batching jobs into one mobilization is the cheapest way to buy this kind of work.
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Need restroom sorted?
Search your ZIP to see the businesses listed for this trade nearest to your site, with the license numbers and phone numbers we hold, then call them yourself.
- Cost to search
- Free
- Account needed
- None
- Who you call
- The business