Toilet and Faucet Replacement in Newark, DE
- New Toilets
- New Faucets
- Bowl and Faucet Choices Explained
A short description of the problem is enough to book.
A running toilet or a dripping faucet in Newark is a chance to choose what goes in next: a round or elongated bowl, one handle or two. Jimmy Grubb looks at what failed, measures the space, and goes over those choices with you before the old fixture comes out.
Call or text Jimmy at (302) 321-3577, Monday through Sunday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.Who Sets Your New Toilet or Faucet
Choices laid out plainly
Faucet handles and bowl shapes, with what each one means for your room.
City water or Artesian, noted
Which supplier serves the house is part of reading what wore the old fixture out.
Measured before you shop
The space around the toilet and the holes in the sink are measured at the visit.
What Happens Between Your Call and the First Flush
Send the details
Call or text with the fixture that's giving trouble and what it's doing: running, dripping, rocking, or wet at the base. Active water leaks are the one call we try to reach the same or next day.
Jimmy looks in person
At the house, Jimmy looks at the failed part, measures the space around the fixture, and then goes over faucet styles and bowl shapes with you. You pick the new fixture there, or show him the one you already bought.
The old fixture comes out
With the water shut off at the stop, the old toilet or faucet is removed, and the floor or cabinet is covered. Anything it was hiding, such as a tired flange, a soft patch in the floor, or a valve that won't seal, is shown to you and repaired before the new fixture goes in.
Water back on
The stop is opened slowly, and the new toilet or faucet is run until it settles, with the joints watched as the line fills.
What Failed Decides What Goes Back In
City water or Artesian: what it changes in Newark
Within city limits, Newark's water comes from the City's own utility, which has supplied it since 1888, blending treated White Clay Creek water with water from its wells. City water averages about 58 ppm of hardness, which counts as soft, just under moderately hard. Houses outside the City's service area, on Newark's edges, get their water from Artesian or Veolia, and Artesian's water averages 113 ppm across its whole system. On City water, worn rubber is a likely suspect when a cartridge drips or a fill valve won't shut off.
From washers to ceramic discs: choosing the new faucet
An older two-handle faucet may be a compression type, which closes by pressing a rubber washer onto a brass seat. Its handles take several turns from off to full flow, and the washer is the part that eventually gives out. The faucets we fit from Moen, Delta, and Kohler use a cartridge instead, and the ceramic-disc kind has two polished discs that slide across each other, so a short turn of the handle takes it from off to on. Ceramic discs are available for single-handle and two-handle faucets alike, so the choice comes down to the handles you like and the holes in your sink. A single lever is easier to work with wet or soapy hands, and two handles let you set hot and cold separately, which some people prefer at a bathroom sink. Spout reach matters as well. A short spout directs the stream toward the back edge of the basin, so the distance from the faucet holes to the drain is measured before a model is chosen.
Round or elongated: choosing the toilet bowl
A round-front bowl is shorter from the wall, which leaves more knee room and door swing in a small bathroom or a powder room. An elongated bowl reaches about 2 inches farther and gives a longer seat. Before choosing, measure from the wall behind the toilet to whatever sits in front of it, whether that is a vanity, a tub or the door, and from the center of the toilet to the nearest side wall or cabinet, since a wider tank needs room on the sides too. American Standard and Moen, the toilets we install, make both shapes, and either one sits on the same flange. In either shape, a skirted toilet hides the trapway curves behind smooth sides that are easier to wipe down, while a standard one shows them. Both flush the same way.
Plumbing and water heater workWhat Gets Decided and What Gets Done
| Item | How it's handled |
|---|---|
| Faucet cartridge | Ceramic-disc, in the faucet you choose. |
| Faucet handles | One lever or two, matched to the holes in your sink. |
| Toilet bowl | Round or elongated, measured against the space in front of the toilet. |
| Supply line | A worn or old-style supply line is replaced with the fixture. |
| Connections | Soldered copper or ProPress fittings. |
If a leak under the old toilet has soaked the floor, drying it out and any mold removal are done by others before we rebuild it.
Already bought the fixture or the material? We can usually install it, as long as it suits the job. On customer-supplied materials, our warranty covers the labor only.
What People Ask Before a Fixture Swap
Only if the sink has the holes for it. A sink drilled for a single hole takes a single-hole faucet, and a two-handle faucet needs three holes. Going the other way is easier, since a single-hole faucet can cover a three-hole sink with a plate.
Only if the new bowl is the same shape. Seats come in round and elongated sizes, and a round seat on an elongated bowl leaves the front edge uncovered. Many new toilets come without a seat, so check the box before the visit.
A faucet dripping once a second wastes more than 3,000 gallons a year. A drip at the spout can also mark the sink basin, and a leak at the base of the faucet can run down under the counter, where nobody sees it until the cabinet floor swells.
Turn the stop behind the toilet clockwise until it closes, and open it again only to refill the tank before a flush. If the stop won't turn, leave it alone and tell us when you call.
Federal rules cap a bathroom faucet at 2.2 gallons per minute, and faucets bearing the EPA's WaterSense label use 1.5 gallons or less per minute. The flow is set at the spout, so a new faucet can feel softer than the one it replaces while still filling a basin without trouble.
Toilet and Faucet Reviews on Our Google Page
More reviews from our customers, straight from Google.
Toilet and Faucet Prices, and What Sits Underneath
- Job
Toilet replacement
Price$800 - Job
Faucet replacement
Price$400
Lifting the old toilet is the moment the floor shows its condition. A rotted flange or soft subfloor under it is shown to you and added before that work starts, and a stop that needs replacing is priced at the visit. Jimmy looks it over in person, and the written price follows.
Our warranty
Our work carries a one-year workmanship warranty, dated from the day the job is finished.
Start With One Newark Fixture
When you get in touch, include the name on your water bill, if you know it, along with any bowl shape or faucet style you already have in mind.
Precision Home Worx · Based in Claymont, DE · (302) 321-3577 (call or text) · Monday through Sunday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Delaware business license #223872998 · General liability insurance and RLI surety bond #LMS1971327
Serving Wilmington, Claymont, North Wilmington, Hockessin, Pike Creek, Greenville, Newark, New Castle, Bear and the rest of northern Delaware.
