Toilets
A flapper or fill valve that no longer seals keeps a toilet running, and a worn wax ring lets water seep out at the base. The inside parts can be replaced, or the toilet swapped for a new one.
Toilet, Faucet and Fixture Repair in Minneapolis
Toilets that run through the night, faucets that drip into the basin, a disposal that hums but will not grind. They are small faults that waste water every day, and a call to us puts you in touch with a plumber who fixes or replaces the fixture.
This page goes fixture by fixture and explains which jobs the city lists as permit work and which may not need a permit.
Fixtures and what goes wrong with them
Faucets
A dripping faucet needs a new cartridge or washer, or a new faucet. The city notes that brass and chrome-plated brass faucets bought before 1997 can contain up to 8% lead, and that NSF 61/9 stamped on the box means lead-free.
Shower and tub valves
Hot and cold that swing while you shower, or a drip from the showerhead long after the handle is off, can point back to the valve in the wall. A new cartridge or a new valve body ends it.
Garbage disposals
A disposal that jams, leaks or only hums can be cleared or repaired, and one that is past repair is swapped for a new unit under the sink.
Which fixture jobs need a city permit
Putting in or replacing a sink, shower or tub is on the City of Minneapolis list of jobs that need a plumbing permit.
In a one- or two-family home, some smaller jobs may not need one, as long as conditions are sanitary and the existing water supply line and piping are not altered or replaced. The city’s examples include swapping a sink faucet or toilet, replacing the inside parts of a toilet, faucet or valve, replacing a dishwasher or garbage disposal and repairing leaking fixtures and water pipes. The city asks you to contact it to confirm before relying on that.
Testing a backflow assembly every year
Some properties have a regulated backflow assembly, a device that keeps water from flowing back into the drinking water supply. In Minneapolis, installing, replacing, relocating or removing one needs a plumbing permit, and the owner must have it tested when first installed and at least once a year after that.
The test is done by a Minnesota-certified backflow tester, who files the results online through The Compliance Engine once the device is registered with the city.
Sinks that are slow to empty are covered by drain cleaning, and a drip hidden in a wall by leak detection; for anything not on this page, start from the home page.
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