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Plumbers get shopped on a published $249 installed Facebook special. Those numbers cannot see the flange or the rough-in. A two-piece 12-inch swap on a good flange is a different job from a one-piece on a 10-inch rough-in with a rotten closet flange, a new shutoff, a bidet seat, and a haul-away.
Open the free toilet replacement bid calculatorA toilet replacement is a closet, then a bowl, then how ready that flange is. Two-piece standard is a stack. Comfort-height is a taller bowl. One-piece is weight. Bidet-combo is a seat and a nearby GFCI. Swap-only pulls a working toilet and hooks the existing supply. New-supply is a shutoff. Flange-repair is a rotten closet. Full-reset is both.
Homeowners usually start from the two-piece special, then ask whether comfort-height, one-piece, or a bidet seat is “a little more.” On the same closet and the same scope it is not a little more. One-piece buys a heavier bowl and a longer set. Bidet-combo is a seat and a GFCI. The calculator prices all four bowls on the closet you already counted so you can quote the upgrade instead of matching the two-piece number on a one-piece job.
The cheap special is almost always a two-piece on a 12-inch rough-in, no haul, no bidet, no flange work. A one-piece flange repair is a different crew hour. Matching an installed number on a rotten-flange job is how a sold toilet becomes a loss when the closet bolts and the extra trip eat the margin.
A walk-in shower is tile, a slope, and glass. A water heater is a tank. A sewer-line replace is the lateral. Hydro-jetting is cleaning a line. Septic pumping is a tank lid. A well-pump is a well. A water-softener is salt. A sump-pump is a pit. This prices a toilet replacement: the bowl, the rough-in, the flange, and extras.
Owners also shop a second special: “I already bought it — just set it for $249.” Zeroing the fixture invoice drops the bid. The trip and the set stay. A wrong rough-in is a second trip. See should I install a customer-supplied toilet for the three-way comparison on the same closet.
Owners also shop a third special: “Can you come Saturday? Same $249?” A weekday slot is the wage you already timed. Same-day while they stay home is the same wage on a slower set. After-hours is time-and-a-half plus a second dispatch because an overflowing toilet is not a stop you combine with a weekday route. See should I take a Saturday toilet call for the three-way comparison on the same closet.
Load the wage with payroll burden. Add overhead as a share of direct cost. Then take margin as a share of the customer’s price, not a markup on cost. The walk-away number is total cost. A proposed price under that number loses money before you take anything out of it.
This page is a walkthrough of the arithmetic in the toilet replacement bid calculator. It is not a plumbing-code determination, a fixture specification, or a price you should copy onto a contract.
Charge from toilet count, bowl, rough-in, scope, and extras — not a published $249 installed special. A two-piece 12-inch swap on a good flange is a different job from a one-piece on a 10-inch rough-in with a rotten closet flange, a new shutoff, a bidet seat, and a haul-away.
No. Swap-only pulls a working toilet, sets a new wax ring, and hooks the existing supply. New-supply is a shutoff and a supply line. Flange-repair is a rotten closet or an extender. Full-reset is both. Matching an installed special on a flange-repair job is how a sold toilet becomes a loss when the closet bolts and the extra trip eat the margin.
Two-piece standard is a stack. Comfort-height is a taller bowl. One-piece is weight. Bidet-combo is a seat and a nearby GFCI. Price all four on the same closet to see the upgrade — matching the two-piece special on a one-piece job is the losing bid. Haul-away, a wax-free seal, and a bidet seat do not live in a published installed dump.
No. A walk-in shower is tile, a slope, and glass. A water heater is a tank. A sewer-line replace is the lateral. Hydro-jetting is cleaning a line. This prices a toilet replacement: the bowl, the rough-in, the flange, and extras.