My master bath toilet valve had broken so that it couldn't shut off. I went to fix it this afternoon and could not get the old one off. Since it was a one piece valve with the fill line attached, the line had busted from the pliers as I tried to separate the ring from the valve. Knowing this was now beyond me I called Code Red to see about getting a plumber out today since I couldn't turn my water back on until something was done about the valve.
Within an hour the plumber called from a job he was finishing up in Henderson. He was going to set me up for Monday but once I explained what was going on and that I could not turn the water back on until the valve was replaced he came out to my house immediately. At first it looked like a quick job as he was able to break the corrosion and muscle the old valve off the compression ring and put the new one on in about 10 minutes. But it turned out the old ring was leaking and it then turned into an hour to try to get it off. Finally he did it and got the new ring, valve, and fill line on without any leaks. All that was $85 (I had all the parts already) and I really wished I had cash on hand because I would have totally tipped him.
As much as I would like to name my fantastic plumber I did not get a receipt when he left. Not blaming him though, since he was pretty tired from doing his best to get this fixed.