I already checked B&Q.
My toilet is non-standard. It flushes from the top. I need the rubber seal that keeps the water in the tank until it’s needed. I suppose I could make one if I can find a flat peice of rubber. I would also like the water shut-off mechanism, but mine has the water come in from the side at the top instead of from the bottom.
Anyone know a good place to buy toilet parts, besides B&Q?
[quote=“Richardm”]I already checked B&Q.
My toilet is non-standard. It flushes from the top. I need the rubber seal that keeps the water in the tank until it’s needed. I suppose I could make one if I can find a flat peice of rubber. I would also like the water shut-off mechanism, but mine has the water come in from the side at the top instead of from the bottom.
Anyone know a good place to buy toilet parts, besides B&Q?[/quote]
try one of those Sheui Dian ( utilites) shops. Perhaps there. I tried last year to find the handle mechanism for the flusher. After going to several places ( kitchen and bathroom fitting shops) without success, I found one in a hardware shop
If “Sheui Dian” is the same as what I call a “Dong xi” store, I’ll second the motion. I picked up similar stuff to what Richard is after at a store near the corner of Guang Fu and Nan Jing. Just down Guang Fu from the Drinks store. In the basement.
Thanks. That is a nice dongxi store, but unfortunately it doesn’t have what I need. I need a diaphram. I tried to customize a standard flapper, but it was less than sufficient. I need one like this:
If I can’t find one, Mrs. M will buy a new toilet. But she won’t stop there. She will also need the sink and bath to match as well as tile.
[quote=“Richardm”]I already checked B&Q.
My toilet is non-standard. It flushes from the top. I need the rubber seal that keeps the water in the tank until it’s needed. I suppose I could make one if I can find a flat peice of rubber. I would also like the water shut-off mechanism, but mine has the water come in from the side at the top instead of from the bottom.
Anyone know a good place to buy toilet parts, besides B&Q?[/quote]Sorry Richard, I’m having trouble understand this joke, something to with toilets that flush upwards, and rubber flappers. I must be too innocent to get the punchline.
I know that “dongxi” means “thingy” 
, but that doesn’t help much.
I tried about a dozen places, getting refferals etc, when I was looking for a wahing machine belt drive thingy. I finally found it at a shop on Dingzhou RD, next to a bank at the intersection of either Xiamen St or Guling St. If I was looking for the thingy you’re trying to find, that would be the first place I’d try.
brian
Taiwanese cisterns are so incredibly bad. Just think how much water leaks out of all the cisterns in Taiwan every year. I hope there aren’t too many locally made parts in the nuclear power plants.
Also - do most Taiwanese people not know how to use a plunger, or is it just my girlfriend?
Have you tried the “Wu Jing Hang” (hardware store).
I think most Taiwanese people pour powder basic solution into a clog instead of using plunger. Very explosive and caustic, a friend got burn by them about 10 years ago, nasty stuff.
[quote=“Big Fluffy Matthew”]Sorry Richard, I’m having trouble understand this joke, something to with toilets that flush upwards, and rubber flappers. I must be too innocent to get the punchline.
I know that “dongxi” means “thingy” , but that doesn’t help much.[/quote]
You must think outside the tank.
I managed to cobble some things together so my toilet flushes now, but I never found the proper thingy.
I went to the place on Tingzhou road and a similar spot on Huanhe South road, but they are mostly second hand kitchen fixtures and supplies. I’ll just keep my eye out for a good plumbing supply place.
RichardM
Try the roundabout at the end of Keelung Rd., where it meets Hoping. Got plumbing supplies there about 2 years ago. Think it is still there. I will check next time I go past.
Ah, the plumbing problem, the toilet part, was really only a backfire to handle the missus’s predilection to spending like a house afire. Ai yo, and those things may not stop at the bathroom door, either. After all, there’s the tile in the kitchen to coordinate as well, maybe another bathroom, too. Other things, too, maybe even curtains. It’s a helluva wildfire sometimes, especially if it hasn’t burned in a while. 
Hope you found a good enough part to keep it all outta her mind. Leave well enough alone, I always say.
BTW, have you ever been lucky enough to see another toilet like yours? if so, where does whoever does the maintenance on it get that part? (I’m sure you thought of this, but just in case)
Where around the roundabout is the plumbing supply? The toilet in my new place is taking forever to flush and I’m afraid we’ll have to change it.
Using the plunger didn’t turn up much. We also tried the Drano approach – and even used the red “concentrated” bottle, letting things sit over night – but it doesn’t seem to have helped. The tank mechanism seems to be fine, but the flush just isn’t strong (and worse, it peters out after a while)
We’ve also started thinking of replacing the toilet, but I questioned whether this meant we had to change the sink, too (that seems to work fine).
Is B&Q the best place to shop for a toilet in Taipei?
Any ideas on how much I should budget if we do end up redoing the whole bathroom (it’s only about 2 pings in area, no tub)?
I have started using falun dafa. Mr. Li says it will keep your drains clear and always flush strongly.
A new toilet will cost anywhere from between 2,000 to 3,000 and on up. I doubt that that includes installation. B&Q has a good selection. The color must match your sink or disharmony will ensue.
My office colleague just told me about an area in downtown Taipei where there are a number of stores that carry toilets and bathroom supplies:
Along Chinshan South Road between Chunghsiao and HsinYi (both sides) and on Jen-ai Road near Hsinsheng (south side)
I’m glad there is something in the city, so I don’t have to haul all the way out to Neihu
This is the end of my toilet saga.
I tinkered with the toilet so much and I never found the right parts for it. Finally it came to the point that I was the only one that could flush it. I was the lord of the flush. So my wife bought a new one from B&Q. Not only new toilet but new everything from sink to tub and floor to ceiling. B&Q installed everything and it took four days. They finished on Sunday and said we could use it tonight. So when I get home tonight, I will have a new experience. I don’t know whether to break it in slowly or just plunge right in.
One thing I learned was that the exhaust fan on the ceiling doesn’t lead anywhere. There’s just an empty space above the ceiling and no outlet to the outside. It’s just there for a false sense of security.