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Title: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on March 30, 2016, 10:32:05 PM
after many coffee enema i've decided it is time to stop wasting toilet paper and get a bidet.


THIS ONE SEEMS GOOD ENOUGH ( and reasonably priced)

im not sure which one i need or the best methodology to employ when taking measurements.

i can detach my pipe and take photos and measure them if this will assist in assistance being rendered.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: wombles on March 31, 2016, 07:41:50 AM
http://www.pgdb.co.nz/consumer/plumbing.htm        This is the Plumbing Boards website detailing the legalities of what you want to do.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on March 31, 2016, 09:57:52 AM
404 not found.

perfectly legal, have consent of owner, is private property.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: Enn on April 02, 2016, 02:22:10 PM
Do you have a  current plumbing Licence and qualification?
As you are going to connect to a potable water supply?
private property and owners consent mean squat (no pun intended)

Perhaps if you are so confident that you are right then ring the PGDB and tell them what you intend to do and find out.
Best of luck.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 03, 2016, 09:05:24 AM
i'm sorry that the world has made you go crazy. im a human and not a corporation. im not subject to legislature because i am a freeman on the land.

i thought i'd find free thinking humans on this forum, instead i found thought-slaves beholden to bureaucracy.

pm me if any decent human beings with a spine show up offering kind words instead of condescension. 


i asked for help and instead the only 2 replied i've had contained empty words.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 03, 2016, 09:41:50 AM
my measurement of the external diameter of the thread appears to be half way between figure number1 and figure number2.

is this a common fitting size in this land?
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: robbo on April 03, 2016, 09:44:34 AM
Hi tell it to the judge when P.G.D.Board.. Take you to court, have a nice day, cheers
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 03, 2016, 10:02:48 AM
look if you don't have anything nice to say could you please keep it to yourself?

as per board rules i'd appreciate no flaming in this thread.


could someone with experience in taking measurements please talk to me instead of fools wanting to prove their superiority please.

the propensity of your culture to assert it's dominance over other cultures will be it's downfall, no other culture does this. it is not a true civilization.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 03, 2016, 10:03:55 AM
and with a quote like "Never have so many been fooled by so few" i thought Enn would know better.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 03, 2016, 10:30:49 AM
Are you going to connect to a potable water supply?

with respect to the above question,i believe not.
i'll be splitting the pipe that fills the water tank that flushes the toilet.
between the wall and this tank is where the T pipe will attach.


i sure wish this forum had an edit function, i'd consolidate rather than triple-post.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: Badger on April 03, 2016, 08:35:25 PM
mirddes.....mate we are trying to help you, if you fall foul of the Board they will cost you more than you will make off these.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 03, 2016, 11:56:09 PM
its the opposite of help when you say words instead of answering my questions.


the powers you make no reference to have no jurisdiction over me and i ask only for simple knowledge. knowledge thus far withheld.


trying to fear me from exercising my natural rights is hindrance, not assistance.

pipes are children's play things. i am not a plummer nor am i a member of the law society, i am not beholden to their rules, regulations, bylaws, legislature or other dogma.

i am infinite consciousness having a temporary experience in a 3 dimensional reality.


and it's not against your rules for you to share knowledge with me.

if we may now continue?
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 03, 2016, 11:57:48 PM
if a moderator could please enable the edit function of whatever message-board software this site uses, would be greatly appreciated

its the opposite of help when you say words instead of answering my questions.


the powers you make reference to have no jurisdiction over me and i ask only for simple knowledge. knowledge thus far withheld.


trying to fear me from exercising my natural rights is hindrance, not assistance.

pipes are children's play things. i am not a plummer nor am i a member of the law society, i am not beholden to their rules, regulations, bylaws, legislature or other dogma.

i am infinite consciousness having a temporary experience in a 3 dimensional reality.


and it's not against your rules for you to share knowledge with me.

if we may now continue?
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: Badger on April 04, 2016, 06:43:22 AM
It sounds like your after editing software to me,

FYI you are in the Board's jurisdiction if you do any plumbing in NZ, and the pipe that feeds the cistern on a toilet is the same pipe that feeds your drinking water (unless you install some form of segregation in between)

......on a lighter note..... mate leave the mushrooms alone.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 04, 2016, 07:37:07 AM
it's a real shame your belief system prevents you from sharing the knowledge i seek.

have a great day, and on a lighter note, i highly highly recommend the mushrooms.

unlike the lies your government has fed you, they're actually really good.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 04, 2016, 07:52:44 AM
the psychedelic experience is as central to understanding your humanness as having sex or having a child or having responsibilities or having hopes and dreams and yet it is illegal. we are somehow told we are infantilised, we are told you can wander around within the sanctioned playpen of ordinary consciousness and we have some intoxicants over here if you want to mess yourself up. we've got some scotch here and some tobacco and and some sugar and some red meat and a little tv. but these boundary dissolving hallucinogens that give you a sense of unity with your fellow man and nature are somehow forbidden. this is an outrage, its a sign of cultural immaturity and the fact that we tolerate it is a sign that we are living in a society that is as oppressed as any society in the past.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 04, 2016, 08:23:33 AM
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Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 04, 2016, 08:23:54 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6tAwQATzAU
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: wombles on April 06, 2016, 08:23:10 AM
The NZ government has passed laws that state who can do plumbing. The reason that no-one will answer your questions is because it is not legal for you to do your own plumbing. Plumbers do make make the laws but like the public, they are subject to huge fines for breaking the law. The following is from the Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board

What is sanitary plumbing?
Sanitary plumbing is any work involved in fixing or unfixing any pipe, plumbing fixture or appliance including; any trap, waste or soil pipe, ventilation pipe, or overflow pipe and any pipe that supplies or is intended to supply water.

All sanitary plumbing must comply with the Building Code and, where a building consent is required; the work must be checked by the building inspector from the building control authority in your area (your local council). A code compliance certificate cannot be issued until the work has been signed off by the building inspector.

A certifying plumber is responsible for the testing, verification and the supervision of licensed plumbers, limited certificate (trainee plumbers) and exempted persons.

Sanitary plumbing does not include the installation of appliances such as dishwashers and washing machines; the replacement or repair of taps, ball valves and plugs.[/i]

Who can undertake sanitary plumbing?

Authorisation type   
Licence category   Certifying plumber
This is the highest qualification available. These people are responsible for ensuring both their own work, and the work of anyone they supervise is done competently.

Licensed plumber
These people are qualified and licensed but must be supervised by a certifying person who is ultimately responsible for ensuring the work is done competently.

Limited certificate trainee plumber
These are people who are working towards becoming qualified. They can do the work but a certifying person must ensure it is done competently.
Exemption for plumbing under supervision   Exemptions
These people are not registered and don't have a full qualification, but they can do plumbing work provided they are supervised by a certifying person, who must ensure that the work is done competently.

By your reasoning, as long as I murder someone on private property, the laws of the land dont apply. I'm sure that the judicial system here would disagree
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: robbo on April 07, 2016, 08:44:55 AM
hi Wombles, you could always go along to `Mirddes` place to test out the theory, Ha-Ha, cheers
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on April 09, 2016, 11:56:34 AM
i don't know what any of that has to do with taking measurements.

so i how do i figure out which one i need to buy so i can get a plummer to install it?
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: mirddes on June 09, 2016, 12:14:35 PM
which one do i buy? im goign to get a qualified and registered plummer to install it.

which one do i buy?
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: wombles on June 09, 2016, 01:12:08 PM
Ifmyou import a cheap,product,mwhat guarantee do you have that ot will work?  If you buy one in NZ from a plumbing merchant, Mitre10 or Bunnings, the onus is on them to honour warranties. The public seem to think that products purchased locally are too expensive, but every plumber can tell you of cheap chinese crapmthat didnt work. I would not recommend importing a product.
Title: Re: importing and installing bidet attachment from china
Post by: Fordy on June 09, 2016, 01:36:26 PM
Get your licensed plumber to purchase it for you - will save you a headache and a whole lot of forum posts  ;D