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Title: eco toilet
Post by: poppyseed on April 02, 2009, 17:19:50
i have an allotment but no toilet facilities on the site.  someone else i know have put their own loo together somehow.

am not very practical and not alot of money. does anyone have any suggestions to make toilet visits a bit better than a bucket in a shed and being eco friendly too?
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: ACE on April 02, 2009, 17:29:03
http://www.thebrowncorporation.com/ (http://www.thebrowncorporation.com/)

Crude advertising but a good product
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: saddad on April 02, 2009, 17:54:19
Welcome to the site poppyseed... hope your problems are all answered by ACE's link...  ;D
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: flossy on April 02, 2009, 18:14:25

   Hi poppyseed,

   Like the look of the ' loo ' that Ace reccommended,  but is there a weight

   limit ?    ::)

   floss xxx
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: Baccy Man on April 02, 2009, 18:23:28
If your over 20 stone or the box gets wet then it could be messy.

Weight Tolerance: 55lbs/inch2
Bursting Force: 225lbs/inch2
Tested up to 20 stone/127 kilograms weight.
[based on a dry unused box]


An alternative would be to look into humanure.
http://jenkinspublishing.com/humanure.html
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: tonybloke on April 02, 2009, 18:41:45
a dining chair with the seat part removed, over a bucket! ;)
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: ACE on April 02, 2009, 18:42:44
Hiya Poppyseed, I have to apologise for baccymans remarks, fancy calling a lady fat. The only problem with my suggestion is buying one. I mean who would walk into a shop and ask for a s#*tbox ;) although people on this board could get away with calling it a nut case.
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: Baccy Man on April 02, 2009, 18:45:43
I didn't call anyone fat, flossy asked if there was a weight limit.
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: saddad on April 02, 2009, 18:47:08
Don't take the hump with our own resident "nutcase" Baccy Man..  ::)
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: ACE on April 02, 2009, 18:55:47
Quote from: Baccy Man on April 02, 2009, 18:45:43
I didn't call anyone fat, flossy asked if there was a weight limit.

Thats even worse :o Flossy comes from a very select part of this Island, and although you might never see a 'dainty' Gunville girl. 20 stone is pushing your luck ;D
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: flossy on April 02, 2009, 18:58:11
  I didn't call anyone fat ---- honest I didn't !    

 Just .....   wondered .......         ::)

 floss xxx
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: flossy on April 02, 2009, 19:02:03


   Since I left CARISBROOKE,  I have lost 10 stone   ---   I am now a shadow of myself !  ::)

   Do you believe this man,       :o

   floss xxx
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: poppyseed on April 02, 2009, 19:19:11
entertaining replies


thanks guys

will look a bit more closely at the weekend.

hey does that mean there is someone madder than me then?  thats not fair!!!
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: manicscousers on April 02, 2009, 19:22:19
Hiya, poppyseed, welcome to the madhouse  ;D
full of nuts here  ;D
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: flossy on April 02, 2009, 19:27:13


  Ace , I wouldn't  ' lower ' myself to the depths of the ablutions that you describe --

   not without a  ' handrail '  ,     ;D

   floss xxx
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: lavenderlux on April 02, 2009, 19:45:52
Hi Poppyseed
If you have a shed, why not think about getting a 'porta-potti' type camping toilet to go in a corner of your shed?  Often you can pick these up secondhand.
Several people on our field, especially those with young children, have one in their sheds for emergency use
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: vitaw on April 02, 2009, 19:51:16
Poppyseed: I use a Hartford porta pottie that I keep in the shed at the lottie; it's quite comfy, stable, clean & hygienic and can be emptied in the toilet back at the house.  We use an organic type disinfectant product that goes in the 'bottom' section with water.  They are expensive to buy new, but we obtained this from someone scrapping their caravan so it was a £20 bargain.  I could NOT stay any length of time at the lottie without this feature.  I think it is ridiculous that most allotments do not have these available for members-I'd gladly pay a higher plot fee for this necessity.  Many Council owned-operated allotments I checked out (before putting my name on the council owned but association operated site) just stank to high heaven of urine.  It's not hard to guess which gender is likely responsible for the casual relieving of themselves, just because they can! Anyhow, good luck on obtaining this necessary feature.
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: cornykev on April 02, 2009, 20:00:34
I just dig a hole cack in it and fill it back with soil, mind you I hope the bloke on plot  number two  doesn't catch me.  :P       ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: flossy on April 02, 2009, 20:07:41

  Plot No what ,  cornykev  ?     ;D


   Min is boggling !   ::)

   floss xxx

 
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: THE MASTER on April 03, 2009, 03:14:27
Quote from: cornykev on April 02, 2009, 20:00:34
I just dig a hole cack in it and fill it back with soil, mind you I hope the bloke on plot  number two  doesn't catch me.  :P       ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
i bet you can dig a hole real fast if you neeeeeed tooooo
:D
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: Mr Smith on April 03, 2009, 07:44:16
When working in foreign parts years ago we had one home comfort which was a Toilet seat with three coffee table legs attached, ;)
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: lewic on April 03, 2009, 08:26:15
Possibly the ultimate eco-loo... http://www.goaguide.org/pigtoilets.html   :o
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: littlebabybird on April 03, 2009, 09:52:23
ughhhhh, i cant get my head round that
Quote from: lewic on April 03, 2009, 08:26:15
Possibly the ultimate eco-loo... http://www.goaguide.org/pigtoilets.html   :o

lbb
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: Baccy Man on April 03, 2009, 10:04:59
According to my brother who has previously stayed in hotels in Goa which had pig toilets the pork they produce is very nice.
Mind you his taste is questionable, he just got back from India a couple of days ago he's been working there for the last 3 months & he is complaining the tap water here tastes funny, while he appreciates not having to climb down a 200' cliff on a daily basis to get water out of the river he doesn''t think water tastes right when it's not full of crocodile excrement.
Title: Re: eco toilet
Post by: thifasmom on April 03, 2009, 10:06:11
Quote from: Baccy Man on April 03, 2009, 10:04:59
he just got back from India a couple of days ago he's been working there for the last 3 months & he is complaining the tap water here tastes funny, while he appreciates not having to climb down a 200' cliff on a daily basis to get water out of the river he doesn''t think water tastes right when it's not full of crocodile excrement.

hmm nice :-X