Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

whathehell

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31. Funny you should mention that -- When I was a very little kid, we lived

Sat Aug 9, 2014, 12:08 PM

Aug 2014

in an old section of Philadelphia (Much of Philly is colonial..Our house was built in the early 1800s) we actually HAD an outhouse in our yard..We
also had indoor plumbing, of course, the outhouse was a left-over, that
the kids used once in awhile..I really don't remember much about it
except that it was dark -- What happened to outhouse waste, I have no
idea -- Was it a bit like "compost" toilets?.

As to your other point, yes, it does sound sensible, especially for the West and Southwest which is so dry...Do you have any idea how much water
these would save?

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Sorry I'm late offering the links to my favorite tiny home/deployable permanent/temporary [View all] IrishAyes Aug 2014 OP

I encourage you to post any links you have that contain free, complete, plans for tiny homes. PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #1

Might take me a few days because I'm old and slow, IrishAyes Aug 2014 #7

Always a fan of tiny houses, I just bought a tiny condo... NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #2

I think you will love your small space. cbayer Aug 2014 #4

This all started, actually, with my looking at boats and slips. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #5

Half Moon Bay is a great harbor and very friendly towards liveaboards. cbayer Aug 2014 #6

Nowhere on earth lovelier than Monterrey. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #9

Same difference, just about. Tiny is tiny. I still love my rambling old Vic and will never IrishAyes Aug 2014 #8

I'm familiar with both apartmenttherapy.com and tinyhouseblog.com! NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #11

Don't you absolutely love how some cities are starting to set up Tiny House villages IrishAyes Aug 2014 #13

Any one of Romney's homes could house several dozen homeless in tiny houses. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #14

It's a great idea...The only one I know of, though, is Madison, Wisconsin.. whathehell Aug 2014 #15

Sorry I can'r relate specifics to something I read months ago. Seems like it was at least IrishAyes Aug 2014 #16

That's fine, I'll just google it. n/t whathehell Aug 2014 #17

What part of California do you live in? whathehell Aug 2014 #20

Between Santa Cruz and Monterey. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #22

Well, aren't you a lucky #!!@ ? whathehell Aug 2014 #27

This is great. Thanks so much. cbayer Aug 2014 #3

Lots of the tiny places that show up on my FB news feed have huge amounts of window space. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #10

Thanks! Little Star Aug 2014 #12

Daily Mail article on the tiny house movement... PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #18

Thanks! IrishAyes Aug 2014 #19

Hi..I went onto the "Arched cabins" link...So cute, but I have a question whathehell Aug 2014 #21

I have several friends who have compost toilets Starboard Tack Aug 2014 #23

Why do they "love" them? whathehell Aug 2014 #24

Why do they love them? Lots of reasons. Starboard Tack Aug 2014 #25

Thanks for this information.. whathehell Aug 2014 #26

They're not like old-fashioned outhouses at all. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #28

Funny you should mention that -- When I was a very little kid, we lived whathehell Aug 2014 #31

The old outhouses had to be dug out periodically. People also sprinkled wood ash to IrishAyes Aug 2014 #33

I can assure you that ours wasn't used enough to necessitate that, lol. whathehell Aug 2014 #34

Almost forgot about the arched cabins. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #29

They are uber-cute! whathehell Aug 2014 #30

Especially for prefab, they certainly do seem less expensive than the others, while IrishAyes Aug 2014 #32

About how much do they cost? whathehell Aug 2014 #35

As to cost, any exact info relayed by me at this hour after a short night and no nap IrishAyes Aug 2014 #36

Here is my list edwinston Apr 2018 #37

welcome to DU gopiscrap Apr 2018 #38