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Warpy

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2. Composting toilets need to be emptied pretty frequently

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 12:32 PM

Apr 2016

but they don't tend to stink up the joint if handled properly and with the cover down.

Losing power shouldn't matter as long as you keep a few pails of water around to flush with. I've melted snow on a woodstove for that purpose a time or two.

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Has anyone used an alternative toilet in their living space? [View all] jwirr Apr 2016 OP

Well, there's kitty litter. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2016 #1

LOL. My tiny house has run into a little problem. The district jwirr Apr 2016 #3

Composting toilets need to be emptied pretty frequently Warpy Apr 2016 #2

Thank you. I will not be on a sewer line at all. So no flushing. jwirr Apr 2016 #4

I've been to homes that had them Warpy Apr 2016 #5

That is good. One of the reasons I want my tiny house is so jwirr Apr 2016 #6

Yeah, I'd love to downsize Warpy Apr 2016 #7

I have been technically homeless for about 10 years moving jwirr Apr 2016 #8

Been there, too, and learned an address is the most important thing to have Warpy Apr 2016 #9

I read that the other day. I guess we are welcome under jwirr Apr 2016 #10

Only if you live in cardboard. Warpy Apr 2016 #11

Once in the Great Depression that was considered a good jwirr Apr 2016 #12

I actually have a book somewhere about this I read in the early 2000s. rusty quoin Apr 2016 #13

My problem is that our water safety agency is trying to clean jwirr Apr 2016 #14

My dad too lives on a lake. Since we moved there in the mid 70s, sewage was always a problem. rusty quoin Apr 2016 #17

Thank you. I am hoping that the sewer system will be just jwirr Apr 2016 #18

Well, you asked... hermetic Apr 2016 #15

Thank you - love that kitty in your post. jwirr Apr 2016 #16