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Warpy

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5. I've been to homes that had them

Reply to jwirr (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 12:58 PM

Apr 2016

and together with the smell of the woodstove, cooking, and other things, the composting toilet wasn't noticeable. You knew it was there when you shut the door and lifted the lid, but it wasn't as bad as the usual outhouse.

ETA: One of my pottier grand aunts decided indoor plumbing was unsanitary, although she kept the tap in the kitchen. Her city in NY wouldn't allow her to dig an outhouse in the back yard, so she had a chemical toilet in the corner of a very stiff and fusty Queen Anne dining room (convenient!). I was four or five and fascinated by that thing until I had to go, and then it was "I'm not getting up on that thing!" My mother said we had to leave. I think she was grateful.

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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