http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/ waterless odourless eco toilets Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:17:06 GMT nicolabuilder http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1677 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1677 Thanks to everyone who has replied to this post. Your ideas and advice have been really sound and useful. We have decided to try out the simplest solution Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:37:08 GMT Mark Easton http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1676 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1676 The system has worked pretty well, certainly no odours. And it is easy to use. I have been putting the partially composted material removed from system onto Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:49:54 GMT Mark http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1675 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1675 [Moderator's note: Mark, please tell us your experiences of using the Naturum, and why you are decommissioning. Thanks Sanjay] Firstly, appologies for the ad, Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:05:54 GMT d og http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1674 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1674 we used a bucket system for several years.i have four full buckets in the master bath that have been there for about a year with no adverse affects. if you Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:01:18 GMT Carl Bauer http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1673 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1673 I can't see the need for stirring. The bulking material should provide all the air required in the mix. This is basically a bucket system but you will only be Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:33:43 GMT cm-0003@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1672 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1672 ... Since storage volume is an issue, it may be worth some effort to make initial composting and thus space reduction as quick as possible. If your barrels Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:49:52 GMT roseoflowlands@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1671 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1671 Hi, Sounds like you have a decent plan already. My only question would be about the 30-ltr. barrels. That doesn't seem like they would hold more than a week or Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:29:16 GMT nicolabuilder http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1670 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1670 Hi, My partner and I have just bought a canal houseboat and are very excited to be moving aboard this coming weekend. We are hoping to rig up a short-term Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:19:19 GMT smallhagridinvt http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1669 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1669 Where I live a flush toilet is not an option. I put off dealing with the subject for a long time until one day I just got the saw out and attacked the extra Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:27:59 GMT Steve Spence http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1668 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1668 If they are healthy, there's no issue. Fecophobes will try to convince you it's dangerous stuff. It's been used in agriculture by the chinese for thousands of Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:39:57 GMT kat http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1667 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1667 but if I share the toilet with someone? Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:07:18 GMT vtbiodiesel http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1666 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1666 The toilet I know best is the one I grew up with, and which I took over maintaining about 15 years ago. It is a home-built twin vault system located in the Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:42:34 GMT Steve Spence http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1665 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1665 You don't get ecoli and heavy metals from your own poop. Steve Spence Renewable energy and self sufficiency http://www.green-trust.org Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:07:55 GMT kat http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1664 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1664 satisfaction? We have tried two composting toilets. first a sunmar. with an electric fan/heat system. In general I like the system with the barrel of compost Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:36:25 GMT roseoflowlands@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1663 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/compost-toilet/message/1663 I have heard this before from folks who found the trouble with composting toilets too much to deal with. Maybe sometimes the simplest solution is the best! ...