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Getting close with the compost toilet

Now it’s in situ, I grabbed some scrap timber and 15mm hexa ply from the waste bin at work and today made the “throne” for the compost toilet. Hopefully I have sufficient left over to make some doors and perhaps … Continue reading

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Fun moving the compost toilet

When I designed and started building the compost toilet, my intention was that it should sit comfortably on the pallet forks I have for my compact tractor so I could move it around. I’ve now reached the stage of wanting … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 9th December 2022: Progress on the compost toilet

After getting the front and back sorted, I decided that actually the back wasn’t sufficiently high, so I made the sides a little higher and I’ll add an “extension” to the back to match them afterwards. After extending the back … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 6th December 2022: Compost toilet begins in earnest

The floor that I posted about not long ago is now actually supporting something! I’ve started making the framing for the toilet from tanalised 3×2. Front and back first, so I can measure off the exact slope for the tops … Continue reading

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Sawdust for sprinkling on an open, err, well, you’ll get the idea…

I’ve “made friends” with a local business that does lots of cutting wood. And now they offer me their waste sawdust, which I will use as “cover material” for my compost toilet. There’s plenty of it, too. Today I was … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 5th November 2022: How much do you need more compost?

Quite a bit, in my case. So I have embarked on a new project, building as much from reclaimed timber and other re-used parts as possible. Can you tell what it is yet? That’s the floor, carefully engineered from scraps … Continue reading

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