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What about sanitation? How did you get electricity from the grid? Do you just tap into an existing property? What about gray water?
by francis-io 5y ago
What about sanitation?
How did you get electricity from the grid? Do you just tap into an existing property?
What about gray water?
- carltheperson 5y agoThere is a water source at the end of the garden. I have not hooked it up to the house yet, so I just use a big jug with a tap on my kitchen table. The sync drain feeds into another big jug which I have to empty. For the toilet I use this https://www.greenkarma.dk/vare/kekkila-50-l-muldtoilet/ https://www.greenkarma.dk/vare/kekkila-50-l-muldtoilet/ It's a compost toilet. I have to empty it as well. I hired an electrician to hook me up to the grid.
- twelvechairs 5y agoShower/bath?
- carltheperson 5y agoThere is a fitness center pretty close which I use to shower
- coda_ 5y agoThanks for the toilet link... That looks really interesting. What do you think of it? Other than that website,I cannot find anything about that toilet anywhere. I'm confused about where the waste goes and how it can have no smell... Is it only for peeing?
- swiley 5y agoA lot of cruising boats use those. Bad reviews seem rare.
- _whiteCaps_ 5y agoI don't know about this specific one, but composting toilets are starting to become more popular for liveaboard boats. Marine heads are IMO the worst part of boating. https://www.boatingmag.com/choosing-composting-marine-toilet/ https://www.boatingmag.com/choosing-composting-marine-toilet...
- superjan 5y agoIf you have electricity, there are also electric incinerator toilets. For a summerhouse that can be a environmentally friendly and hygienic solution. They can handle urine but I prefer to pee outside.
- NegativeLatency 5y agoI’ve heard they can be a bit stinky
- enra 5y agoNot inside but outside yes if there is no wind/certain air pressure. The toilet has intake air and an exhaust chimney that you put through the roof or a wall. So generally the exhaust should go up like smoke from a chimney but it can also come down at time. It doesn't smell like poo/pee but it does smell something. At least the model we have at our summer cottage, you can go multiple times while it's still burning since the incinerator and the part where you are doing your business are two separate areas. To "flush" you just press the button that opens the hatch and drops down in to the incinerator. You have to empty it maybe once month and there is only handful of ash. It's definitely easier to maintain than composting toilet where usually you need to throw in some dry mulch/compost material so doesn't get smelly. Eventually you still have to empty the compost and hope it has mostly turned in to soil. It also smaller than composting toilet so you can fit in inside a small cottage.