Comments on: Tiny Indoor Plumbing

By: Alan Nash

Alan Nash — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:48:46 +0000

I am thinking of putting an RV toilet in my residential home. Even a low flow residential toilet flushes 6000 milliliters or 6 liters (1.6 gallons). RV toilets flush 500 milliliters or 0.5 L. Has anyone seen, heard, or done this? It would save SOOOOOOOOOO much water.

By: Maida Penman

Maida Penman — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:33:21 +0000

Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions. Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)

By: admin

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:51:12 +0000

I read “The Humanure Handbook” some time ago and recall the author saying that contrary to popular opinion, it’s best NOT to rotate compost. That hinders the temperature from getting to where it needs to be. I’ll see if I can get a more thorough response and post it here too.

By: J. M. Branum

J. M. Branum — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:39:03 +0000

I used a composting toilet before in a previous residence. It is relatively odor free but does take a lot of time (dumping buckets on the compost pile). Also unless you want to get really serious about your compost (rotating it often, watching the balance of green and brown compostable material, etc.) and can get it to heat up enough to kill pathogens, it is best to use your humanure for ornamental gardening and not for food crops.

But overall, i think it is the way to go for a project like this.