Emergency Sanitation: Human Waste Disposal and More with Jim Phillips - Part 2
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- Human waste is a deadly substance known to kill more people after an event than during the initial disaster. Emergency sanitation is a taboo subject that is critically important and rarely discussed.
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This video is part two of a series with Jim Phillips. You can find part one at czcams.com/video/ExVH3bn_MOc/video.html Learn more from Jim Phillips at JimsWay.com
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I use old t-shirts cut up into small wash cloths. They're softer on my skin, clean very well, and get washed weekly. And being an older woman, I use clean t-shirt cloths folded up into 6 layers as an incontinence layer.
The only time I use toilet paper is when it's really messy, but I always follow with a wet cloth.
Back in the 70s, we used baby wash cloths and cloth diapers. There's no shame in using cloths again. Today's society is so..."disposable".....we were much greener back in the 70s.
Indeed!
I've had a rough financial year and probably more to gome and TP is even more valuable for me to oick up my quail's droppings instead of actual TP if I'm low on cash.
Or for seeds and such.
I use 2 different cloths.
One for number 1 and one for number 2.
What a good idea. The next time any older underwear develops holes or tears, I will launder it and then cut out wash-cloth-sized pieces and store for emergencies. Already using the tops of worn-out socks as protective sleeves for canning jars filled with dry food storage. Waste not, want not.
I had babies in the 80s, used cloth and wool covers
I still was not dealing w/cloth wipes. The diapers were bad enough. The wipes got most of it if I was lucky.
I n my 2 oldest girls used cloth period pads in the late 90s to mid 2000s (long story why I stopped). Those weren’t touched at, just put right in the former diaper pail.
The Family Cloth is just too much for me.
I’ve even gotten my younger 2 girls the menstrual cups. Not sure their lifespan but it will be at least awhile that it’s one less thing to worry about at first.
How on earth could you wash these cut up rags without spreading fecal matter everywhere?? I really want to know. Fecal matter spreads deadly disease. Someone tell me something that makes sense.
@@debbiechadwick861 I would not want to wash and use reusable toilet wipes. However, in the 1950s and earlier all infants and those toddlers who were not yet toilet trained wore cloth diapers. And those diapers were usually washed at home, instead of by a diaper service, and then were reused.
This is a great video. This is a subject people don't think about. I worked at the sewer plant for 20 years. People really take the sewer for granted.
Sanitation will be a major issue if there is not water. The sewage and water plants here have generators, but they can't only last as long fuel is available. Even this audience is prepared, it is our neighbors that might affect us. Thank you.
Always remember s*** rolls down hill and you don't want to be at the bottom I worked at a water reclamation plant 33 years and the amount of trash toys Baby wipes that get flushed It's amazing And can plug up the city's main line Do not flush baby wipes I have seen untold damage caused by those things to the city system and people's private property
Thank you Sir for your comment, hope many take it to heart
You can use your old liquid laundry detergents containers as urinals!
I keep those
What about for the females
I keep liquid detergent jugs for water. I don’t rinse so there is some soap in there. Fill with water. Power outage I lie jug on side with faucet over kitchen sink to wash my hands.
Got this covered as well!! I purchased a bedside toilet for me and specimen collectors for my kids to use in their homes. Plastic grocery bags, plastic gloves, hand sanitizer, Lysol spray, baby wipes, saw dust, pet deodorizer, gallon ice cream bucket/lid for urine, spray bottle for soapy water, a 55 gallon drum (also used for trash), lighter fluid and burn it military style. To prevent backflow into my house, firm nerf balls to plug drains. I have cloth diapers (can also be used to pack severe wounds), and the reusable panty liners for daughters/granddaughters. They are not preparing and think I'm Looney Tune. The one thing I could not check off is a bucket with twist on lid for soiled cloths. Didn't think of that. Thank you for the info. Feeling pretty good about my preparations.
Same here although we've used a sawdust toilet off and on and owned the humanure handbook for years already. We have a bidet, use family cloth about 50/50, etc. Since we have rabbits, chickens, cats, dogs, etc. we're pretty familiar with handling manure on a daily basis anyway, but I honestly am at a loss as far as neighbors and such. This really is just a topic that the majority of the population closes down the instant it comes up. I've chatted with many other preppers and the topic of clean water, handling waste, etc. for them comes down to "I've got a natural spring"/"I've got this pretty little stream" and the concept that it can be contaminated in a myriad of ways is just taboo. It is as frustrating as it is frightening. With some of them I'm really at the point of telling them if things go south and they get sick do not come to us for help OR sympathy because I don't want whatever they happen to catch. Our budget simply doesn't allow for purchasing things for them now; it has literally taken us years to get to a point where I can say I think we've got this covered. We're taking care of elderly family at the moment and at the edge of a small town in a state that I never even wanted to travel through. I'm just hoping we can be out of here and back in the woods before anything happens (but we've done as much as possible where we are if we can't). I am definitely open to suggestions for waking people up though!
It is not my stuff I am worried about - I have purchased the same items as you. It is the neighbors that live on higher ground - and I have many.
@@Jo-ys5le The only way you might be able to counter that is to put in a drain across your property line on the high side ~ and I have no idea how much good it would or wouldn't do. That and a backflow valve on the sewer is really all you can do yourself. Have you talked to your neighbors about this at all?
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Specimen collectors for your kids? What do you mean?
Urine is only useful if the person excreting it is NOT on medications, etc. If they are, I wouldn't use it!
You can get hepatitis from human excrement!!!! You can’t use it!!!!! That’s horrible. Yes bury it flower beds or plants. But that isn’t safe for humans to eat!! 🤢
With medications in mind, could the urine be boiled before using in compost?
“Off grid with Doug and Stacy “ has a compost set up that converts their waste to compost after 3 years. I think it’s great, I’m too old to try to build something like that. So I’m looking other ways to deal with no flushing toilet.
@@enascott5963 I honestly don't know if boiling will do any good. I do know that boiling chlorinated tap water will turn the water to steam while concentrating the chlorine. Suspect it might be the same for Rx's. Guess it depends upon the compounds. I simply don't know and fully understand being too up in years to build something like that.
I JUST wrote that! Please read my comments!👍🏻
@@enascott5963NO. It would make it WORSE because the toxins would become not only more concentrated, but the vapors of steam would contain TOXINS like sewer gas!
Thanks! No one wants to think about this part of the SHTF life. I can see housing developments having major problems. I'm glad we live in a rural area with well and septic. Plenty of areas far away from the house to bury things if needed.
P7
Dogs will dig it up and roll in it, so dig DEEP!! 😮😂
Wow just started watching this video. We had outhouses when I was young. So I think i need to get my husband to use tractor and implement to dig us one , we in county on top of hill 17 acres and plenty of woods , so should be no problem
Thank you for this info. I just did a free Kindle download of The Humanure Handbook and ordered a hardback copy of The Compost Toilet Handbook. I hope I never have to use any of this information in a prolonged emergency, but you never know what the future will hold.
This is by far the safest way to go...
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Outhouses!! That's what people used in the poor south! I remember using one at grandma's.
We live in Florida and just survived Hurricane Ian. We had this problem of other peoples waste backing up at the end of the line. I had been researching composting toilets for boats and sprinter van conversions. I stopped procrastinating and we now own the "Made in American" OGO for about $1100 that divides liquids from solids. Solids are mixed with Peat Moss or Coco Coir and should be odor free for about 2 weeks. I also use the Peri Spray Bottles and stretch my toilet paper to about 1 roll per month.
What is an OGO ?
This only works in the States that don’t have WINTER. In Anchorage, Alaska our ground is frozen solid now! There is no digging or burying solid waste!
Stock up on sawdust over the warm months and use it in a bucket toilet all winter long. If you have the sawdust (store it in totes) on hand and a few 5 gallon buckets, and the humanure handbook you are good to go. If you can get one of the bedside commode chairs, even better. The five gallon bucket fits nicely in under them and is as comfortable as a regular toilet seat. You can start the compost process even in winter as long as you have the buckets and your dry material on hand.
Make the hole beforehand?
Go check out off grid with Doug and Stacey. They have videos on this topic that might be more helpful in seeing what to do in winter while you wait for warmer weather to bury it. You'd basically need extra 5 gallon buckets...
If it's frozen out, just toss the plastic bags in a heap. No smell no bugs.
As an older woman (what?? When did that happen?😉) I use homemade reusable incontinence pads every day. I have cut up T-shirt pieces to use - I wet them - after #2. Wash, rinse, dry in the clothesline, repeat.
Jo, l totally agree with you, lm at 82 yr old widow and can't do all this stuff. There should be separate information for us 😮
Joseph Jenkins is awesome. His website has free blueprints to build a great composting toilet. I have built two of them. He also uses a lot of his profits to build composting public restrooms in places like Haiti, teaching the people how to process and compost their poop into great soil to grow public gardens. Thank you for this wonderful interview.
I was too lazy to build one so I bought a wooden composting toilet called lovable Lou online for couple hundred bucks, just add sawdust
Impressive.
@@ingridhamilton7746 Wooden? I have a luggable lou, but it's plastic. We love ours hours, been very good to us!
The cholera problems in Haiti mostly stemmed from UN troops that came in and contaminated a local river that was the major source of drinking water for a large population.
... strangers coming to other peoples land with their nasty, unclean, dog ways! ...😑
Should have sued the UN! But I wouldn’t be surprised if that was done on purpose! Any excuse will serve a tyrant!
Glad you inserted some hard reality, some hard truth here. I look at these facts as deliberate.
Thank you for this information. I've been thinking about this subject lately and could never find any information on it. I've passed this information on to my children and since my home is relatively new I'm still checking to make sure that I have that backwater valve. Hopefully my children will check also. May God be with you and your family. And may we all survive whatever may come.
This is depressing for me. I am 72 years old and I can dig a hole and dump my stuff. I purchased a bucket with a lid. However, all this stuff from my neighbors is beyond my ability! I have a basement and sump pump - but I can't do all this stuff this individual says. If you are married you are lucky - but senior women - this is too much!
I can only do the easy stuff too, the rest is just about too much for any average home owner. I think that's where community comes into play. If you can sew, knit, can, cook, etc- there's things to barter.
Find a friend even married doesn't mean they're capable either😢😅
Compost will be my only answer...as I have a garden. And old bedsheets cut in squares I can then sanitize and boil clean in an oldfashioned washing pot that goes on a stove or a fire (I collect rainwater and have access to a well) My old neighbors remember the time when there was no water from the tab here and that is a huuuuge help!
We use a 5 gallon bucket with a camping toilet seat that attaches to the top, we then put a little peet moss in the bottom, then as it's used we add a little more peet moss on top. Then you can dump it right in the hole, rinse it out and use it again. To clean we scrub with soap, then scrub with vinegar, rinse, add fresh vinegar and leave it in the sun and periodically swish the vinegar around. Then we leave it to dry. It's been working for us for seven years. We also bring it in the van for trips, it's convenient to have your own bathroom with you and cleaner than using a public bathroom. I would never use a plastic bag and would not bury plastic on my property.
What hole?
I strongly agree about not dumping the plastic bag into the soil. Shades of micrplastic horror! Our area has an incinerator to take care of the worst trash that has filters on the exhaust. If without a garbage pick up, in SHTF I would burn the bag into a gassifier that would capture the methane for cooking if I could afford one. Otherwise it's burnt in the firepit.
@@suehowie152 you have to dig the hole in the dirt first then dump your waste from the plastic bag into the hole. Hope this helps.
@@mskulagal I have heard and learn from experience that's not a great option...Creating a permaculture composite in a container is the safest way to go...
We have been using a compost toilet for a couple of years. Got into the first compost pile and the compost in it was beautiful. I have no fear in using it
Please explain " the compost pile " - above ground containment, below ground containment - could you elaborate on the system
Ours is above ground, fully contained, and we use it for much garden waste also. At the end of a year's usage and accumulation we let it sit for a year before getting into it at all. Also we are using peat moss to coat the waste. It's been a grand experiment for us
Are you in Canada?
I HAVE to share this with you. I bought another USB rechargeable light. Yep. Had to have it. Harbor Freight. BRAUN magnetic slim bar. Testing it now. Let you know. Satisfying to be able to be off grid, with light, food, heat, and 5 ways to cook.
People in high rise flats apartments with no garden will have a huge problem
You can get 900 of those small plastic bags used to retrieve your dog's droppings for $20. For me that's 2 and a half years of, well, you know. No need for moving big bags full of stinky sawdust or dirt or whatever.
I wouldn't trust them. Mine blow out.
I have a 5 gallon bucket, spare toilet seat and 30 8 gallon bags. That's a start...
@@kathysoltys3104 I bought those things too! I've since learned u can cut the side of a pool noodle to wrap around edge of a bucket if u dont have a toilet seat!
Thank you for this. I have been looking for this content in depth. Literally...
This is probably the most important video you've done. Great info. Now I need to know how to install a backflow preventer!
While we are speaking of “difficult” topics, could you interview an expert on how to handle dead bodies? I know that is morbid, but in reality, having that problem is a possibility in SHTF. Likely will have no one to call. Probably not even a phone.
Good question
There's a channel on CZcams called Self-Sufficient Me. He did a video about his wife hitting a kangaroo.....then they buried it beneath his banana tree (you'll have to dig outside the drip line to avoid disrupting the roots). He talks about burying things to enrich the soil through decomposition. This doesn't account for diseased bodies. No clue on that.
I had my wheelbarrow ready when the 💉 were rolled out. Luckily I didn't need it. The Crem isn't far away.
I use wood ash to neutralize animal waste, and it does a fantastic job of oder control.
A standard salad bowl fits perfectly in my toilet bowl.
Lined with plastic bag With some cat litter.
It works Great!
Thanks. I always love to hear from Jim Phillips. What a wealth of knowledge.
I am so happy to see Humanure book promoted‼️
I’ve had this since late 90s
Ppl have to grow up and start learning about the most copious manure available!! We need to feed ourselves sooner rather than later.
Asia has been using human “waste” forever. Never stopped. Smart ppl those Orientals.
Is it helpful for a parent who is in an apartment complex?
After Ian in Florida last year, everything was down for 10 days. I was ready with all my preps. What i didn't expect was lack of appetite and upset stomach....but i was prepared. It was depressing. I didn't expect that. It was a good trial run though. I learned a lot.
I'm glad you are okay. When we turned off our power that was the thing that I didn't expect either. I was cold and depressed. That really surprised me.
I use my rain water that I save sometimes for my veggie garden
Jim is right about the lack of mess when the microbiome is working correctly. After 55 years of gluten intolerance and the horrible toll it took on my intestines, I have finally gotten things to heal (cut gluten out) and am far more energetic and in much better spirits. The icing on the cake (horrible pun...) is 2s that whistle out with hardly any evidence.
Do you take probiotics?
I need to research plugging the sewer drains - toilets, tubs & sinks
That plug idea is a beauty,
It was mentioned to pour concrete or masonry mix in the toilet drain to prevent back flow in the sanitation pipes. Concrete or masonry mix if left in bags in storage will set and harden in a short period of time. Much like salt and sugar. Moisture will penetrate the paper bag and cause the mixture to set and harden. It may be better to use spray foam window/joint sealant to fill the drain. Now I don’t know if this is good information but I do know concrete/masonry mixture has a very short storage life until it hardens and becomes useless for stopping back flow.
For most of my working career I was an independent insurance adjuster. However I worked many flooded basements and water and sewer backup flood damage. I spoke with the EPA about sewer backup damage. The EPA rep told me after water is removed and drying is complete the bacteria in the sewer dies as well and cleanup can be done. Also the EPA rep said the
toughest thing you have to do
is convincing the claimant they have not won the lottery, which they expect to win big dollars in a law suit.
Don’t get me wrong. I was an INDEPENDENT INSURANCE ADJUSTER. I worked for many insurance companies. I was not controlled by the insurance companies. I was the eyes and information gatherer for the insurance companies. My relationship with them was to gather information about the claims to make the insured whole again.
Whatever was submitted to the insurance companies was what , to the best of my abilities, to be fair to the insurers and the insured.
Now from what I remember from the information the guest stated is correct. However, to store masonry mix to seal the sewer lines may be disappointing when and hopefully never needed.
Jim's a great teacher! I've been learning a lot from his Wednesday night classes :-)
They make toilet seats for 5 gallon buckets - I made a urine separater as well - not into burying plastic bags - I use shredded paper, envelopes, cereal boxes for the compostable medium
What about getting a tall pail and cutting out the bottom of it. Then put it in the hole when your ready to put the fecal matter in there. Cover it over just like you said and leave part to the whole to put the plastic bag just next to it so it gets covered too? Then it's in a strong circle to place it into, easier, no?? Please tell me what you think/
This is one of the best videos I have seen on this issue.
Plug you drain with spay foam (great stuff) not concrete. The foam is tuff but can be angered out. It's quick and easy then mixing up a batch of concrete.
It's always fun talking sh!t with people. Couple of thoughts... I own a couple of Lugable Loos which are 5 gallon buckets w/toilet seat. Pretty comfy uses standard 8 gallon bags and with a little kitty litter or lime can last a day between bag changes. The Army still teaches burning poop. A little diesel and a match. And of course I always pay attention to the nearest port-a-potties. In a long-term outage I will load one or two on a trailer and bring them home. When/if they fill up back on the trailer and search for new ones. After the emergency I will settle with whoever but during the worst of it I will be pooping in a little blue room.
another thing for composting materials and garbage disposals. i built my own 73 inch long functional sink---a long continuos sink. code says you must empty any garbage disposal to septic tank or public sewer ect...i put 2 drains in my sink...one is garbage disposal that chopps up any thing i put through it and this one drain takes everything to an outside line emptying directly into a compost bin outside---so much easier and i love my functional sink for processing food for freeze drying or canning or whatever
Amazing video! So full of information and recommendations! Thank you!
The reason the Israelites had to bury their waste was told in verse 14 of the same chapter: “for God is walking about within your camp” and presumably doesn’t want to step in anything! I find that really funny in a very respectful way of course.
Very good video. Thank you Jim, Jonathan and Kylene. This is a subject that is avoided and many of us are not prepared for. I am going to get some balls and prepare, for backup. Happy trails!
I knew about the two year rule, and converting it into fertilizer, and using a bucket, like they did , but I didn't knows about the urine separation, someone told me once, not sure if it was a grandmother or grandfather who built there own cabin no plumbing or electricity, about this rule.I wished I had paid closer attention.Great information, as a matter of fact they even mentioned urine was great for plants, I was so grossed out, I was afraid to eat anything outta their kitchen but I was a child then.
In many countries they take a pint water bottle and poke a hole in the lid. Use a icepick or nail. Punch the hole near the edge of the cap.
Bend the nail or icepick down so the hole will squirt water out at an angle when you squeeze the bottle.
You mean over and point the stream where you want it and wash away most of what you want gone.
Finish with a wet rag then a dry rag.
Keep a basin with soap and water for washing hands in the bathroom area.
If you have a well & septic system.. make sure you have power for your well pump in a blackout
A MUCH needed topic. Well addressed. Humanure Handbook is a great and important book.
5 gallon buckets work well as a toilet. A Styrofoam doughnut makes a nice seat. They come with a cover.
Simple to take it by the handle outside to empty.
Use a pool noodle sliced lengthwise, carefully, or a piece of pipe insulation which is already sliced, over the top edge of that bucket. But that's not air tight
Been using Jenkins system for years. Best way to go for all involved if you have the space outdoors.
This topic should be at the top for any prepper.
It doesn't matter how much food, water, medical supplies, batteries and self defense you have put aside.
If your sanitation gets out of control in a short time, you are screwed.
And DOA 😮
I have a food compost bucket that has a filter to stop smell. I use that in the bathroom to hold the cloths. I put water and a detergent pod in it. For now I only use for urinating. When the bucket is full I drain it in the toilet and throw into the washer.
Paper Towel is a midrange option to TP. after urinating. Tears in to narrow sections that you fold into half or 1/3. It can also be rinsed out (not soaked) in a bit of dish det. in specific pan or pitcher & dried clipped to hanger & put in the sun. Saves a bundle, & most TP is crap now. All pilly on the floor & caught on your pubic hairs etc. When going on hikes or camping, have always used PT.
This information is so useful, thank you. I will say that living in suburbs / city…folks are never going to know what to do or even willing to do it. Everyone will be thinking about their own convenience and will pour water down the commode so that the guy down wind will have it all backing up into their basement as you pointed out. We know fecal mater is dangerous…look at your city’s residents education level. what hope have we not to contract cholera. 100% I’m pessimistic about it. There’s no long term in this country on this one issue alone should shtf
I still use my "out house". It works great and is very efficient.
Separating the pee from the poo keeps the smell down alot!!! Also, if you're in cold situations, put your night time pee in bottles that seal up tight and put their in your sleeping bag for extra heat.
Brilliant video many thanks for talking about this.
So grateful for the info you share which transforms into knowledge and wisdom if properly applied.
There was a water treatment center in our small rural town. When my boys were out exploring they said the area was full of the biggest ,nicest tomatoes. I guess the seeds germinated after being eliminated. I dont think they ate any . But i dont know for sure. 😊
Wow. So so much to know. Ya'll and that's including Jim, I've learned so much. I have so much more to understand and learn. I've kinda like Jim is a need to know person. People always say why do I ask why. Well I need to know is always my reply, because I like understanding. I don't know if I make sense to Ya'll. But if you need to know why I'm commenting now, it's because I need yall to know that I appreciate everything you've all been teaching me. Thank you and God Bless
Put a pool noodle around the edge of the 5 gal bucket!
You can also buy a propane toilet, that will flash burn all that nasty stuff up. Stock up on propane tanks (small ones), you can go on Lehmans to find all kinds of great stuff 😮 or dig a hole out back, put a toilet chair over it, & poop away, then cover with some soil from digging the hole. 🤢🤮
My problem considered, is above ground composting of fecal matter with composting medium , independently composted for 2 years - but the container for breakdown is the dilema
What you do is look for a manhole cover that says
Sewer Sewage and dump your buckets down into the live sewer channel. Make sure it says SEWER!!
You don’t want that in the run off water!!
They are clearly marked , you must take the cover off and it weighs over 100 pounds. I used to open them with a crow bar and drag them. I worked in construction.
Nice advice. So many assholes will be chucking it into wherever
This is probably just as important as food they run hand in hand! I am putting solar panel back up for the aerobic sewer system just in case!
How to wash dirty rags?
Is there a way you can turn your hard waste into a weapon for a intruder
Thank you
Actually, The Humanure Handbook can be downloaded for free online.
@@TheProvidentPrepper CZcams will not allow me to attach link. It was easy to find with goggle. Search humanure pdf
Not free
@@Kim-yy8kl free to read on line, to print looks like about $10
@@Utah_Mike thanks!
My mom grew up in Appalachia. He life was just like in a Foxfire book. They used leaves to wipe. She said "it wasn't bad because our poop was different back then." She mostly eats modern food now.
Safety pins are great too. They hold rags/pads into place
You can pyrolyse human waste and create charcoal and heat energy … if you have a wood burning stove. Your waste can be placed on the hot coals it has a net energy benefit to the fire even after driving off the water it contains alternatively set up a biodigester And create gas for heating and cooking and fertiliser
Great 2 videos, I'm all over the idea of bags,, BUT REMEMBER Even without a basement ,,Get a back-flow pipe just to have it, In a total SHTF long term, waste will back up the line and INTO YOUR house.. a back-flow valve will help prevent that.. even on a one story with NO basement
Such great information
Another example of how important this issue is happened during the American Civil War. Of the over 600,000 soldiers that died, it is estimated that 2/3 of those deaths are attributed to the poor sanitation practices of the period.
For my family we have an adult potty chair, left over from one of our medical recoverys, and a luggable loo that I used to keep in my work truck, plus a small supply of the biodegradable disposal bags and I had figured that I could just bury them in the back of the yard. That may work for a short duration event but it seems I need to step it up a couple of notches. I have just learned of the doggie dooly and that seems like a good addition even if I don't dig it in until the last minute (easy digging here).
I am prepared for the possibility of sewage backing up into the basement with the wingnut type of rubber expandable plugs for my basement sink and washer drain. Once again, thanks to you both and Jim for sharing your wealth of knowledge.
Thank you, you answered so many questions I had about the subject.
Excellent information, thank you!
I have two potty chairs and 5 gallon buckets will go under them, hope my family never needs them but it's there just in case.
And one for outside to put your fecal matter into for composting...
Wow really educational… thx for this subject. I thought I knew a lot…. Haaaa… no I didn’t. Celiac disease is a whole issue that’s just bad as damaged mucosa
This is very important topic..!! Where can I get some information to learn more, and thank you again this is an eye opener subject.
For toilet needs I bought a cheap bodna jug for my Muslim friend to use when she visits, it's like a watering can with a slightly shaped nozzle for cleaning yourself after the toilet. I find I use it all the time, but I do dry off with TP. I got mine really cheaply from a kind of dollar store in the UK, it only cost me £2. If I have no TP I would use a washable cloth to dry off so lack of TP doesn't bother me. I have a cat so always have big bags of litter in so would use that if the water was off and I couldn't flush. I already keep lots of rags for cleaning but could of course use them if needed. So on the pooping and peeing front I am prepared 😃
The flood pit is vital, and blocking of the toilet some great advice outside my jokes🎯 no doubts i will pass on, as flood cause me problems on the flood run off, now i can pressure clean, but in a dire times, i will use your advice.
Stuff no one thinks of untill its too late.
We had an outhouse at my parents mountain home. My father had a can of lime and a scoop outside of it. We were instructed that whenever we pooped we were to throw a scoop of lime on top of it. He said it takes away the smell and helps break the fears down quicker. Your opinion?
How many cans you think youll need? minimun 1,000
If your on municipal sewer ...have a "backwater" valve installed between the house and street 😊
Excellent video! So much helpful info and extra ideas in comments. Thank you!
If you diy pads. I think the fabric from umbrellas would be agreat leak proof barrier.
All I will say… is great advice ‼️❤️
Live on municipal water using cement to block back flow also using a water bottle with holes in lid to spray off waste
You can buy urine diverters to put under the seat on your toilet or bucket.
This is especally good for the young and old that can't wee and poo separately. This isn't easy at first. It's somthing that takes practice. Learning this is best done before a disaster.
You can use the urine on the garden or to creat a perimeter to keep rabbits/vermin away etc. Or you can make a soakage pit for the urine only. There are devices that dilute the urine and flush it into the graywater system if needed. But not sure if that takes power and its better used around the place than in one spot.
I use an old pit toilet hole to put all my composting toilet waste. The 50:50 mix of peatmoss and wood chips added after deficating each time in a bucket works well. No smell. Infact the peatmoss now grows in the pit and prossess/digests the waste quite quickly. Rain keeps it wet enough in the pit for the peatmoss to grow. I should probably cover it but haven't had any problems. But that's probably more to do with where it is on the property. It's not close to the river or house. In the shade and gets forest leaf litter etc. By the way best down hill from your water sause, and house if possible.
There should be lots online about how far from a water sause it needs to be.
If you use just a bucket, you can dump it out on the ground and throw dirt or leaves on it, it rapidly turns into beautiful dirt or soil like humus or compost which you can then shovel up for use anywhere! Then RINSE bucket twice with rain water and dry upper five inches inside with napkin or tissue, and take back inside to use. Simple. Because you WILL run out of plastic bags. What then? Bare buckets!😊
And I wouldn't want to be putting a bunch of plastic garbage bags in the ground anyway.
I would double bag that mess, yeah then put in a bucket. Good ideas through out the show
Ashs from the woodstove for a dryin cover ???
Very important and well needed thank you
Not sure how to ask this question. Can I use lime over fecal matter in the ground hole to help dissipate it?
I'm so glad I have a well and septic. Even better my well flows @ 2.5 gpm 24/7/365 provided I don't pump it out faster. I can't take a shower without power but I can fill a bucket in the basement and flush the toilet. I also can get it to drink.
Thank you for speaking on this very important topic!!
Lime is also needed to break down poop.
Even if we do everything to take care of the waste, if we live in the city or suburbs, and our neighbors aren’t all ready, we’re still going to be screwed, just living next to them. Their disease-carrying flies from their waste piles will be all over us too.
Bidets uses water and water will be precious. Unless you use unfiltered rain water. Cloths, squirt bottles I feel the best. What I don’t like about cloths, theirs no way I’m hand washing dirty cloths! Squirt bottles please…LOL…