Off grid composting toilet and solar powered shower. How it works and look inside.
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- čas přidán 22. 04. 2021
- Fundamental to any accommodation is the toilet, I give a guided tour of the composting toilet and off-grid shower, with descriptions and demonstrations of how everything works. From the "living roof" to the disposal of the finished compost, I try to be as comprehensive as possible to give fellow self-build adventurers some ideas and hints! It is a joy sharing these short videos!
Simple and effective. No need to make a big A"dodooo" about it all. Lol
Great job, on the video and the explanation. Keep it simple!
Thank you for your kind comments and making me smile! Best wishes.
What a great video. Thank you Anthony. Cheers 🍻
Thank you so much for your kind comments, best wishes, Ant.
this is really nice and inspiring!! thank you so much for sharing 😄 I´ll keep an eye on your work!
Thank you for your kind comments and interest in my projects, Anthony.
Good job! Love it, love it, love it! I will definitely be borrowing some of your ideas!
Please do! I am happy to share and hopefully inspire others. Thank you for your kind comments.
I'll definitely be using elements of this setup on the homestead, much appreciated! My understanding is that human waste compost is safe after 3-5 years. So it's safe to use but only with a much longer time frame than typical compost. In fact many store bought composts include composted material from city sewer systems. They label it "municipal biological solids" or other innocuous-sounding terms.
Thank you for your comments, I think with experiance that three to five years is an appropriate time frame to be sure it is fully composted. Best wishes, Anthony.
Awesome set up and operations. Blessings to you all 😇
Thank you so much for your kind comments.
Love that shower head! Such a cool set up appreciate you sharing!
Thank you so much for your kind words.
My god. What an amazing build.
Masterful work.
Thank you kindly!
Lovely explanation, thank you. The beauty of pine pellets (as opposed to ash) is that it can soak up any fluid that does get in there, and there's always a little of that, without any odor. But then you've got to buy it ($5 for a 100 lb bag) or make your own by plugging and/or grinding pine.
Great tip! Thank you Steve. In the summer there is less ash available so it's always good to have alternatives.
Awesome design.......best I've seen so far 🙌🙌🙌🙌💪💪simple and effective
Thank you so much for your kind comments, best wishes.
That shower is so cool!
It is luke warm and cool at the same time, haha. Best wishes.
Wow this is a very cool bathroom!! it has so many details and looks really nice.
Thank you so much!
Awesome setup!!
Thank you so much for your kind words.
Absolutely brilliant brother, just found you and really getting into your cool structures and crafty design. Well done!
Awesome, thank you!
awesome, love the rustic design and efficiency of toilet/shower, well done🙂
Thanks so much! 😊
Smart idea. Its nice to see a self sufficient concept for a toilet.
Thank you, I suppose the design works anywhere.
Beautiful design accents everywhere! Loved all the little touches like the soap holders and the dried flowers in the outhouse. Thank you for sharing :)
You are very kind, thank you for your comments, best wishes, Anthony.
Thank you ! I’m just starting to build my own since yesterday & will have a very similar setup so this gives me loads of inspiration. Also, I know it’s a toilet but it’s very beautiful 😁 nice work 👌
I am so happy that you feel inspired to make your own version, toilets are not called thrones for no reason they should be a nice place to be, all the very best for your project.
Great video, and the facilities look so nice as well! I've seen some creepy-looking outdoor toilets, but yours is an inspiration.
Thank you.
Great job man! ❤
Thank you so much 😀
really useful - thank you
Glad it was helpful! Very best wishes, Anthony.
thank you for sharing .
Thanks for watching!
Half and half toilet seat Is a genius idea !! :D
It works well in practice, thank you!
Great build. Your comment about the time frame ( a year) to full term the composting process is something most videos never clarifies.
I have a commercial made composting toilet I've used for 3 yrs now with no issues.
It came with a fan but have not hooked it up as its not needed. Seperating the liquid and solids is what prevents any odor. I use cocoa coir as its more readily available in my area.
The water saved is very important as I live in the dry SW of the 🇺🇸.
I dearly love your countryside views. Thanks for a Great video.
Happy Trails from NM, 🇺🇸
Brilliand feedback Ella, thank you, best wishes from a snowy Cumbria.
Thank you! I'm looking to upgrade my off grid outhouse in Northern Canada (Arctic) and I want to incorporate an off-grid shower. Of the research I've done so far, I really like this design!
I am glad it was helpful, thank you for watching and commenting, best wishes for your project.
Nice work, thanks for sharing! Just sharing a thought about the bags. While they do break down I think often they degrade into microplastics. That is, oftentimes 'compostible bags' aren't actually decomposing into natural materials. If you care about this, it might be worth thinking of alternatives.
Thank you so much for your great input, you are right, I try to buy the best quality bags I can, I will do more research but the information is difficult, the bags just quote a recognised standard that they adhere to. Best wishes and keep up the good work, Anthony.
Good idea
Thank you.
I love it
Thank you so much.
I use a little topsoil and straw. No issue with smell ever and I don't separate urine ..
Thank you for your interest, best wishes.
Nice job on your composting outhouse and your shower. Where did you buy your divider for the toilet? I've never seen one like that before and I'd like to have one.
I thank you for your kind comments, I bought the divider off ebay, it is a fibreglass one, kind regards.
WOW!!!!!!!! My chin is on the floor.
Thank you so much for your kind words, best wishes.
One of the best composting toilet/shower set ups I've seen - really well set out and straight forward. Questions (if you don't mind): when you remove the full composting bag and transfer it to the wheelie bin, do you leave the contents in the bag, or do you empty them in to the wheelie bin? If left in the compostable bags, do you tie them off before putting them in the wheelie bin, or do you leave them open? Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your interest, I just dump the lot untied into the wheely bin, there is little smell and after a year it is safe to spread on the land. Best wishes, Ant.
i guess you can put it in layers if it smells, like first spread some sawdust or ash then the humanure then more ash; also one can use a hole dug in ground aswell
Love this set up. But. Be careful. .. if your greenhouse heater warms the water to between 20 degrees and 45 degrees centigrade you could develop the bacteria called legionella. In commercial systems, they will have a regular cycle where the water will be heated to above 60 degrees to kill the bacteria … We run offices, and we do routine legionella tests on all taps. .. showers are more dangerous as the water will go over the face and could enter the body. Just thought you might want to know. Legionella can make people very unwell and need hospital treatment with antibiotics. One in 10 people who contract it die, so it’s not something to take lightly. All the best.😊 great idea with the wheelie bins by the way. Thanks for sharing
Hello Dave, thank you for your great comments, the tank for the shower is not that big so is empty every day when in use so always has new fresh water. Your point is a good one and I am grateful for it. Very best wishes, Anthony.
Very cool set up...would you consider adding a ventilation pipe to allow gases to escape?
Good question and a vent pipe was part of my original design ideas but it is not necesarry there is no smell with the dry ash used as a "flush", best wishes, Anthony.
I really like your bathroom setup. I am in the process of building one myself for a Glamping project.
Can you tell me what you do with the bags? How you compost them. Do you empty the bags? Or do you just put the whole lot onto a pile or wormery?
Can you let me know any problems or tips you've had with this process?
Ive really enjoyed your videos and have subscribed, looking forward to more. Steve, Malvern Hills
Hello Steve, the bags go into a large wheeled bin for a year so I alternate two bins, the bags are compostable. this is important as I have found some do not degrade but others do. I change the bags between each booking so that every customer has a fresh toilet. The urine soak-away needs to be large and flushed with plenty of clean water each changeover! Hundreds of people have used it now so it has been quite successful! Good luck with your project, I wish you every success! Kind regards, Anthony.
beautiful work. Where is the urine going? Is it being stored underground in a bucket?
Hi Rosey, thank you for your kind comments, the urine goes to an underground soakaway, just a big hole filled with stone then topped with a plastic membrane then soil and grass, no smell, no maintainance! Best wishes, Anthony.
In Greece, they use for hot water a darkened 55 gallon barrel , and the sun heats the water. It is plenty hot almost boiling.
We do not have the same intensity of sunshine, it is more likely to freeze in the north of England, haha, best wishes.
@@vikinghamer nor we in Québec, our average yearly temp is minus 2. we have 8 days with 30 degrees...and plenty ranging from minus 25 to minus 36
@@attiliobarcados8178 It must be so beautiful there, I love extremes of weather.
@@vikinghamer when you get to the top of an island and have a 2360 view of the meditanerrean sea, you undertand why greeks were studying philisophy whie in parts of europ some tribes still lived in caves
Have you modified the wheelie bin to add any aeration, or does it break down fine without it?
The wheelie bin is not modified but I have been considering drilling holes in the bottom to allow worms in, it breaks down ok as is though! Thanks for your great question.
Great design. Who manufactures the urine separating toilet insert? Thx
I bought the insert off an ebay seller, I am sorry I cannot remember who! Thank you for your great comments.
They're on ebay search compost toilet diverter
I would like to see where the shower water goes. Is there a sump underneath? Thanks
There are concrete flags underneath and it goes onto them and soaks away, it has worked well for a year now.
Thanks for giving us a look! Greatly appreciate it 🙌🤝👍 #sub yes...
Thank you too
What do you throw the full compostable bags into? Do you empty the bags or do they breakdown over a year?
The full bags go into a large plastic wheelie bin to compost over a year, I make sure to buy the bio style compostable bags as they disappear completely. Thanks for your question.
Where did you get your toilet seat? I am in the United States and cannot find anything like it. It is a fabulous design.
The toilet pan / seperator came off ebay, the seat I made, haha, thank you for your interest.
"Complete Urine Separator/Diverter for Composting Toilet Eco Dry Compost" around $55US
This is really great. So do the ashes break down the poop? Could you bury the bags in some soil maybe? Would that be better or not?
The whole thing composts together and makes soil, you could bury the bags but it would be a lot of work, good idea though.
@@vikinghamer I'm trying to understand how ashes and poop alone create soil. ?
@@vikinghamer question, is that a fire above a battery with the water? Could the battery explode?
@@vikinghamer not the compost to grow your taties in though! Maybe feed a shrubbery 400m away😃💩
What is the roundhouse and what is the fire in the roundhouse for? I saw it when you walked by, it’s cute, but what is it? WAIT, I found the roundhouse video!
Thank you for your interest in my project, best wishes.
If Shrek was a human..... this guy.
Great video! 👍
Cheers......I think!
@@vikinghamer Cheers!
Thanks for the good info and thanks for the reply!
Is this a toilet system you put together or is it for sale? The seat is such an unusual design. If it is something for sale, what is the name of the company that makes it please? Thank you.
Hello, thank you for your interest, I made it all myself so unfortunately not available for sale, best wishes, Anthony.
Hi I absolutely love this design and am going
To try to make one the same
Can you tell me the dimensions please height width depth ?
Thank you for your kind comments, it is 7'6"high, 6'long and 4'wide. Good luck with your project, best wishes, Anthony.
Love your set up , where are you based ?
Hello, near Kirkby Stephen in Cumbria, thanks for your interest.
Hi @anthony where did you buy the urine diverter?
Ebay, they are quite expensive so I made a mould of it and now can make my own. Best wishes.
What is the brand of separating toilet? Is there a seller you can recommend?
Hello, the separating toilet pan was an eBay purchase, there is a few to choose from, I cannot remember the exact one, long time ago now. good luck with your project. Thanks for your comments, Anthony.
How deep should the pit be?😊
Where do you find the toilet seat part, the diverter seat?
I got mine off ebay, they are pricey though.
I bought one. Going to build similar to yours. In a different type structure . I use the same principal with a 5 gallon bucket currently.
Where can I buy that type of toilet bowl?
Hi Jennie, I got mine off ebay! Best wishes and good luck.
@@vikinghamer just found one on eBay. Thanks 😊
It's very neat, but to much crap to mess with in my opinion!
Thanks for the interest in my project, nobody wants to mess with crap, haha!
Hi Anthony turn your phone round it gives a better picture for your viewers
You are of course right, I am only a keen ametur making these vids, Hopefully improving though, best wishes, Ant.
Without further a-doo-doo....
Ha ha, toilet humour, I love it. Best wishes John.
Read the book by Joseph Jenkins "The Humanure Handbook".
Once you read it and use his system you will throw that (so-called) composting toilet in the trash.
Trust me on this.
OK.
Now when men really have to pee a lot and aim at that little drain, that urine is going to splatter all over the wood. Who then would want to set down there?
The simple solution is for men to sit down to pee, not a big problem. Thank you for your observation and interest!
Why did had to be filmed vertical, lame I cant watch it from my tablet sideways
Sorry, I am not a professional filmmaker, just did my best! Thanks for your interest.