Toilet Tech Sustainable Outhouse Tour
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Toilet Tech (North American distributor of the Ecodomeo toilet): www.toilettech...
Ecodomeo (Urine diverting toilet manufacturer in France): www.ecodomeo.c...
Video Tour Timeline:
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1:52 First look at urine diverting toilet pedestal
4:34 Gravity fed, foot operated, hand washing stations
10:10 Decomposition chamber
11:23 In line septic tank
12:27 Cleaning the urine collection pan
16:25 Demo of toilet using "pee" and "poop"
18:00 Cleaning the conveyor belt
19:32 How to dispose of the decomposed solids
21:09 Slide show of construction photos
We did an exhaustive search among all known outhouse systems in an effort to identify the most environmentally responsible option that would also provide a non-objectionable user experience. We discounted port-a-johns, pit privies, vault toilets, and most composting toilets for various reasons and settled on the Urine Diverting Dry Toilet (UDDT) sold by Toilet Tech Solutions. We believe it is the easiest toilet to use, the most sanitary option (cleanest and least smelly), and the most environmentally sustainable option available for an off grid outhouse.
Unlike most so called composting toilets, Toilet Tech is careful to make the distinction that their UDDT facilitates decomposition and not composting. There are no claims that the solid end product will be usable as compost. Instead the entire design is intended to divert urine from the feces so that natural decomposition of the solids can take place over time. As soil microbes digest the solids they outcompete pathogenic bacteria and the total solid volume decreases to roughly 25% of the original volume.
Because urine is diverted, no bulking agent is required. The user simply steps on a heavy duty foot pedal to convey the feces into the decomposition chamber via a conveyor belt. Few instructions are needed to orient new users to the toilet. It is used in much the same way as a flush toilet: sit (or stand), eliminate into the bowl, toilet paper goes into the bowl, no bulking agent is needed, “flush” by pushing the foot pedal 5 times. The feces exit the outhouse through a hole the back wall and are conveyed into a ventilated decomposition chamber. Weekly maintenance can be completed in less than 15 minutes and is done from the “clean” side of the wall.
At first glance the Toilet Tech UDDT seems similar to some composting toilets. Depending on the model, composting toilets may or may not divert urine from the feces. Composting toilets require the addition of a carbon-rich bulking agent in volumes 3-4 times greater than that of the feces and urine collected. The bulking agent is intended to prevent sludge formation and anaerobic conditions in the collection chamber, but it also requires that the chamber be emptied on a regular basis. Despite their name, composting toilets do not permit conditions that would result in a pathogen-free, stable compost end product. Creating stable, pathogen-free compost that can be safely used as a soil amendment is not a simple task. It requires a 1-4 week period during which the biomass pile reaches and maintains a temperature of at least 130 degrees F (but not more than 160 degrees F) followed by a months-long period when less heat is generated and the nitrogen in the biomass is fixed. Composting toilets are not capable of accommodating this process given the small batches, continual additions of tainted biomass, and limited time before the chamber needs to be emptied.
If the contents of composting toilets are spread prematurely in the environment they can contaminate surface water and cause disease. If the contents are taken to a facility to be composted correctly (or taken to a landfill to be buried), the added bulking agent makes a biohazard waste that is many times greater in volume than the original urine/feces. In contrast, the uniquely effective urine diversion technology of the Toilet Tech UDDT allows the feces to decompose to roughly 25% of their original weight/volume. The decomposition chamber is sized such that it will not need to be emptied for 10-20 years, and when emptying is needed, the volume removed will be about 1/40th that generated by a composting toilet of equivalent use.
Have you thought of placing a worm bin where the solids fall? Worms will eat feces and toilet paper, which will also help with preventing bugs and pathogens.
GREAT ADVICE!
Wow, who knew
Worms were in an outhouse toilet at a Boy Scout camp we went to once when I was helping the Troup Master. It was creepy, but certainly effective!! With all the kids using it, too!
Never use worms they cause problems with the soil by adding castings and microorganisms, they also put toxic nitrogen and carbon in the soul that can never be used by any thing other than trees and plants and fungi you dont want that, you want sterile soil with no chance of germ infectin
@@deekelley891 the Australians, they have a patented system that kicks butt, it's even been tested in a bar/tavern setting. The worms are great!
Excellent! Best off grid waste management system I’ve ever seen. Well done explaining the build. Going start saving for one myself:) respect….
Excellent video, thank you. Well thought out, detailed, and easy to follow.
Best outhouse I’ve ever seen
This is the best outhouse/composting toilet video I have ever seen. I love your set up. I'm going to try to do something very similar. I'm living in my unfinished tiny cabin and do have a flushing toilet but I poop outside in my make shift outhouse until I decide for certain how I want to build it. I really like everything about your set up. I do compost my solid waste with dirt and worms. No smell at all.
Glad you like it. Good luck with your project!
This is absolutely beautiful, and fascinating! I love how every detail was carefully considered. I would’ve liked to see a shower, but I still love it.😍👍
We thought about adding an on demand propane heated shower. The Juulca brand is what we considered. It would not be difficult to add that into the closet. In fact the closet in the original designs was going to be the shower.
Thomas Crapper would be proud of this ingenious solution!!!
this is a next level out house! I like the wash basin beside it idea, just building mine right now and got a few good ideas from the video!
Amazing craftsmanship. Based. 10/10 would utilize this outhouse.
You had me at rat trap spring!
Very interesting! This is definitely a great idea for parks and similar sensitive areas. Same with folks living off grid.
Great Work, Out house and video!!! My wife was totally against the composting toilet idea but this one she might be alright with!!!! Thanks for sharing!!
In the Texas Panhandle there is a business that uses all of the manure from feed lots to create compost. Some local document shredding companies get rid of their shredded paper by taking out to where he compost manure and he mixes it with the manure and builds mounds a couple of 100 yards long. He also mixes microbes and water together and sprays it on the mounds as they are being built. He has a machine that he can use to drive along the mounds and turn them over while adding more microbes. By the time the mounds make their way to the other side of the field the paper and manure has been turned into a rich compost that he sells to gardeners, landscapers, and farmers who he has spreaders to spread it out over their fields.
He can also make specialty compost. If you have iron poor soil he collects iron dust and chips from machine shops that he can mix into the manure. One time he got a contract for compost to be spread under a new electrical transmission line that required a certain percentage of wood chips to be added to the manure as it composted. His compost is so good that he has rice farmers in Louisiana and Mississippi that buy his compost and pay to have it trucked out to their fields.
So, if your composting is done properly, there is no reason why it can not be spread over your yard and watered in or in your garden if mixed into the soil.
I just checked out their website and was shocked at how expensive an outhouse can be, especially when a shovel could replace the whole thing.
Same here, who has 5 grand to spend on a toilet alone, then the rest of the material to finish the build, insane
@@IAmPhoenixRising81 I agree. Too expensive. And the youruber ignored many questions
The maintenance alone was shocking. Example the tree stick.to pick off toilet paper off stuck.
Why not put in a garbage pail near toilet . Alot had to be taken apart and put back together.
I like Nate Petroski ideas better. He even installed a bidet .
Pretty soon you'd run out of space. Besides, who wants to dig a hole in the rain and fill it up when you're done?
Have you see Paul Stametz' video on using oyster mushrooms to convert/eat up human waste products? Apparently, solid waste beds can be seeded with oyster mushroom spores and the mushrooms eat/convert the potentially hazardous waste into non-hazardous material (called mycoremediation). I'd love to see someone use it and do a video on their experience. Add'l Note: Mycologist, Paul Stametz, purchased a property in the 'Boundary Waters' areas where human waste is strictly controlled. His video on how he removed all signs of human waste via mycoremediation (using oyster mushrooms) was very intriguing.
I will have to take a look at that! Thank you!
Now that is pretty awesome. Very well thought out design and very much a must have. We will for sure have one for our camp.
I've built a similar setup : differences are; roof is utilized as water catchment into 1000 litre pod; solar panel on roof to charge heavy cycle battery which provides lighting, exhaust fan and power for water pump at wash stand. All water from wash stand goes into the drop pit.
Toilet is a reinforced sided drop pit with a heavy maceration pump set in the bottom of the pit. The waste is pumped out when needed to covered settling/decomposition pits . Once dried/decomposed , (usually six to eight months) this waste is used as compost in non food use gardens. 👍
Nice. What region are you in?
@@PatrickKQ4HBD Western Queensland; Australia. Semi arid so water is a premium. 👍
Nice! I would love one on my farm. Would have to figure out a winterization tho.
I used a tolet of this type at a NP backpackers campground. Simply outstanding solution.
It's over $4,000 for one of those toilets!!!! 😱😱 Guess I'm doing a standard outhouse like the Amish use!
But the cost in Europe is half the cost. ?/?💩
Yeah i just looked it up its 4500.00 plus shipping 😢
Put in regular septic system and use collected rain water to flusj
@@janicelane8979 That's fine, until you're in a drought.
I just watched your video and tried to give it a like but my remote is acting up and it went to dislike. I was able to fix the dislike to a like but wanted to leave you a comment so that you would know it was a mistake and you deserve a 10+! I’m new to the whole desire of building an outhouse or anything for that matter and this was a very comprehensive video and I can’t wait to see more from you! I know absolutely nothing about building anything but I believe I’ll be able to accomplish a great building if I follow along and rewind as many times as I need to😂😂😂😂 great job!!!! I hope UA-cam doesn’t include my accidental dislike as an actual one!!!!
Saw dust is better than wood chips to help decompose poop. It will also keep it from stinking. I saw the problem you have with toilet paper. I also don’t put toilet paper in my composting toilet. I have found by using one of those empty containers that handi wipes come in is the answer. I use double sheets to wipe my bottom and lay them on top of the handi wipe container. When I get done, I fold them all at one time in half. I open the big lid and drop them in. When the container gets full, I take the lid off and just shake it over a trash can. There is no oder while doing this. Then I tie the top of the trash bag and put it in a road side dumpster to be picked up every week. I think the toilet paper starts decomposing the poop on the paper or dries it up enough it doesn’t stink. Anyway. You didn’t convince me to go the same route you have gone but I did find it interesting. My system is just too simple and fool proof to change it. Later
Nice idea, neatly executed & brilliantly presented 👍
Does the toilet drum and shoot freeze up with winter use? Does the above ground decomposing chamber freeze and stop working in winter?
I got this beat by miles. I do both (#1, #2) in a FREE food-grade repurposed plastic bucket and FREE wood shavings from my farm. Mine is portable, NEVER smells or attracts insects, compost everything down to "soil" and works ANYWHERE inside or outdoors. Did I mention it was FREE?
it's just not as entertaining as mimicking a fast food production line.
Great job, & a nice explanation!
All that’s needed now,
is a bookshelf,
& a magazine rack!
Have a good one!
That is just fantastic!
It should be compulsory in every home instead of the wasteful polluting systems used now.
Thanks for sharing. I just subscribed to learn more.
Ya- you evidently don’t live where it gets very cold.
Have you ever considered depositing used toilet paper in a separate container? Say a 5 gallon bucket with a garbage bag liner. You could then process it separately however you choose. Throw it out with the trash or burn it or whatever.
Awsome high tech Urination Station and Poop Portal! Very well done!
This is so cool! Love solutions that are more sustainable. Next add on design would be a non toilet paper usage. Duvet approach?
Well thought out answering all my questions.
Pretty ingenious, that use of a rat trap!! Really impressive!!
that rat trap could take a finger off for sure.
The only suggestion I would make for improvement is to divert rain water to a tank for hand washing. This would minimize the amount of water needed from the house. Depending on the level of rain fall in your area it could eliminate the need to fill the 30 gallon tank altogether.
Excellent. I want one. Thanks for sharing. Wish you more success as well.
Love the concept I will do the on my off grid property.
Magnificent, thoughtful and super creative. Keep em coming, SAHWEET 👍✅😁
How does this work in sub zero temperatures
A perfectly done, thorough, great video.
QUESTION(S)
1. How far away from a housing structure is this outhouse?
2. Does there have to be a bit of a slope?
3. You said there's a couple of tubes in the leechfield how deep? Full of stones, top and bottom? Fabric cloth around the pipe?
4. Do you clean it outwith a digger? Do you have to clean it out? I know it will take a long time to fill but eventually it will need the "soil" removed so there's more room for new waste products. Yes?
5. Did you think of putting a Reed bed in the leechfield to help clean the water/urine runoff?
You are now the outhouse that all outhouses will be measured against. That is a beautiful structure.
What a thorough video! Thanks... I'm feeling inspired and informed ☺️✌🏾
The open roof seems a problem ...
we have a cabin at 10,000 ft (closed in the winter) in an old mining town in Colorado , the house next door sat closed and unused for five years and a weasel crawled into the toilet pipe and died! They had to rip apart the whole bathroom.
Extending the hardware cloth down 2’ into earth would solve any rodent from entering the system.
Thank you so much for this video!
Great! Now I never want to eat mashed potatoes ever again!!!
Lol!
Baked Potatos only. No Gravy.
Would radon get into an outhouse through the urine pipe that leads from the underground leach field up into to the toilet/outhouse? If not, it would be great to have the toilet be just a few feet from the house, connected by a short hallway to shield you from rain, cold etc. The outhouse would be like an addition to the house. There could be a solar powered ceiling exhaust fan, constantly exhausting air out of the ceiling of the outhouse, which would create a vaccum seal on the outhouse door to keep it tightly closed it could also keep your home door tightly closed) to prevent any urine/feces odors from entering into your home. This would also help prevent any posssible radon gas from entering your home (or the hallway).
Well constructed and super interesting design, thanks for sharing.
Why no shower and laundry?
Good idea, until winter 🥶
Exelente
Excellent video, you did a great job explaining everything.
This is so cool. Thank you.
This is amazing... we are an offgrid project in guayemala
Brilliant tool and demonstration. Thank you. Would like to follow the maker of this video for more info.
Wow!
This so so amazing to see.👏🏾 Thx for sharing 🥰
Was thinking that cleaning closet could also be converted to an outside shower. In addition, rainwater could be diverted from that plastic roof into the water container so you wouldn't have to fill it so often.
Brilliant
Hi and thank you for the video! How did you make the spring loaded valve? I would interested and seeing how this was accomplished. Would you happen to have a video? May God bless you and your family.😁♥
Would love to see this guy's house!
very detailed. thank you.
This is awesome! Thank you for sharing.
Very interesting ideas. Can this be used in cold winter climates?
It would be more difficult for sure. We are in NC.
Many brilliant ideas))
Really nice building.🙂
Overkill on everything else.😟
One important thing you did not address is how do you protect the plumbing and water reservoir system in freezing and below freezing temperatures?
:20 "the toilet requires no power or running water".
Carpenter bees are native pollinators, put a bee house up instead😢 2:17
How does this waste management system compare in cost and simplicity and functional use to a thermophilic composting system (humanure or pooping in a bucket)? A composting system does not require a septic system which in every municipality in the US requires a leach test, a permit, an inspection, and overly conservative design, costing tens of thousands of dollars and which also handles all other organic wastes and returns a rich garden compost fertilizer. All of this accomplished with very little effort that only requires emptying a few buckets once or twice a month into a bin and re-staging the buckets with composted sawdust and dirt. This takes maybe 30 minutes in total.
Besides an off grid living why would one want to have it at their main home? I less you have property and you didn't want to walk back to the house mainly for pooping. Where can someone get one of these system?
Great video, quality work, but at 4500 bucks a pop I don’t think this is the next best thing to the flush toilet.
A little less than half a year, the water is frozen.
What do I do about that?
Why don't you collect roof runoff for you washing?
How do you "dry flush" when the fecal matter is not really solid?
Failed to disclose the most important information: the cost of the toilet.
Robert plant BiG Log should play upon entering
So very, very clever!
Do you, and if so how often do you have to maintain the grease trap? What is required to maintain it?
What about freezing weather?
Went to the site....prices?! Couldn't find any. Free?
how much did everything shown here cost?
Amazing that you missed the boat by so much using TB. Solar powdered bidet.
Interesting😊
too bad this isn't in a kit i really love your outhouse but id never be able to do that
Any thoughts on winter and extreme neg temperatures? It's always seems harder to do things when it -20 ....
yes I guess France doesn't worry about the extreme cold so much.
That might work for about 120 days in Minnesota as well as many other places that have 6-9 months of freeze- thaw. That's a chilly trip in the early spring, late summer evenings! Try fine mesh screens in your open roof design. There WILL be insects, mice & other rodents, mosquitoes. OR- hang a shower curtain from a tree, put an ice fishing toilet seat on a bucket and woo hoo! Now you still have beer money! This is a ridiculous waste of lumber & materials! There are far better out house set ups. Cute, tho!
Also, please show the update from a year of use. Not just a few days
I went to the site and couldn't fine the price. How much is the toilet to buy?
$4500 + shipping.
Impressive!!!!
Great video! Thanks for sharing. Great build! So inspiring!
$4500 is a bit spendy but still a lot cheaper than a septic system.
Urine is a great fertilizer.
Always use nylon rope outside
How do you keep rodents out of your TP? Looks like squirrels can climb right in.
Is wintertime a concern? If so, how do you heat it?
Why not use a gutter system to collect water for a water flush toilet that empties into a traditional septic system
Must be warm there year round.
It looks difficult if you need to make a courtesy flush from the taco bell you ate last night
Wow this is brilliant!❤
You need to add a little music or something...gotta create cinematic value
How much does it cost for materials? And how much to get it installed?
Project total $7,782.48
grants $3,000.00
out of pocket expense $4,782.48
We did all the work ourselves, so I don't know what labor would cost.
Wow❤
FORTY TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS?!?!?! Just dig a hole. It's plastic and cheap plastic gears at that! What a price gouging company! I couod 3d print this 2500 times for that cost! That price is maniacal.