I honor your work with that infernal piping. Even with heat I couldn't get a good seal on the 90 coming out of the toilet. Ended up using some 5200 on it. I was frustrated enough to want to go back to the black rubber hose LOL Thanks for sharing your work - I keep learning things!
When I was doing some work as a delivery captain, I could always tell if there was a flexible black water bladder on board, as soon as I opened the companionway for the first time. In the tropics, it was breathtaking at times 😂
I might be going the opposite direction, from the traditional marine head to composting toilet. I don’t know how it will handle everyday use but I guess I will find out. I like the simplicity of the composting toilet and no thru-hulls. Of course, nothing beats the bucket when it comes to simplicity😀 .
That's what I did on our 1972 Albin Ballad. The original head compartment was small & cramped (there is a strange chainplate truss overhead), and trying to use it underway seemed like your skull would be bouncing against the sidedeck. Also, on my boat, the previous owners had slung a plastic holding tank under the V berth, which was about as pleasant as you can guess (tho as this video shows, there are not a lot of great options for tank location). I built a custom composter into the nav station bench. Nice and handy, right at the companionway foot, better ventilation options, less motion at sea, and 6' (2m) headroom. It also let me glass over two thru-hulls and the deck pumpout fitting.
Great stuff as always , looking forward to see as many videos as possible about that project. The Ballad is a favo of mine since ages .. Thank you and keep up the good work. Cheers from Germany :)))
Очень интересно , хоть я и не понимаю по английски) Я мечтаю купить яхту и когда-нибудь обязательно это сделаю. Не смотря ни на что и совершу кругосветку. Здорово когда есть возможность осуществлять мечты
Great work as usual though I removed my sea toilet and thru hulls. If I wanted a sea toilet then a Lavac would be my top choice - much better than standard types. I have one small tip; I use a cheap ratcheting pipe cutting tool (PVC pipe shears) that goes up to 42mm diameter; makes a nice clean cut through hose very easily. Plumbers use them. Not that there is anything wrong with using the multi tool..
I assume you added the seacock for location convenience. Were the other seacocks in use (if there were ones existing on that boat)? I am thinking of using my existing seacocks for this, but wondering if there is a reason I shouldn't.
The seacocks that were on the original toilet were old corroded ball valve type that were blocked off when the compost toilet was installed. When I installed the lavac I put the new proper Groco flanged base type seacocks where they best fit and had good access and glassed over the old seacock position holes. You can reuse your old seacocks if they are in good shape and keep them where they are if the location works for you.
@@atomvoyager Thanks! I am putting a Catalina 25 together and your videos are helping greatly. Thank you so much for sharing. I will be putting my videos up as well when I create a new channel for it.
Thanks for the video update! Do you have any concerns of chafe of the holding tank over time as the contents slosh in a seaway? I added a smaller freshwater flexible tank ( don’t presently remember the brand) on my PSC27 and found after several years I developed leaks where the tank contacted the hull.
Plastimo tanks are famous for leaking so I stopped using them years ago. These Nauta or Vetus brands are very thick so less chance of chafe. In this case the tank fit so snug in the space there will be less movement against the hull. If in doubt about the smoothness of the hull and if there's a loose fit in the locker then a foam pad similar to a yoga mat should be placed between the hull and tank as I've done on other boats.
like not only fill a notoriously leaky contraption with poop sludge, but allow for the possibility that it can be pressurized by objects on top of it making a potential poop fountain🤣🤣🤣🤣
so sick of going to to the pumpout closet at the marina to fink a basin full of degraded poop and coconut husk/soil looking crap filling up the drain and clogging the basin. THEY ARE NOT COMPOSTING TOILETS, they are GD litter boxes
I honor your work with that infernal piping. Even with heat I couldn't get a good seal on the 90 coming out of the toilet. Ended up using some 5200 on it. I was frustrated enough to want to go back to the black rubber hose LOL Thanks for sharing your work - I keep learning things!
Meticulous quality work performed accompanied by sensible precise explanations. Top notch as usual. Lucky costumer. Best regards from Jarle
When I was doing some work as a delivery captain, I could always tell if there was a flexible black water bladder on board, as soon as I opened the companionway for the first time. In the tropics, it was breathtaking at times 😂
I might be going the opposite direction, from the traditional marine head to composting toilet. I don’t know how it will handle everyday use but I guess I will find out. I like the simplicity of the composting toilet and no thru-hulls. Of course, nothing beats the bucket when it comes to simplicity😀 .
That's what I did on our 1972 Albin Ballad. The original head compartment was small & cramped (there is a strange chainplate truss overhead), and trying to use it underway seemed like your skull would be bouncing against the sidedeck. Also, on my boat, the previous owners had slung a plastic holding tank under the V berth, which was about as pleasant as you can guess (tho as this video shows, there are not a lot of great options for tank location). I built a custom composter into the nav station bench. Nice and handy, right at the companionway foot, better ventilation options, less motion at sea, and 6' (2m) headroom. It also let me glass over two thru-hulls and the deck pumpout fitting.
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Great stuff as always , looking forward to see as many videos as possible about that project. The Ballad is a favo of mine since ages .. Thank you and keep up the good work. Cheers from Germany :)))
Another beautiful installation!
Очень интересно , хоть я и не понимаю по английски) Я мечтаю купить яхту и когда-нибудь обязательно это сделаю. Не смотря ни на что и совершу кругосветку. Здорово когда есть возможность осуществлять мечты
Great work as usual though I removed my sea toilet and thru hulls. If I wanted a sea toilet then a Lavac would be my top choice - much better than standard types.
I have one small tip; I use a cheap ratcheting pipe cutting tool (PVC pipe shears) that goes up to 42mm diameter; makes a nice clean cut through hose very easily. Plumbers use them. Not that there is anything wrong with using the multi tool..
Thanks for the tip. I have a small PVC tube cutter and will try that in future.
I assume you added the seacock for location convenience. Were the other seacocks in use (if there were ones existing on that boat)? I am thinking of using my existing seacocks for this, but wondering if there is a reason I shouldn't.
The seacocks that were on the original toilet were old corroded ball valve type that were blocked off when the compost toilet was installed. When I installed the lavac I put the new proper Groco flanged base type seacocks where they best fit and had good access and glassed over the old seacock position holes. You can reuse your old seacocks if they are in good shape and keep them where they are if the location works for you.
@@atomvoyager Thanks! I am putting a Catalina 25 together and your videos are helping greatly. Thank you so much for sharing. I will be putting my videos up as well when I create a new channel for it.
Thanks for the video update! Do you have any concerns of chafe of the holding tank over time as the contents slosh in a seaway? I added a smaller freshwater flexible tank ( don’t presently remember the brand) on my PSC27 and found after several years I developed leaks where the tank contacted the hull.
Plastimo tanks are famous for leaking so I stopped using them years ago. These Nauta or Vetus brands are very thick so less chance of chafe. In this case the tank fit so snug in the space there will be less movement against the hull. If in doubt about the smoothness of the hull and if there's a loose fit in the locker then a foam pad similar to a yoga mat should be placed between the hull and tank as I've done on other boats.
Yeah not into bag tank for waste. I will stick with plastic tank
like not only fill a notoriously leaky contraption with poop sludge, but allow for the possibility that it can be pressurized by objects on top of it making a potential poop fountain🤣🤣🤣🤣
so sick of going to to the pumpout closet at the marina to fink a basin full of degraded poop and coconut husk/soil looking crap filling up the drain and clogging the basin. THEY ARE NOT COMPOSTING TOILETS, they are GD litter boxes