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Angel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:02:38 +0000

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Hey there, Alissa. (:

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Comment on Composting Toilet Blog by Karen

Karen — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:34:43 +0000

Stumbled upon this site while looking for reviews of composting toilets and man, am I ever glad! After reading through all the posts, I will definitely read the book recommended and try my hand at making my own composting toilet. You all just helped save this 61yr. old disabled, social security recipient thousands of dollars that for me is NOT disposable income. Thank you one and all!!

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jimmy-bob — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:06:27 +0000

anyone know how to do this with RocketDock?

Comment on Composting Toilet Blog by Marcial Guy

Marcial Guy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:38:50 +0000

Hey I’m back on this issue.I have put my envirolet low water 120v system up for sale for a year now and I always end up talking prospective buyers not to purchase my Composting unit. If anybody really wants to go ahead and buy one of these units I will give you mine.Every time I see it sitting in my garage it grrrrs me to no end and trowing out 3000$ just isn’t right.If you arrrange for shipping I will package this unit and let you have it.Contact me at dragnit@live.com and first come first gone.
Thanks.

Comment on Composting Toilet Blog by Tansuman

Tansuman — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:53:59 +0000

I like to add a few things to this topic. First of , compost toilets are great. They can save you money and are eco-friendly .
Unfortunately , I haven’t found a commercial brand that works properly yet. If anybody is willing to build one there is great literature on that topic out there. You need not be a scientist or engineer as some commentaries suggested . A great book with easy instructions on many things including how to build your own compost toilet is : “The self-sufficient life and how to live it” written by John Seymour
Also , you can download , “It’s not easy being green” . A great show about a family in England choosing to live a greener life.
Look for the episode when they are building their toilet.
It has an ingenious gadget that separates the urine from the feces right away.
One more comment about Envirolet . We purchased two units
of the remote waterless type. I was looking for a unit that would fit in a limited space in our 100 year old farmhouse that we are still restoring. While the dimensions of the compost unit were perfect , the performance was not. As long as my carpenter and I used it , we did alright. May I add , we did pee outside because I knew from the beginning that too much fluid can’t be beneficial to the composting process.
Well , as soon as our family of four moved in the problem started. I first made my children responsible for the overflow , telling them they used too much water to flush.
We all made an effort to reduce the flushing and I added peat-moss as recommended by the maker. I have to state , I am an environmentalist and don’t like using unsustainable materials such as peat-moss. Needless to say it didn’t make a difference.
So I decided to take that unit out , to find the fault on it.
I too tried to reason with the friendly people from Envirolet .
I never got a reply on that. I did a bit of research and found all the same complains about these toilets on different blogs.
After that I installed my second unit , which was intended for our shop and let the first unit compost outside. Which by the way produced wonderful compost after five months, which I could use for my fruit trees.( without even being plugged in and outside ) There was some hard matter inside , it seemed mostly from the toilet-paper but that was not such a big deal.
I can’t imagine having to remove the wet sludge before it’s dry though. Some of you are very brave out there.
I did make some changes on my second unit. I wanted to drain the amount of fluid in the composter faster.
I drilled two holes in the bottom of the tank and connected a PVC pipe and hose in to my main drainpipe. I also drilled holes in the tray that supposed to collect the composted matter. It worked better for about a month but as anticipated the wholes plugged up with solids and now we have wet sewage in it again. I also changed the 45 degree angled exhaust pipe to a 90 degree angle pipe with vent-holes, the same as some people use for stoves. Now the back-run from the condensation actually drips out these wholes on to the ground.
I don’t even want to talk about the cost of running this unit.

My conclusion is that this compost toilet needs at least three to four month actual composting time during which period it cannot be used. More than two people using it should not be recommended.
I go as far as to state, false advertising. I would join a Class Action lawsuit immediately.

A word to the wise, always research products before you buy them. We learned the hard way.

U.E.W.

Comment on How to Load Animated Flash Header One Time During the Session by allenbina

allenbina — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:01:02 +0000

brilliant. thanks for this

Comment on Composting Toilet Blog by B.Comp.

B.Comp. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:32:07 +0000

I have an envirolet waterless remote compost toilet that works but with some problems. Our application is in an outhouse type building at our lake cottage. We use it only on weekends from May to October. It works odour free for 2 people just using it on weekends but we start to get odours after a few weekends of 4 to 6 people. I had the 12v unit but found the odour was a problem and so spent the money to convert it to 120 v and then installed the heater and fan. Those helped but didn’t solve the odour problem – very strong urine odour throughout our lake lot. We added an extra 10 feet and a whirlybird on to the vent and that also helped. Bottom line – it is odour free for 2 people using it only on weekends. We hav eto lock it when we have company to avoid a revolting odour permeating our lake lot. Any more use than 2 people and the odour is back.
We also have only been emptying it once a year in the spring. We follow all directions, installed it properly without any bends in pipe etc. By the end of the season it is almost impossible to push the rakes through the mass. That becomes a 2 person job. We empty it using the lower drawer and rotate the bars but there is a fair amount of petrified poop that just won’t drop down to the lower drawer. That means removing chunks of poop by hand throught the top. I think a rotating drum system would work better because the rakes don’t work. Toilet is claimed to be good for 8 people regular use or 10 people vacation. We have found it only works for 2 people on weekends and no more. Also emptying is a pain and doesn’t work as advertised. The drain pipe for the urine doesn’t work too well because the outlet is on the side of the unit rather than the bottom at the lowest point. Last time I checked pee only ran downhill. Next year I am going to rig up two drains at the low points and see if that helps. I have had it three years and continue to upgrade and modify to try and solve these problems. I think it would work if the co. would redesign their basic unit. I have not had a response to my email complaint to the company.

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