Hello all, I am so happy to announce that I am a new owner of a centrex 3000 central composting unit. I plan to put it to use in my house in mexico that sits...
I've never used anything but a pail or two of either garden compost from working compost pile, medium-aged manure from a manure pile, or even some healthy top...
I had joined this group in hopes of finding a dynamic community of users of commercial products, and do-it-yourselfers. Unfortunately there seems to be a...
I don't know the particular quirks of the centrex 3000, so it may be that peat moss is necessary for it to work well, but I have had good results in other...
... MY sun mar system is like cleaning latrines in a Prison Camp in the Pacific Rim During the end of WW2. the evaporating chamber is filled with a thick...
Hermine: This is the first account of this nature I have seen regarding the Sun-Mar systems......... Everything I have read in the past would suggest that...
... well, THAT is reassuring ... self contained with a means of relieving itself of excess fluid through a neat hole in the floor and something like a french...
Hello group, I posted a messages earlier asking about using alternative material in my sawdust toilet, I purchased 6 acres in the high desert mountains in west...
Hi Stone, from past experience (over the last decade or so) it appears that the manufactured, sit on the floor style systems are really only effective when...
Hello group, I'm curious, of those who use a "sawdust" toilet... 1. What do you use for cover material? For #1 & #2? 2. How much cover material do you use each...
... Read the "Humanure Book" by Joseph Jenkins for more info. I use different things at times. Ground up leaves, sawdust, coffee grounds, coffee chaff. At the...
... I have friends who are too fat to fit on the composting toilet i have. they would also go crazy at the idea of not flushing. So far they have not visited....
Hello Ken, Thank you for your reply, I have read the Humanure book (I read the website too), it's a great wealth of information, I was just trying to get an...
Tys here: 1. What do you use for cover material? For #1 & #2? a. Sawdust with bits of leaves and sometimes aromatic plant bits from our property for both. I...
Hello, Thanks Tys for your detailed reply, it's exactly what I am looking for... :) Did you make your own toilet setup? My husband made ours our of wood, and...
I enjoy your stories and ideas about the compost toilets. I'm an electrician in Las Vegas NV. and I've seen the appliances which are incredibly expensive....
Hello, That is insane, I would think that a state such as Nevada, with all the desert and so many people would WANT people to conserve water in any way...
Yes, I built my setup myself. and the building it sits in. I put a couple photos up on the yahoo photo section, under 'Tys' stuff'. it's pretty much how a lot...
Hello again, Here in NV We are desperate for water. The water district actually pays homeowners to take out their front lawn and change it to a desert...
Wow Tys, very nice looking! :) Is it a separate building or part of your house? Is the room strictly for the potty or do you use it for other things as well...
Hello, I understand that a sawdust toilet (ala Jenkins) is technically and legally(?) NOT a composting toilet as the composting does not happen inside the...
Hello, You're definitely on my brain wave. Who's gonna know. Not only that, but I got to figure out how I'm going to design the finished product for my dream...
[Moderator's note: this message was sitting in the group's spam box, not sure why, I just saw it today, it was posted on the 17th] Gang ... Actually, I made...
... not sure why, I just saw it today, it was posted on the 17th] Hi Ben, I'm not the moderator nowadays, it's Sanjay who's doing a splendid job as the...
Hello, Thank you so much. I'll look it up. I got my info from the Appendix 3 state regulations. (U.S.) Compiled 1999. So I guess they've updated? I will...
Dear all, You may be interested to watch a demo video on a urine diversion composting toilet at an adventure playground in Germany (in English) published by...
Hello :o) I am new here and thought I would chime in. 1. What do you use for cover material? For #1 & #2? sawdust for both 2. How much cover material do you...
