Thanks for your response.Am very pleased to get any information that will help make the decision. Does your lavi have a flue to outside? Do you get smells...
I am about to submit a building application to a regional Australian (NSW) council to use a bucket and sawdust composting toilet system in a temporary building...
You won't get it approved--for the reasons you noted. So why do it that way? Sonsie Jamay Maine, USA ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
Hi Viv hows the boatbuilding going? Yes the Biolet does have a flue to the outside and in the main doesn't smell inside, it has a fan that keeps an air flow...
It looks like composting latrines are getting more attention in some African countries. Check out a recent review of various installations: ...
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Hi all, The amount of PDF documents on the internet keeps growing. There's a little known alternative to Acrobat PDF Reader. I tested it and was so happy, I...
Hi all! I don't know if this is of any help to you in particular but I think somebody asked about this earlier also so hear are some practices from Finland, ...
Hi Kati Thanks for your feedback. It sounds like I am thinking along right lines then. I have plans for a contained composting system that will provide...
Dear Members My self k d singh research scholar in iit kanpur India working in the sanitation area.I am looking for litrature regarding different type of...
I use a wostmann and I am very pleased with it. Lee Yorkshire ... From: compost-toilet@yahoogroups.com [mailto:compost-toilet@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf...
Kunwar, I work with David Del Porto who co-authored the Comosting Toilet System book. I will be happy to donate this and Liquid gold book by Carol Steinfeld to...
I did a Google on wostmann and did not get a hit, but I did find this http://www.ecovita.net/products.html Is there a different spelling for wostmann perhaps? ...
OK, guys, I think we need a FAQ to avoid the more elementary questions like this which we've covered long ago. This is also happening on the EcoSan list. ...
Excellant idea! This would be a great help to those of us that weren't around then. I just entered "wost-man" and got right away. I entered "wostmann" and...
One of the problems I see with the composting toilets is they are too expensive. Does anyone know of a site-built design that's NSF approved? Kind of a DIY...
Brian, This was just discussed at a recent workshop in Maine. NSF listing (USA) costs $10k + $4k annually in 1999. No DIY system designer has incentive to do...
Hi Chris, The boat building is progressing on boat builders time scale. Still its not our first time so.... Have done as advised. Still trying to decide...
Brian, proprietary NSF certified composting toilet designs are expensive because the certification process is not cheap, as Sonsie describes. I looked into the...
Larry Warnberg
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Apr 20, 2005 2:38 pm
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Yes, a FAQ with links would be helpful. However, just going to the sites and reading about the toilets is not nearly as helpful as getting someone's first...
You can also install a composting toilet if you have an approved septic system or sewer hook-up. No approval necessary. Brian, please don't use the "bucket...
... Sorry to hear that your neighbor's poor management of his compost pile is a problem for you, Sonsie. Apparently you know him well enough to enter his...
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That's the problem. My neighbor has read The Humanure Handbook and waves it at me when I go over to complain. We have discussed his compost pile on numerous...
I am familiar witht he bucket system and the Humanure Handbook. I can manage a pile, BUT that's not going to impress the building inspector...I doubt a 5 gal...
Dear All I am working on ecological sanitation i need few type of tiolet model(Air tight and Water Tight)in different shape and size for my study purpose if...
This is a bit off topic. I recently read Jenkins Humanure and am planning on trying the sawdust bucket system. The recent comments about composting were...
Is there some product that I can buy at a garden shop that would work in my Biolet? Would something like Black Magic potting mix do the trick? I don't want to...
