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FishHog
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# Posted: 29 Apr 2019 19:56 - Edited by: FishHog
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anyone done one and what do you think?
Due to limited soil to dig a new hole, I'm giving this some thought.

And I guess its "moldering", my Canadian spelling coming out in me.

Thanks,

FishHog

Princelake
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# Posted: 29 Apr 2019 20:06
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Never heard of one so I googled it. Why not just put gravel around it? When I did my outhouse I could only dig down around 1.5 feet till I hit bedrock. I built cribbing like one of those moldering outhouses then I brought in gravel filled around it to make a raised bed outhouse. The house on the hill haha!

justinbowser
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# Posted: 29 Apr 2019 21:23
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Are you maybe referring to a "composting" toilet?

FishHog
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2019 08:48
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no its not a composting toilet in the normal sense, its an outhouse built up on a platform with a containment area underneath that eventually composts.

fiftyfifty
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2019 08:59
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They are not legal where I am. But otherwise I am intrigued. Any of the homemade composting methods (Humanure, mouldering privy) etc all seem better to me than commercial composting toilets.

cman47c
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2019 11:06
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I put one at my cabin. Works great. We spend a few weekends there a year plus hunting season. No smell, waste including paper is gone in two months. After 6 years I checked the 20" deep hole and what was left was dark brown loam that I shoveled away in a 5 gal bucket. For 2 people and no extended stays, works great. The secret is to let waste get plenty of air in a shallow hole.

creeky
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# Posted: 30 Apr 2019 11:30
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You can speed things up with bokashi inoculate. Either make your own or a lot of the camper stores sell something similar now.
Its a lactobacillus. Or milk based. Basically a yogurt maker.
Pickles your, um, stuff in days. We've had lots of folks use it here.
The camper stores have it in powder form. I think its called reducer or something.
Makes me wonder if you could use a live yogurt culture. Probably not. But interestink.

Dave1986
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# Posted: 23 May 2019 04:23
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I have one, not using it though since I'm working on rebuilding my cabin and not living here, but I think I'll keep it. The hole is empty, so I will just refresh its walls. It's actually a genuis invention as for me, totally ecologcal and cheap. FishHog, don't hesitate.

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