You're too kind! Thankyou!

Thanks so much for the kind words, Rick!! I sure hope you do get to build yourself a little place. Easy to hear and cool and easy to clean, cuz it's small. I am working on a house on my hill--nothing big, but a little more room than the bungalow. I'll post a video once my internet is back up. Had a storm that blew down some trees. Thanks again! If I can help, please don't hesitate to ask!

Thankyou so much!

Thankyou....and...you're welcome!

Ha! You're a mind reader. Left a gap under door when I installed....and been looking for a plastic lid that fit-- didn't think about the peanut can! Thanks!

Your're are very kind :) So glad you liked it!

@@grandpasmountain I ended up watching your whole home build. Awesome. Got a twin brother lol

Thanks again! Busy building another house right now. Just got to top of hill. Working on 1st floor deck today.

Thanks, Chandra!

Haha-- Thankyou. You are very kind.

Thank - you! for the nice comment :)

Thankyou very much-- this has worked well-- and since there are 4 people using it, it gets emptied about every 8 days. Stirring would have no effect at all because not enough time elapses. Good luck on your project!

Actually, you don't need to stir. This creates additional cleanup messes. Some peat moss on top, light amount, plus van venting out gasses and lid in place should be enough.

Thanks-- been working good!

Really cool set up, love urine pipe going into the ground, will it cause a foul smell in the future?

Thankyou for the nice post!

Haha. Thanks-- there were several options. This one has worked well.

Sorry. Not sure what I did that was dissapointing. Thanks for the comment on the fiddle. I'm not very good, but enjoy learning.

Thankyou very much, Tammie!

This what I bought from ebay: 60mm x 60mm 6015 12V 2pin Cooling Fan PC

It really does save a "crap-ton" of water, lol. Thanks a lot!!

Thanks so much, Jim! The girls all gave it a try...they seem to be happy!

Why would 8 thumbs-down ??? I'm #321 on the thumbs-up list, but I will put the fan switch on the top or front side (in process of getting an old village house near Tatarbunary Ukraine).

Lol! Come to TN -- it's on Airbnb in the summer! If I can be helpful, let me know.

Thanks Grace :) you made my day!

That is noy true for all models. Even though we have a relatively small space, after over a year, it has worked wonderfully and helped keep the bathroom fresh.

Great tip, thanks! Free grounds at Starbucks and Costco.

have you tried coco coir?

Harvesting peat moss is not a sustainable practice. It takes thousands of years for peat moss to develop, and harvesting it requires digging up bogs, which destroys the potential for regeneration of the swamp. Peat moss is being banned in some countries to protect rare plants and animals in peatlands and prevent the release of half a million tons of greenhouse gases from disturbed bogs each year. Hope you stick with the coffee grounds. They are great to recycle.

Sand

How about coffee grounds and sand? Or cedar chips?

Hahaha! Thankyou!!

@@grandpasmountain may i ask how's this going for you anyway? This is going to be my weekend project. I'm installing one in my home and i'm concerned about the smell. Is that little fan still pulling it's weight?

@@llieske That little fan ROCKS! We have ZERO smell in our bathroom. It's awesome. Doesn't matter what you do in there. I wish all toilets had the fan. I use bags (like in the Separette) and just carry the bucket outside, switch for a new bag, and replace the bucket. Takes 2 minutes. I do that once a week for 4 of us.

@@grandpasmountain thats great to hear. I've already started "practicing" with a lugaloo outside. There is definitely a smell whenever i lift the lid so the exhaust is a must. I don't know how people get by without it. Maybe they just more covering. I'm considering bags as well. I'm composting it so emptying buckets shouldnt be a big deal, might be better for composting the loads, but bags might do well too, dunno.

I think separating the urine is the best plan. Takes the girls a little effort to figure out how to aim well, haha. The bags just make it quick and easy. Too much crap sticks to the bucket and makes the process of switching buckets less sanitary. I started with several buckets, but now I just use the one. I got 2 fans on EBay for cheap, and I have a spare fan ready to go if the first fails.

Thanks! Great idea!

Ha, ha, ha! First time that I saw the value in shitty advice!

I can tell you from experience that you want the bucket as close as you can get it...

Thanks-- good question -- Overall, it has been a resounding success. I followed the model of the Separette Toilet. Compostable bags are the only way to go, for ease of use and sanitation. An "s" trap (like under a sink) somewhere would prevent occasional odors from popping up. I am adding an extension to the exterior vent, because when the breeze blows a certain way, some odor can get in the bedroom window-- maybe the fan should have been more powerful! My vent will extend to the peak and actually increase airflow because it should act like a chimney. Thanks for asking!!!

I bought a 12v fan so it could run off a battery if necessary, and ordered a random 12v adapter online for it. Thanks :)

Haha! Once I get the house up, the guest house will be open!

Hahaha!

Lol. I don't know about that...but I truly appreciate the pat on the back!

Let me know how it goes.

@@grandpasmountain I will! Haven't gotten to it yet

I would never have thought of that!! :)

Haha. Thanks.

Fiddle while you shittle.

With that echo your fiddle sounded almost like the beautiful bagpipes.

@@SteamvilleQuintet you're very kind! I do like fiddle music that has a drone note in it like the bagpipes! Look up Bonaparte's Retreat!!

Well...with 4 of us, it's once a week. You can buy composting bags and just switch out the full bag and add it to yoir compost heap -- no mess. I love the excitement I hear! Yes --it's fun and a great way to go!

Thankyou! Haha! Well, first....the switch was an afterthought...and I thought the outlet I was installing would be far less accessible. You would not ever want to have the fan off (I know this for sure now!) unless you were servicing it -- i.e. cleaning the blades or replacing it. I have a spare fan in a zip lock hanging inside just in case. So far this has worked wonderfully and is completely odor free (unless the fan is off!).

:)

Nooo... That would actually be bad. There is NO odor. None. The computer fan keeps a constant airflow out, so we have no smells :) If we had a seal on top of the bucket, the fan couldn't draw air from the bucket!

Thanks! Great tip!

YESSSSSS...... You are right!

Bag in bucket helps

I use food grade marinating bags that are designed to fit a 5 gallon bucket.

Thanks--- there are 4 of us now (I'm the only male), so the bucket itself wouldn't last very long! My grandkids slept over last night...same thing. Yeah, simpler is often better. I get a week between bucket changes.

Haha! We are living in it now, while we build a house. YES! We have instructed several guests so far. Aim is the big deal for girls...and sitting to pee for boys....or just use the woods!

No. I'm not really talented.....I am learning all the time. Thankyou for the compliment

Turns out, I never want to shut off the fan, haha. The switch was simply sitting in my toolbox with a fuse, so I used it. No, we don't have any bugs at all. I do have a screen outside. There is no smell and it works great. There is enough clearance so we aren't hitting any body parts. Yeah...I did think of that.... ;)

The urine can run out the bottom as you drive....

Sweet. Did you vent it? It would be great for camping.

@@grandpasmountain Yes, I have not used it yet.

That makes sense. I had never thought of it....no one who's used it has said anything either. The center of gravity would be different as you went to rise.

Thanks, Aaron. Because we're not stirring anything, we don't need a bunch of compost material-- Having 4 people here shortens the time I have to change things out. No actual composting can really occur in the toilet. I looked at all the top designs and didn't want to blow $1000+ for something so simple -- although I came really close! No, there are no plans. Thanks for writing!!

Haha! Yup! Did that!!!!

Thankyou! (Wish MY grass would stop growing!)

It composts just fine along with everything else!

Never added it up.... about $75, I'd say.

Never had any, in two years!

On ebay!

You do need a fan for negative pressure. I did run the vent up top. Thanks for the suggestion!

It is on eBay!!

Ha! No -- it's pretty good, actually. The females had to learn to aim, haha.

That's a pretty good rule of thumb! One benefit of the diverter is no pee to absorb. Thanks for the tip!!

Yes! We ARE using a liner--- MUCH better!

@@grandpasmountain What liners are you using? I was considering this: www.amazon.com/dp/B077MWKYG9/?coliid=I22I9V6FFZZB57&colid=14A95WSBQSMDD&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1

Yes, there is a screen over the outlet pipe. Yes, the fan runs continually. It draws immeasurably little power and maintains a constant negative pressure, so odor free and dries out the poo.

No bugs.

Hahahahaha!

The cheap little chinese fans only last so long (6-9 months) and I only use the little switch (which I had laying around) to change out the fan. I could have simply unplugged the thing....but I didn't know if the outlet was going to be easily accessible.

Currently have a mini septic tank. Urine is sterile and can safely be run into the ground. A pit filled with rocks works, or a container buried with holes in it. Some people save it, dilute it and water their bushes!

Does the urine just sit in those horizontal pipes and create a smell?

@@ankersman i would imagine he has it with a fall, septic fields hav 1 1/4 inch for every ten feet so gravity works to use the flushing water and solids moving them. Since it's only liquid any fall will work, no solids to move. It runs about ten feet behind his building into a rock filled hole, where the ground absorbs it so no liquid in pipe to smell. With the fan, any wafting odor from the dry pee coating the pipe will be exhausted, and if you wanted you could use a one to one vinegar water mix to spray pee diverter, some add a little fragrant dish soap to the mixture for a clean fresh smell.

Hi, Debbie-- it doesn't need to churn. If it were maybe just one or two people, and it was only emptied once a month, churning would have some purpose. Stuff doesn't break down that fast, honestly. With 4 of us, I empty about every 7-8 days. It's just a 5 gal. bucket, and it gets emptied when 3/4 full. Actual composting takes months....like 6-12 months. One gadget "churns" simply to bury the poops so they don't stink. We have no odor issue because we ventilate. Look up the Separette composting toilet. It costs about $1200 and is the #1 potty out there. My design essentially copies it.

Through Ebay-- It came from Australia in about 5 days for half what I can get it in the USA.

Cost

@@juliadawnyel4331 www.we-pee.com/product/urine-separator-for-composting-toilet-copy/

How did you take your survey Or was that percentage just a of what you felt was true

All it needs is a lid while carrying bucket to the disposal area.

Haha!!!

Yeah! Haha!

True!!

Nonsense

Yes, they do very well.

Everything overall has been great. Had 1 fan burn out, but I already had a spare. Salts from urine built up in pipe I used and slowed things down. Just switched to 1" pvc pipe. Other than that-- it has been a success! Thanks for asking!

It's on all the time. Always sucking a little air out. No smell that way, and it dehydrates things. The Separette toilet works that way. I stole their idea :)

After much research, I decided on this design. A chemical reaction takes place when urine and feces are combined that I wished to prevent. Urine by itself is sterile and actually useful for fertilizing plants, and at the very least is harmless to the environment. Feces, while containing whatever bacteria born by the depositor, when dry, has no smell. When the decomposition begins and temps climb, bacteria dies and it becomes safe for the environment here. Then there is the question of volume. How often would I have to empty these buckets with 4 adults? How much sawdust or other material would I need to have on hand? ALOT. My current design is not my own. It is based on the best European designs and works well. When I say "no smell" -- I'm not kidding. NO SMELL, no matter what you deposit -- unlike traditional toilets. In a small home, this is an amazing blessing. Now it is shocking to use a "normal" bathroom and have the terrible odor (and embarrassment) associated with it. Hope that helps. It's been nearly a year. One computer fan burnt out. Other than that, a massive success.