This article will discuss all aspects of building a typical toilet for a do-it-yourself cottage.
The construction of the latrine is always fraught with many problems and issues related to the lack of sewage and water supply. In addition, the presence of a traditional rural restroom, accompanied by flies and an unpleasant smell, can spoil the rest for you and your neighbors. But the Finnish peat toilet for a summer cottage will do just fine.
These toilets, in comparison with analogues, have many advantages. Firstly, they are environmentally friendly. This toilet absolutely does not need any chemical-based fluids that are harmful to the environment and your health. In its role is a peat filler. Secondly, such a toilet is unpretentious in maintenance and convenient to use.
The Finnish peat toilet for summer cottages has such a principle of operation, which is based on a natural, natural biological process. A mixture of peat with microorganisms living in it processes waste, and copes with an unpleasant odor.
To build a Finnish peat toilet with a do-it-yourself pedestrian toilet is for everyone to do. To do this, you need to make a small, durable room, properly arrange the ventilation, install a 20-liter capacity in it, preferably frost-resistant and stainless, in the form of a bucket, toilet seat, prepare a pit for humus (compost) and the most important component - peat. The Finnish peat toilet for summer cottages functions in the same way as a regular one, with one exception - no need to flush, everything processes peat.
Another advantage of such a dry closet is its low cost. It does not require a water supply, therefore, water and electricity are not wasted (excluding lighting). Do not need sewer wiring , installation of expensive equipment for a septic tank. Peat dry closets are equipped with a special tank, fixed above the level of the toilet bowl, for a dry mixture of peat, equipped with a special device - a dispenser.
It is intended, as it were, for "flushing": pulled by the handle - and the next portion of peat evenly crumbles in the toilet. And so layer by layer until the tank is full. Therefore, a peat toilet is also called a “dry toilet”.
A bio toilet for a summer residence has another purpose: in addition to using it for human needs, it helps to obtain fertilizer. The process is simple: we install in the lower part of the toilet a large container with a volume of 100 - 120 liters for waste. A tank of such a capacity can not be cleaned for quite a while, as a result, it will not be filled to the top. But it is not worth bringing the situation to this. It is simpler and much easier to clean the container once every two weeks or, in extreme cases, once a month. It will be necessary to come up with some kind of adaptation, so that without difficulties it would be possible to transport a container of such a volume to a compost pit. The contents of the tank are poured into the pit and sprinkled again with a layer of peat - and so layer by layer. Thus, you get rid of the unpleasant odor and get a positive effect in the form of excellent fertilizer.