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Originally Posted by webelk6
We actually have the current "poopy palace" near the creek so we can watch the humming birds while answering natures call. But I will look into permits.
Where my land is , there are numerous amish , and they actually sell outhouses for about $200 bucks. Part of me want to do that rather than buying all the lumber and building an out of square palace.  |
I mentioned composting toilet previously in this post, I ended up going that route and from experience I can say it is great.
I cant imagine the idea of sucking out a tank, or rather paying someone to do it every so often. And when I thought about the idea of going around the laws in my area and shuffling an outhouse around every year or two and filling in the hole...Man, that would be a lot of work too. And you would always have in the back of your mind, that spot in your yard, or 20years from now...those 10/15 spots in the yard. No thanks.
3yrs with a compost toilet and it works well, if you follow the advice of the manufacturer and are diligent about the composting material that you add and follow the instructions they work great. Also good for the environment, and it is the environment at your back door!
I also have a memory of my great grand parents old house in NJ. There was a spot, or I should say a rather large pit in the back yard. It had formed over a long, long time of out house useage...it was referred to as "The Glory Hole", and it was to be feared.
Amish make good stuff though, can you attest to that? $200 is practically materials and hardware these days. But, a cement holding tank would not be too cheap and it would be hard to do yourself without experience, even the materials to build it would be probably $100-200 min., I would guess that the septic guys are pulling in a pretty penny, god knows they earn it.
Good luck.