Very boater specific this one.
I don't like pump outs.... paying to pump out especially if it's a small tank as was the case on Waterlily never sat right with me. The less engagement or more to the point reliance on third parties the better. I recall a visitor on our share boat managed to leave the flush going and filled the tank within two hours of setting off !
So when we got Percy it had a simple camping style porta potty that was not linked to the water supply but was limited in capacity and had iirc no spare bottom.
Mike from NB Duxllandyn was changing their Thetford cassette for one that was iirc made of ceramic for the better loo experience. We met on the M1 service around Ashby if my memory serves me correctly and money was exchanged for a little used cassette loo with three cassettes - a perfect exchange. The loo has served us well for over 10 years, one of two new seals but in the main great. It was fine at Fradley as I could take the cassettes to the elsan there in the wheelbarrow. At Shebdon it's the car to Norbury or the car home to empty in the drop chamber or the newly installed workshop inside loo ( was outside )
Anyone driving a cassette of liquid waste will attest to the fact they can leak liquid and smell = horrible.
They are also flippin heavy, the soup you get in the cassette does take some lifting about ... you might get the picture!
So I've been considering compost loos - or more to the point multi functional loos.... they have come on and the separating variety had a lot of advantages. I've a friend who grow their flowers in their own compost !!
This one recently caught my attention
It seems to give options for use in three ways but the separation is the most useful aspect ....
So have you a view dear boaters, have you a composting loo you'd recommend or would you never have one for reasons you can explain ?
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We’ve had an Airhead composting loo for the past ten years or so, and we plan to have another composting one on the new boat. Of course we have yet to deal with it while living on board full time. But if you could have a compost bin on your mooring, surely it’s a no brainer.
We have a Separette composting loo on Oleanna. We get on well with it. We take the full bins back to the house for composting and it does end up on the flower beds. We have four bins and each lasts about 3 weeks with two of us on board so we do need to head back to the house at least every 12 weeks, normally in a hire car. But we would probably do that anyway to do lodger turn arounds. All in all it works well. I will admit to occasionally, when needs must, disposing of the urine behind a hedge.
That's a decent recommendation. Yes a bin on the mooring is possible and we have the option to take it home and compost there.
Another good recommendation, seems you have the emptying sorted. In all honesty I thought the urine could be tipped into the hedge if watered down a bit ? Having spend the morning emptying the forecabin that holds two spare cassettes plus a load more tat anything that reduced clutter I'm up for
Yes Nev, it is allowed. I commented like I did because there are some people think it's a BAD THING! It's actually good for the flora, lots of nitrogen.
Also, if you do facebook there is a good composting toilet group with plenty of good info. https://www.facebook.com/groups/compostingloos
Hello there, we have had an Airhead separator toilet on board nb Cleddau since 2015, regarding it as a marked improvement on the previous portapotti option. We have always had two solids containers on board which, when full, we take home to put in our compost bins. For a while we carried a third but it does take up space! We now keep three urine containers on board and do water the hedges discreetly with the contents. Obviously you can pour the contents down a toilet too if available.
All the best with your decision-making!
Sue / Boatwif / nb Cleddau
Thank you Pip and Mick for the link and the extra info re FB. Sue thanks for your recommendation re the Airhead. Having done a run to Norbury with one cassette and then brought the other half full home the concept of the composting loo is gaining ground.
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