Rumpty Loo - Finished!

Evolution of man

finished loo!

Roofin'

Well! Our brand new composting loo has been finished! After a good few weekends spent tinkering around with the design, our little dunny managed to survive the last week of storms and incredible winds to have the finishing touches bestowed upon it this afternoon. A very rumpty front door and wonky step ensured it now has the necessary dunny attributes of comfort and privacy. And that got us so excited it was only a short time before 'twas christened!

Rumpty 'Doo' - Stage One

Hooray!

Today N & I decided to put the 'Doo' in Rumpty Doo for real and set off on the task of making our very own composting toilet! After reading an awesome zine entitled 'Composting Toilets & Radical Sustainability'* we have been converted to the cause of turning human waste into useful fertiliser. Granted, it is a subject that some people find icky, but compared to using potable drinking water to flush your crap into the ocean, it seems like no biggie to me. 

Test-run.

Add to that the fact that most fertiliser is pretty low in 'sustainable' credentials, whether it is made from oil or just trucked to you with it, and I'm pretty sure you'll be on the compostin' bandwagon soon!

We managed to source all the parts for our throne from our local junk yard, including an attractive pale pink toilet seat. Today we dug the foundations and got up a stick frame which we're going to clad in classic corrugated iron.
Stay tuned for the next instalment and see what we can do with just a wheelie bin, and some old bits of tin!


*Contact Theo at Doing it Ourselves if you'd like a copy.