Composting Toilet 55 Gallon Drum

The kit consists of all the parts necessary to convert two 55 gallon drums into a state of the art composting toilet.

Composting toilet 55 gallon drum.

A diy composting toilet takes human waste and dry material such as sawdust crushed leaves or wood ash and composts it with straw at a high heat to kill potential pathogens. This toilet design features a series of 55 gallon high density polyethylene barrels as the collection and composting container. The kits are easy to assemble and can be completed in less than 2 hours. Building a compost toilet is a good way to take refuse and turn it into a resource.

The barrel composting toilet system is designed around multiple 55 gallon high density polyethylene barrels that are standard in the container industry. Make your own composting toilet using a 55 gallon drum peat moss and a few other items. Designed tested and refined over the years by david omick a local southern arizona expert the barrel composting tiolet system is practical and cost effective. A removable platform is secured on top of one barrel the active barrel.

The drums have a plastic liner to eliminate rusting. It does not smell. This high capacity waterless commode utilizes a patented bio drum that hastens odorless decomposition without a fan heater water supply or sewer connection. Since 1981 the sun mar excel non electric self contained composting since 1981 the sun mar excel non electric self contained composting toilet has been a reliable and easy to use waste recycler for those living off the grid or for those who just want to live a green existence.

For more details about. It does not create pollution. It s easy inexpensive and according. A composting toilet is not an outhouse.

Cut 2 holes in the side of the drum at 45 degree angles from the center of the hole on top. A toilet seat and ventilation assembly is placed on top of an empty barrel. The installer would obtain the drums locally. Are you less interested in the aesthetics of the toilet and more about the function of a diy composting toilet.

The five gallon composting toilet. Learn how to build a composting toilet system. Find the center line running through the middle of the hole on top of the drum. This barrel is known as the active barrel.

The barrels are food grade and fully recyclable. The barrel composting toilet system utilizes 55 gallon high density polyethylene barrels in a batch type toilet system. Make 45 degree angles from either side of the centerline and mark it on the second drum.