I have been meaning to build a compost toilet for a while now. Seems I needed to be doing more physical work and practice some problem solving skills , before I could start. Because after a full week of Olive harvesting, I was ready to do it.
With today being my day off, I expected to wake up tired. But instead I woke early and went into town with my girls, to get some supplies. Then when we returned home, we had a quick lunch and then I got to work. I planned on using materials that I already had or that were on the land. Mainly because I don't have any money to buy any and plus its better to use what you have already.
Luckily, there were already some pallets on the land. I took five of them, which I put in my wheelbarrow and brought down to the lower terrace, which is where most of the trees are. I wanted to use the trees to my advantage, in helping me to build a strong and solid toilet. I basically made a box with 4 pallets and placed the last one on top of them.
I also found some wooden posts, which I placed inside the corners of the pallets and hammered them into the ground, to help stabilise and strengthen the toliet. I don't have a drill, so I used rope to tie the pallets all together. Then I used canar to fill in the gaps around each one.
I had a some plywood which I used to cover one half of the top. Then I managed to find some off cuts of wood to cover more of it. I already had a purple toliet seat, which I put in place on the corner that was left uncovered and used screws to hold it in place.
When I started out, I didn't take any photos. I just didn't think to. I was too focused on the project at hand. I'm still not finished. I want to add more pallets on top, which can fit over the posts that are already in place, then I'll add a roof. Tomorrow I'll be doing a bit more, with whatever materials I can source. (And in case you are wondering, yes there is a tree growing out of it.)
