Porta potti?Lol. Well I have done that, I'm looking for something to put in my tiny house that doesn't require a septic system.
What he said......Morning all...
Lol. Well I have done that, I'm looking for something to put in my tiny house that doesn't require a septic system.
I guess a composting toilet is similar to that, supposedly it just doesn't smell as bad.Porta potti?
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Its really cost right now. We are trying to get into our house as fast as we can but don't really want to have to take any big loans.Why are you trying to avoid a septic system? Is it cost based, environmental concerns, or non-perkable ground?
Or is it some other reason?
I once considered purchasing a communication building that came with its own tower. The concrete bunker was huge but it was on a high, dense, artificial hill. There was no water, no sewer, and no place to put a septic field. The installed toilet was one of those solid steel things that burns the waste.Why are you trying to avoid a septic system? Is it cost based, environmental concerns, or non-perkable ground?
Or is it some other reason?
Yes, you are allowed to dump your gray water outside. Talking to the septic people about a smaller septic system is actually a good idea.I have nothing against composting toilets at all, they serve as an ideal solution in the right circumstances as Ben pointed out.
In Texas, are you allowed to dump your gray water outside? If not, the composting toilet doesn’t solve your problem. If you are allowed to dump your gray water outside, then that would let you do a much smaller septic system I would think, with less cost, maybe?
I am not familiar with the building codes, environmental codes, city codes, county codes etc. in Texas. (But I am trying to learn them as I go, LOL)
Geez! That's crazy, I know our county requires around a 400 dollar permit.With regard to septic systems, one factor is that the county is often involved in permitting and some of their requirements increase the cost tremendously. Last one I put in for a client in Travis County cost $18,000.
The realtor couldn't tell us for sure. At the time, some comm company was unloading hundreds of installations around the country and the situation was very confused. It looked to me, just eyeballing it, like the lot was about 300' x 300', or ~2 acres. The realtor thought the lot was just that postage stamp shown in the photo which is less than an acre with about 100' of frontage. The realtor, as soon as he realized I wasn't going to buy (and I realized that pretty quick), wasn't willing to confirm anything.Ben, how much land came with that bunker you were looking at?
We paid $5,000 cash to have ours installed. They didn't do a very good job, but we're 6yrs into it and it hasn't gave us fits. Just pumped it for the first time last year. That was county and no permits.Its really cost right now. We are trying to get into our house as fast as we can but don't really want to have to take any big loans.
Your alive. That's all that matters.Morning
Boat and dock survived the tornado, lake house not quite so lucky.
But still livable with tarps, the whole house generator, and providing Mother Nature holds off on rain for a while.
She did a pretty good of demoing for my pending remodel, but not quite as delicate as I'd prefer ...
(Hell, after living in a captured NVA bunker in Cambodia for a couple of weeks, even a Chicago ghetto outhouse is the Ritz)
Amen brother!Your alive. That's all that matters.
Karl-1 Mother Nature-0