Hi Katie, Ours still smells in summer, but if we leave the door ajar the smell clears in seconds. So I would make a vent somewhere down low, maybe in the door, closeable in winter. Along with the existing vent near the roof, it will create a chimney effect, a permanent convection current that will stop the smell. Also, I would find a better way of sealing fly access to the drum than the caulk that eventually cracks, like in the joints between the seat platform and the bottomless pail that I used to connect the platform to the floor. Flies seem to get into the drum to reproduce, through the smallest cracks. It's like all wood structures - seasonal expansion and contraction opens cracks.
Otherwise we are happy with the design. Some city visitors have refused to use it, afraid of getting bit by the monsters they are sure live down the dark hole... Karl On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:20:33 -0400 Katie Quinn-Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for posting the design and photos of the outhouse, Karl. We > had > a three seater growing up and moved over during the course of the > year > to allow for decomposition. But, of course, it smelled bad that > way. > Having a removable drum and providing two sets of vents much make > it > much more pleasant. What improvements, if any, would you make on > your > design? > > -- Kate Q-J > > > Thomas Shelley wrote: > > Patricia--Greetings. Look at The Humanure Handbook by Joseph > > Jenkins. You will learn all that you need to know. If you can't > > > find a copy nearby, I could loan you mine for a bit. Tom > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County > area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > ____________________________________________________________ Smart Girls Secret Weapon Read Unbiased Beauty Product Reviews, Get Helpful Tips, Tricks and Sam http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/JKFkuJi7U3xZIwTENp0BGByj9Oh8H1MqvauvM7xIdPAQti1vhsB2Hr/ _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
