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If you want to build a garden toilet, you should think about whether you want to build it with or without a flush. Both options are relatively easy to implement.
Garden toilet with flush: these options are available
Many people prefer a garden toilet with a flush. There are a few options for integrating these
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- The most convenient way is to have a water connection and a waste water pipe. You can then connect the toilet as normal, just like in your home. However, the connection and waste water pipe must be approved.
- Open toilet systems are not permitted in the garden; environmentally friendly wastewater disposal must be guaranteed.
- As with camping, you can also use chemical toilets in your garden. These have integrated flushing systems and sometimes look almost like normal toilets. However, you must take care to dispose of them correctly.
- Both options are not particularly environmentally friendly, as precious drinking water is lost through the flushing water. In addition, the chemicals are harmful to the environment if disposed of incorrectly.
Garden toilet without flushing
Toilets can also function without flushing. The variants are particularly practical when there is no water connection.
- One option is dry separation toilets. With these, the liquid and solid parts are separated from each other. The liquid can be used as fertilizer in the garden, while the solid is collected in a bag and disposed of with household waste. There are few odors.
- Composting toilets are also popular. These are similar to outhouse toilets and yet very different. In this variant, the waste is collected in a container with straw or bark mulch. This also separates the solids from the liquids and they don’t smell as strong as a plop toilet.
- If you buy a toilet with a large collection container you won’t have to empty it as often either.
- With these two options you save a lot of water and also produce your own fertilizer.
This must be taken into account when building toilets
A few things need to be considered when building a toilet
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- For example, toilets in which the waste water is discharged directly into the ground are strictly prohibited. This can pollute the groundwater.
- In addition, the toilet must be built in such a way that no animals or vermin can get into the waste.
It helps, for example, to build a wire mesh fence under the toilet to prevent animals from digging through from below. - Odor nuisance is also not permitted. Therefore, ensure good ventilation and do not build an outhouse.
- In addition, the toilet must not be located in an area where children play or where other people regularly spend time.
