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Compost toilet explained - Loo with a view! #forestlife #compostingtoilet

Pulling the most 'interesting' thing from my week for this vlog #4 - explaining (our) compost toilet! Our Story: 4 years ago we left the city glam with our heads filled with dreams of sustainability, self sufficiency and connection with nature, for van life, with a toddler to finally settle on a 5 acres subtropical Australian forest, on semi off grid wood cabin with a baby on the way. We are now balancing lifestyle, needs, aspirations, family life and long term goals in his lifetime project. Subscribe to follow our progresses, challenges, and new coming up projects to set up from scratch our idyllic little patch of heaven or hell... ;-) šŸ”” Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@libakan/?sub... šŸØ Our profiles: šŸ’„ Facebook: / libakanhaven šŸ’„ Instagram: / libakan_haven Timecodes 0:00 Intro 0:45 Loo with a view 01:25 Explaining toilet 02:52 Emptying bin 03:33 Replacing bin 03:41 Conclusion Thanks for watching. Give us a comment, we would love to connect! Libakan crew Credit, for diagram explaining toilet compost - PermacultureNew.org, accessible here: https://www.permaculturenews.org/2018/12/21/how-to-make-a-compost-toilet/

Libakan Forest Life

7 days ago
hello So today we're going to take a littleĀ  break from cutting wood and we're going to have a poop conversation I think the thingĀ  that worries the most my mom about visiting us is the pooping in the woods as she said soĀ  we have a compost toilet uh and a lot of people are curious about it so I I need to changeĀ  it today so I I'll show you what that looks like we were bracing for a very dry season but it'sĀ  raining again this weekend so in between the drops this is good time to do some of the b
asicĀ  maintenance around the house and changing the compost toilet bin is one of them a showstopperĀ  for manyi considering this lifestyle compost toilet when well maintained is hygienic andĀ  orderless ORS is located just a few meters from our cabin it's private but all open in theĀ  front with a great view into the Forest L with the VI so how does it work where does it all go whatĀ  happens to it well there is only one way to find out here is our little cabin hut from the outsideĀ  no Crystal Clear
Blue Ocean in ours but 3x200 liter barrels that we rotate allowing the time forĀ  the solid materials to compost with wood shaving but the setup is not as simple as it looksĀ  I found here a diagram that explains it a lot better than I ever could or barrels areĀ  modified for the separation of liquid from solid and for ventilation they include air ventsĀ  on the sides to Channel The Air to a chimney a slightly elevated filter at the bottom to letĀ  the liquid pass and a valve that conducts the liqui
d to a r bed for a family of fakas eachĀ  200 lit Bean gets filled in between 2 to 3 months thus allowing the composting processĀ  for 4 to 6 months after the lead is closed ours is a bit labor intensive to change as eachĀ  Barrel after composting are a bit lighter than before but still quite heavy and we don't haveĀ  any Wheels on the beans nor an easy surface to navigate I'll eventually have to modify the beINĀ  to make it easier as I don't see myself growing all with this process nor anybody else
willing toĀ  do it but for now it's on the not so urgent to-do list once arrived at destination weĀ  shovel the compost out after 6 months in a barrel it's really orderless at this stageĀ  everything has decomposed including the toilet paper a little look inside side beforeĀ  putting a base of leaves and shavings just to make sure the mechanism is still intactĀ  and we do the old switch R under the hot house and there we go process finished see it's not that bad mom come visit usĀ  anytime and no I ca
n go back to my day see that was easy the simple life

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