Ok, so yesterday I posted about the new cleaning rack I built for our new lease.
Today, I'm showing off the new outhouse. I have the option for cutting a hole in the floor any time at a later date, but for now we're using a 5 gallon bucket. The reason for this is that the ground around camp is a few inches of soil, and then turns to all rock. Digging a hole is kind of difficult.
What I've tried so far, is putting biodegradable RV/Boat antifreeze in the bucket so there's some liquid that won't turn to a block of ice while your at the lease. When we leave the lease for the weekend, I go to our designated spot to dump the waste. Then I go replace and refill the bucket. It sounds much worse than it is.
The outhouse floor is 4'X4'. I wasn't sure if this would be spacious enough, but it worked out great. I did not draw any plans for this build. I just kind of had in my mind what I wanted and went to The Home Depot for materials. The only thing I had to go back for was more 2'x4's and some roofing nails to attach the roof. Total cost of the build is about $350. This was a little more than I wanted to spend, but I'm satisfied with the build and it's quite cozy to use. The floor and seating area a plywood. It's framed with standard 2x4 studs. The walls are made from 5 1/2" x 8' cedar fence panels. The doors are also constructed of the same fence panels.
I added a door spring from a screen door to keep the door closed when it's not in use. Hopefully this will help keep critters from making my outhouse their home. The toilet seat was the cheapest that Home Depot had, and came in a $6.
If you'll look closely at the pick of the back where the bucket is shown, you can see that I added a 1"x2" on each side of the bucket. These were placed at an angle, getting narrower as you slide the bucket into place. This way, as you slide the bucket in all the way until is hits the stop, it's also being guided to the center point. This means that each time you put the bucket in, you can just push it in until it stops and it will be in exactly the right spot, every time. This, of course, helps prevent getting the bucket in the wrong spot and causing a mess for you to have to clean up when someone misses the bucket.
Today, I'm showing off the new outhouse. I have the option for cutting a hole in the floor any time at a later date, but for now we're using a 5 gallon bucket. The reason for this is that the ground around camp is a few inches of soil, and then turns to all rock. Digging a hole is kind of difficult.
What I've tried so far, is putting biodegradable RV/Boat antifreeze in the bucket so there's some liquid that won't turn to a block of ice while your at the lease. When we leave the lease for the weekend, I go to our designated spot to dump the waste. Then I go replace and refill the bucket. It sounds much worse than it is.
The outhouse floor is 4'X4'. I wasn't sure if this would be spacious enough, but it worked out great. I did not draw any plans for this build. I just kind of had in my mind what I wanted and went to The Home Depot for materials. The only thing I had to go back for was more 2'x4's and some roofing nails to attach the roof. Total cost of the build is about $350. This was a little more than I wanted to spend, but I'm satisfied with the build and it's quite cozy to use. The floor and seating area a plywood. It's framed with standard 2x4 studs. The walls are made from 5 1/2" x 8' cedar fence panels. The doors are also constructed of the same fence panels.
I added a door spring from a screen door to keep the door closed when it's not in use. Hopefully this will help keep critters from making my outhouse their home. The toilet seat was the cheapest that Home Depot had, and came in a $6.
If you'll look closely at the pick of the back where the bucket is shown, you can see that I added a 1"x2" on each side of the bucket. These were placed at an angle, getting narrower as you slide the bucket into place. This way, as you slide the bucket in all the way until is hits the stop, it's also being guided to the center point. This means that each time you put the bucket in, you can just push it in until it stops and it will be in exactly the right spot, every time. This, of course, helps prevent getting the bucket in the wrong spot and causing a mess for you to have to clean up when someone misses the bucket.
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