hi I'm Paula and this is my ambulance Vida that I'm currently camperizing.
it's come a long way but the one thing I'm really struggling with is the toilet. this
is what I currently have and even with chemicals I cannot stand the smell.
hi guys today I am going to show you the different pieces that I need to build my
own composting toilet. I've been looking at them online and there's the C head and
there is the separate and they're well over a thousand dollars u.s. let alone Canadian
you
so, I thought you know what I am pretty sure that I can make this on my own. so, the things that I
need for it is my bucket. this is going to be where number two gets composted. this funnel is
going to be used to take the number one and keep it separate. the main smell is coming from number
one and number two mixed together. so, if you separate them that changes the whole game. so,
what I'm going to do is number one it's going to get drained into a separate container that I can
cap take out and dump. pretty easy. the number two is going to be in a bag in here and there's going
to be a medium for composting. this is a waterless system. number one is pulled out. number two is
mixed with peat moss, coconut coir or sawdust and that will actually help absorb it the moisture in
there and then after when I put this into my unit, I will put a ventilation system in it.
the drawers had broken over the years with little ones so I decided I'm going to use
this as the base for my composting toilet. I have my lid what I'm going to do is have
the lid on here able to open I'm going to cut here and then put the urine diverter
under the first half which is the funnel. and leave the back half open so number two
goes into the composting spot. so, what I'm going to have to do now is cut this
hole. and I am going to adjust this funnel so that it fits alongside of my bucket.
I'm going to take a little extra off the edge. I'm going to cut this piece out. welcome to the garage
I figured this is probably a better bet than doing it in the house. what happens I do now yes,
I am going to put a couple drill holes in here and now I'm going to cut this circle out.
I'm going to have to raise the bucket so there isn't that gap in between the seat in it. I'm
going to have to make a notch in the bucket so their urine diverter comes into it more so
they don't have these open spaces. then what's going to happen is number two is going to go
straight down and number one's going to go into my separate little reservoir that I dump.
now I think I have all my Heights and everything correct. most composting toilets,
the whole wood piece with the seat would lift up but mine isn't going to mine's actually accessible
from this side the you all see right now will actually be facing my external doors. so that I
can go outside of my unit open the door and do this outside and none of this can possibly get
spread around the camper part. so, I have this here just to build it up. I put some spacers
they're going to hold that bucket in place. and I have the exact height if I use an antifreeze
container to tie it into the funnel that I'm using as a urine diverter. so, all I have to
do now is secure a little red piece to the top secure the seat and put a plastic bag in there.
tada! it's done another great thing that I have is an exhaust pump in my ambulance
it's going to be connected to the outside here to circulate air through so it helps dry out
number 2 and that will compost faster and reduce any possibility of smell. I could have made this
whole thing a lot simpler for myself if I would have just bought a urine diverter. I'm showing
a picture one it's $189 and quite honestly, I reused what I could for this project and I only
spent about thirty-five dollars to build this composting toilet. and because the ambulance
has an exhaust fan that works, I'm just going to have it set in there so that air can be drawn in
and air can be sucked back out through the exhaust fan. I can just find that as needed.
I'm actually pretty excited. I have dumped my porta potty before and it was absolutely
disgusting in fact it's in one of my previous videos. it took everything I had to not puke. so,
I actually think this is a much better option. I would absolutely love to have had one of those
fancy made composting toilets but unfortunately if I want to follow through with this journey it's
not something that I can do at this time. so, as you've seen this is something that anybody
can do. the next time you see a composting toilet it's going to be in the ambulance. so just take a
look through my videos and if you want to follow the progress. like and subscribe. thanks so much.