Composting toilet installation

[chibear]

I spent the last few days installing my Sun-Mar 3000 composting toilet. The unit is now installed and finished to floor level. There is still snow on the roof, so the final installation will have to wait a week or so.

Initial observations:

1. The body of the composter is of very high quality fiberglass construction and the instructions quite clear.
   
2. There were several parts missing. Sun-Mar had them to me in less than a week. Some screws, etc I had in my shop.
   
3. While the body of the composter being fiberglass is a good thing, the doo-doo chute and adapter are also fiberglass. The moulded pieces did not match up exactly and the pre-drilled holes did not match up at all. I needed C clamps to hold the pieces in alignment while I re-drilled the new holes. The toilet, chute, adapter, and composter fit together very loosely, soooo LOTS of silicone, a lot more than Sun Mar gives you for the project.
   
4. The venting system is central vac tubing, so went together in a snap. This unit must be vented separately through the roof in order to eliminate odor.
   
   

Update with pictures after unit is up and running.

[hiker]

i vented mine out the back--no sence in wasting all that natural gas..

gets about ten miles to the dump...........................  ;}

[LEXX]

Wow, that must be my mother-in-law in there!!

LEXX

[chibear]

ROFL..... If only it were true, I could run my Rinnai off my toilet.

[newguy]

dude where can i get more info on this thing what a flame

[hiker]

google search---jet powered outhouse

[ghurd]

Don't know if this helps, but I changed the fan in one to a muffin fan.

Kind of a sloppy fit.

Still works fine, uses a lot less battery.

No idea what brand toilet it was. It was using 4" white plastic dryer vent.

G-

[stm]

That is definately the worst place to smoke a cigarette...

/steffen

[wooferhound]

more info

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how2/article/0,20967,783909,00.html

[wooferhound]

and then there is always the Jet Powered Bar Stool