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toddheyn
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2010 06:25pm
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I am planning to build an outhouse on our property next spring and am wondering if I will need to have the pit lined with anything to prevent it from caving in and colapsing.
If I would need to, what would be the cheapest way to go? A couple of 55 gallon barrels with the tops and bottoms cut out stacked on top of each other?
Any other ideas?
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Gary O
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# Posted: 13 Oct 2010 08:29pm
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Quoting: toddheyn Any other ideas?
To keep from limiting future build considerations, I created a privvy with removeable waste (5 gal pail).
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bobrok
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# Posted: 2 Nov 2010 07:31pm
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I just relocated my outhouse and I 'cribbed' the sides of the pit and put in a lining of sheet plastic over that. I had a whole lot of scrap 1 x 6 PT pieces and framed all four sidewalls, then stapled an old swimming pool cover to it for the lining. I try to reuse everything I can get my hands on and not throw anything away.
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MikeOnBike
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# Posted: 2 Nov 2010 10:29pm
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I'm going to use the no-climb horse wire we use for our stone-bucks with a layer of hardware cloth on the outside. I want my pit to breath but not cave in. We are going to compost our pits.
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larryh
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# Posted: 5 Nov 2010 01:32pm
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I had the same issues with my clay soil wanting to cave in. In a book on outhouses I purchased some time back was a plan for a wood frame consisting of 1/6 boards nailed to corner post with inch gaps between them for water to escape. I built it in the garage and then pulled it to the pit which I dug to allow for it to be lowered in place. It has been in use for three years now and still works fine. I made it just slightly smaller than the outhouse and that way I could run long lag screws from the lower frame of the outhouse to the underground framework and it hold it from possible wind problems. I had one outhouse to blow over in a high wind. I used exterior treated wood so it wouldn't be rotting before it had done its job.
Larry
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