posted 4 hours ago
I live in Norway, where we bought a house from 1922 without an inside bathroom. Great for us, but not as straightforward solution for the municipality. The last they wrote us is that "other solutions than septic tank will probably not be accepted". Well, I accept the challenge and I want to present a project that they will just say yes to.
But I need some inputs!
I'm still in the process of reading the Humanure Handbook. The idea that I currently explore is a 4 chamber compost. So that it would take me 4 years since the harsh temperature we experience here equals to more time for "bad" bacteria to be gone.
What do you think in general about this solution? Would you consider others?
I struggle to make sense of some aspects of this 4 chamber system. The thing is that both us and a neighbor have a dwell we have to avoid contamination into. Should 60 feet away from those in air distance be a good enough buffer?
Also, my idea for building this compost system was to use pallets. Mixing garden scraps and poop for a year before moving to next chamber. The thing is that pallets would still have some contamination to the ground. Even worse when big rainfalls strike. Would a roof be a good enough addition to make this less of a problem? Or should I try to make the bottom part more or completely closed to leakage? How would you do this?
All ideas and meanings are very welcome. I've been reading some other posts here on permies and got very motivated to set up this system asap.
And just to mention, since I was forgetting: the idea would be to have a separated toilet so that urine can be spread in different areas also.