tony uljee

something trivial --- , i cut away a small section of the vermiculite concrete floor pad i had cast for the stove , a friend donated some off cuts of heavy black slate ,just enough to do some trim work around the stove --pics to follow ---but heres the piece ---firm enough to build the stove up on it ---but i can snap bits off it up by hand.

the way i am reading it ,is the shop floor is 30 meters square ---not 30m2 ----so its 30 m x 30m equates to 900m2   which is 9690 sq ft  

heres a pdf brochure showing a lot of detail, and improvements in design ,project doesn t get nearly as much support as it deserves---seems theres issues around  investors wanting the rights to it ---on an open source design ---back to basics i say---build your own ---plenty of detail here to show how. It can be simple or as complex as you wish to make it

yes seen a few similar set ups , used a few of them over the years as well---at some gatherings---thats why i went with  the auger set up ---those are all still just shitting into a bucket style and whilest mostly no smell or problems ----does nt take much to go wrong ---numpty s and staggerer s at these events---its usually fine if yourself is the only user--the auger covers the deposits and moves it along---into a manageable size  drum ---i will re assemble the chute and vented lid set up i was using ---and take some pics ---had a lot more pics of construction and set up ---my old comp system died awhile back --a friend download  the drive onto a cloud----it must have rained away by now

that idea seems to resemble the way a clivas multrum works  , i had looked into these ideas and several others---mostly  all of them are large systems to build and would take up more space , materials and time than i wanted to use, my version of Chuck Henrys  auger has worked well enough for me  , its been out of use now for awhile as the lure of indoor water flushing loo is too strong---my wendy howard system is coming online---but its rugged simple and easy to make with a few handtools---and a small bit of welding---which might need to be done by someone else for some people---but its easy and quick so should nt be expensive----it deposited into a half size plastic drum ---which has a lid with a rubber seal and a retaining clip ring

just finishing off my version of the wendy howard  system , just bought a large bag of bark chippings  and wait for delivery , also in ireland , so it was a good read about your system ,i have been a longtime convert but only recently built up something---part of my slow progression to off grid and taking responsibility for my output and lessen the pollution of groundwater. Did you have to insulate your IBC  ---i have sourced the worms from an old dung heap out in the elements ---they dont seem to be effected by the colder ===although milder ----winters we have mostly ===,,and did your system recover and start up again ,cheers ,tony

i think people have been working out solutions for sometime now judging on this concept from awhile back

like the heavy duty plastic parts , much better and sure to last---my worm composter  system ---still under final construction ---is a wavin pipe ---lengthways  -----i will  adding in a lacto solution to the bedding material every now and then --as per the terra preta sanitation method---the outflow is into a "forest floor" of sorts but i am collecting materials  for an under cover modular pond to make use of a further treatment by using the azolla weed pond/trench . ---heres a modular reed bed system

i use the grey colouredpaste they sell at hardware store in small tubs ---linseed oil based ---safe for drinking water ---and the "hair" i use is hemp or flax soft rope /twine they sell ---its the old standby for all coarse threaded joins ---beats the use of those tapes

i think his blue rendered barrel is like a giant pot on top of a stove ---the red rendering part of the drawing ---so hot water is going to generated from the bottom ---which should in some part heat his copper coil --the well water in would just be topping evaporating losses ---with a ballcock fitted---perhaps there should be another hot outlet to the system