Every happy owner of a country house knows that not a single cottage is complete without a toilet, which is traditionally represented by a small wooden structure in the yard. Before moving on to direct construction, you must carefully consider the choice of location for this object.
The country toilet should be placed in a secluded place, without disturbing the appearance of the site, but it should not be located too far from the house. According to sanitary and hygienic standards, it is necessary that the country toilet be located at a distance of at least 30 meters from any source of water. That is why the question of how to make a country toilet and at the same time not spoil the water for yourself and your neighbors remains quite critical.
In order to make the process of choosing the most suitable place a little easier, you can do the following:
1. First you need to draw a plan of your site and adjacent areas.
2. Mark on the plan the location of neighboring wells or wells, as well as existing toilets.
3. According to the plan, calculate the places on your site where a country toilet can be located. Choose the most secluded one.
4. A particularly important point. Needed immediatelytake a receipt from each neighbor. It should state that they don't mind building your toilet.
5. Next, select the design of the country toilet and make a list of the necessary materials.
According to the materials that were used, country toilets are divided into stone (made of bricks or foam blocks), plank (made of wooden boards and bars), as well as frame. The foundation must be built for any toilet, except for the boardwalk. Therefore, the structure of wooden boards is considered cheaper and simpler. In any country toilet, the cesspool is the most important part. Its volume should be designed for 60 liters per 1 person with permanent residence for three months. However, simply burying a larger barrel is not enough. It is required to think over the system for its cleaning, as well as to ensure its absolute tightness. Otherwise, if aquifer pollution occurs, you will be criminally liable. Therefore, it is necessary to arrange in advance the so-called clay castle around the capacity of the cesspool, the thickness of which should be 15-30 cm.
So, all the preparatory work has been done and theoretical issues have been considered. Building a country toilet!
As mentioned earlier, the easiest way to build the required structure is from wood. We will consider this option.
First you need to prepare dry wood bars with a section of 40 × 40 or 50 × 50 mm. It is also required to purchase material with which the country toilet will be sheathed. It maybe edged board, lining or block house.
Slate, ondulin or soft roofing is used to cover the roof. To begin with, we place a cesspool. A lower wooden frame is built above it, under which roofing material is laid.
We line the floor with dry boards using self-tapping screws.
Next, the frame of the walls and ceiling is assembled. Above the cesspool we make a place to sit, the so-called pedestal 45 cm high.
We sheathe the frame with the prepared material. We lay the roof. We mount the door, handles and toilet seat.
