[Greenbuilding] ventilation and urine-diverting dry toilet

[Clarke Olsen]

Moving to plastic plumbing, we forfeit the anti bacterial properties of copper. Admittedly, copper hasn't been used for drain lines
since the Vietnam war drove up the price, but a copper drain for urine might stop odour developement. 
Clarke Olsen
clarkeolsendesign.com
373 route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165 
USA
518-392-4640
colsen at taconic.net




On Jan 10, 2018, at 2:22 PM, Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com> wrote:

> Those are all excellent suggestions, and much appreciated Stephen. 
> I've thought of some of them and planned to experiment in particular with 
> - replacing the OEM flex hose for exactly the reasons you suggest, and
> - blocking the front under-rim area with a piece of thin plastic bent to seal it off for the reasons you mentioned. 
> Interestingly the manufacturer of this toilet obliquely admitted in one of their communications to me that the successor model of this toilet features what sounds like a P-trap. I'd not thought of an elegant way to construct one, though borrowing a page from the waterless urinals and using whatever oil I understand they use as an odor seal could be useful to. 
> 
> I will see about trying some or all of these and if any work I'll report back. 
> 
> 
> Thanks again. .
> 
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Stephen Collette <stephen at yourhealthyhouse.ca> wrote:
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