[Greenbuilding] ventilation and urine-diverting dry toilet

[Reuben Deumling]

Intriguing. I will explore that option. Thank you.

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:04 PM, Clarke Olsen <colsen at fairpoint.net> wrote:

> 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 <(518)%20392-4640>
> 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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