Toilets-Portable Options

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How to Build a Temporary Privacy,Shower or Potty Shelter

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Toilets/Potties/Port-A-Potties: Building Temporary One

"To build a toliet, buy the following items from Home Depot or Lowes:

1. 6-8 standard cement blocks. They have 2 square holes in the middle.

2. A 2 x 4 inch by 6 or 8 foot pice of lumber, cut in half (that is Two 3 or 4 feet sections) they will cut it for free at the store if you do not have a saw.

3. Several 5 gallon buckets with lids.

4. A toliet seat."
"5. Place the bucket where you want the toliet to be. Stack 2 cement blocks
behind the bucket and on either side.

6. Your cement blocks should now form a U around the bucket. Be sure the height of the cement blocks exceeds the height of your bucket. If not either add cement blocks or get a shorter bucket, or remove dirt to lower the bucket. The cement blocks MUST be higher that the top of the bucket."
"7. Place the 2 x 4s across the cement blocks.

8.Place the toliet seat across the 2x4.

9. You now have an expedient toliet for cheap."
"I built the following for 2 unprepared, and very grateful, families during the aftermath of a hurricane. One in their garage, the other in their driveway with a privacy tarp.
1. Get a 5 gallon plastic bucket- with a lid.
2. Stack 2 cement builders blocks on each side and the back. This should now form a U around the bucket.
3. Be sure the cement blocks are higher than the bucket.
4. Lay 2 x 4 across the cement blocks. Lowes and Home Depot will cut them in half if you do not have a saw.
5. Attach the toliet seat to the 2 x 4s."
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Toilets-Portable Options

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TOILETS: PORTABLE OPTIONS

I was doing some browsing online and came across this and thought it should be shared.
This would be for those that aren't handy at do-it-yourself projects: (using a 5 gallon bakery, purchase toilet seat, & plastic bags).

ImageThe Reliance Luggable Loo & the Reliance Double Doodie Toilet Liner bags.

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Toilets: Portable Options

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Bureau of Land Management, River Station at Minam

Portable Toilets --- PDF File
http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/portable_toilets.pdf

Popular outdoor destinations attract higher numbers of visitors, and receive more impact to the surrounding natural resources. This can lead to concentrations of human waste and other refuse, which pollutes the environment and presents a serious human health hazard. Left unchecked, these conditions may force land managers to restrict access, or implement user regulations designed to protect the natural resources and enhance public health and safety.

Public restroom facilities are not always available, especially in remote areas. Visitors to some public lands may be required by law to carry a portable toilet system for the removal of human waste. Portable toilets (also called “pack it out” toilets) are already familiar to many outdoor enthusiasts, including river rafters, sea kayakers, rock climbers, backpackers, and others. Any visitor to the public lands can help improve their favorite destinations by carrying and using a portable toilet system as a routine part of their outdoor activities.

Portable toilet systems are now available in a variety of designs, to accommodate a wide range of outdoor activities. With a little research and preparation, you will be able to select a toilet system that is right for your activity and group size. --- continued at link above ---

Includes:
  • Types of Portable Toilets
    Toilet Tips and Waste Disposal
    Portable Toilet Links
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Camping Style:

For about $25,) you can get a plastic camping style toilet that folds pretty flat @ Walmart, in the camping department:

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5 Gallon Bucket w/Lid
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Easy to make, using any 5 gallon bucket that has a tight fitting lid. Purchase a toilet seat to put
on top of the bucket for more comfort.

Line the bucket with plastic bags and add some kitty litter, sawdust or cinders to the bottom of the bag for absorption.

Make sure you dispose of the filled bags AWAY from your living area in case any wild critters get into the bags.

Make sure you dispose of the filled bags away from your ground water supply.

Preferably disposing of bags in secure location until sanitation pickup is back in progress.

MORE Tips:

:arrow: by Alaska Rose @ American Preppers Network:

One little tip about having a bucket with lid for that time of need. Place the bucket in a milk crate or similar non-tipping container. A 5 gallon bucket is usually not the most stable seat in the house. For someone in a hurry or small kids, it is a good idea to stabilize the seating.
Instead of preserving the contents in plastic bags, why not use the buckets and have a prepared hole or outhouse for dumping the buckets and rinsing out with a bleach solution? This allows the contents to soak away and if you add a little yeast in the hole once in a while, it will digest everything away. We don't have a problem with much odor or flies, this way. Wearing latex gloves while handling the buckets for dumping and cleaning, then washing your hands very well afterwards should help keep disease down.

:arrow: by IceFire @ American Preppers Network:

One thing my husband did for the ladies in his unit while out on deployment to on old WWII "emplacement" in France, was to cut a hole in the seat of a camp stool to set over the "cat hole". (The "toilets" were literallyholes in the ground with indentations for proper foot placement.) They were VERY grateful, because there are just some...e.r."feminine tasks" that require a steady "seat" during execution.

Toilet Seats that snap onto 5 gallon buckets are another option
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Twin-Bucket Emergency Toilet
https://preparednessmama.com/emergency-toilet/

(SNIP) ... This twin-bucket system is another alternative – one that makes disposal of your waste easier and more sanitary. ---CONTiNUED--
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Sanitation in the City: What To Do When the Toilet Won’t Flush
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/sanitation-in-the-city-what-to-do-when-the-toilet-wont-flush/

(SNIP) ... As a former city prepper, I’ve been through a few situations during which our toilets were inoperable due to a local disaster. Luckily, I had the supplies on hand to create a kitty litter box for people, so my children and I were able to stay in the safety of our home without risking illness due to poor sanitation. ---CONTINUED---
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DIY Portable Toilet, Plus Tips to Get Rid of Smells
https://commonsensehome.com/diy-portable-toilet/

I wish our first experience with a “luggable loo” had been somewhere fun like a camping trip, but unfortunately when we needed an “Emergency Relief System” (ERS) as they’re called, it really was an emergency. Our toilet would not flush and there was nowhere else to go.

(SNIP) ... With the advice from a friend (xx), access to the internet, plus a little knowledge, we were able to make a safe, temporary (still using it days after the storm due to high water levels, ugh) Emergency Relief System AKA Bucket Porta Potty. ---CONTINUED---
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The Urban Survival Toilet
https://urbansurvivalsite.com/urban-survival-toilet/

(SNIP) ... If you have a source of water nearby such as a stream or lake, you could haul buckets of water back to your house and use it to flush your toilets. But if you don’t have such a source, you’ll want to save every drop of water you have for drinking, which means you’ll need an alternative to your toilet. ---CONTINUED---
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