The_Real_TCIII Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 I'm looking for a camp and an outhouse may be my only bathroom option at least at the beginning. Are they all horrifying? Can an outhouse not be gross lol? I'd like my wife and daughters to come to camp and not have to drive into town several times a day lol
Buckmaster7600 Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 (edited) As someone who has an outhouse at my house and my camp this is hilarious to me! outhouses aren’t scary at all make sure they’re plenty deep, line the walls to mitigate cave ins and keep the line to them and they’re as good as a flush toilet. Edited July 20, 2024 by Buckmaster7600 LET EM GROW, DirtTime, Bionic and 2 others 3 2
Wolc123 Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 (edited) I’d recommend skipping the pit and go buy a portapotty to put in it. Put some of that Rv sanitary treatment in its sewage and water supply tanks. A regular outhouse with a pit might work ok for guys, in this day and age, but won’t cut it for women and children. The portapotty’s have a removable sewage tank below and a built in water storage flush tank in the back. You can dump the tank out back somewhere, when no one is looking, or bury the contents, if you’re feeling energetic. Digging a pit for an outhouse is asking for fly and bee, and smell issues, which women and children will not tolerate. You can avoid all that with the portapotty. Edited July 20, 2024 by Wolc123 cervidchasers and The_Real_TCIII 1 1
Ncountry Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 An outhouse can be as fancy or as simple as you build them. A pic of our outhouse up in quebec. 50 miles from the nearest power pole and 10 miles from the nearest rd. Buckmaster7600, Bionic, GreeneHunter and 4 others 7
Bionic Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 If you build one, give plenty of room from the door to the seat, otherwise your knees are hitting the door. At my dad’s camp he also has a plastic Folgers coffee bin that he stores the roll of toilet paper in, incase mice get in the outhouse. I’d pine board the interior, no stain to keep it bright, and polly/seal the entire interior. Bolt an actual toilet seat down, and have a light on the ceiling, battery powered tap light even. If it were me, id take a broom right before their visit incase of any cob webs, etc…and don’t forget a vent stack. The_Real_TCIII, dbHunterNY and Buckmaster7600 3
IM Hooked Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 The outhouses I used over the years always had lime that you would throw in there after you were finished. Bucksnbows and The_Real_TCIII 1 1
Buckmaster7600 Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 My outhouse at camp has a removable seat and the seat hangs above the wood stove. It also is insulated and has heat “small buddy heater.” I like a good lid, not just a toilet seat lid but a sealed sturdy lid. This eliminates most of the smell and forces the vent pipe to vent out the top. My door is a glass storm door with a shade. I have a beautiful view and there’s no reason to be walking in front of it. My daughter “16” is the only one ever seen pull down the shade. I’ve added a bar rail to the front of mine because the shorter folk always complained I built it too high. Pygmy, Bionic, glutton-cage and 1 other 4
lucky118 Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 Depends on how upity the women and children are. We had an out house at our cottage on the St Lawrence River. Just bomb it before you use it. Big spiders love them lol
mowin Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 Buddies camp in Maine has one. Lots of ladies use it without issues. Lime is your friend. Good friend of mine runs the sewer plant in his town. He gets some very potent cherry smelling stuff that works pretty good. And as @Bionic mentioned, a coffee can keeps the mice from eating your TP. The_Real_TCIII and Bionic 2
crappyice Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 Seems crazy but would you be better off with something like this? No lasting smell, and since you are dog owners, you're all used to picking up shit bags anyway! The_Real_TCIII and GreeneHunter 2
Jeremy K Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 We had one for years that we built . Lime helps break down the build up and we regularly poured bleach down the hole. We had a shower bag that hu g off the side and the water ran into the hole . We had 2 families using it all summer and 3 of us using all hunting season for quite a few years and never ran out of room. The_Real_TCIII 1
Nomad Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 Also old outhouses are a great place to dig up,old bottles . Water Rat 1
sbuff Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 (edited) We use two at camp ,that said my wife and daughters never stay more then a day and "hold " it all day LMAO . The seat gets a little cold come late season mornings, but it's a good old adk hunting camp . Some of our younger hunters wait until the last possible minute then run down to it to avoid prolonged smells of odors Edited July 20, 2024 by sbuff
2BuckBizCT Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 4 hours ago, crappyice said: Seems crazy but would you be better off with something like this? No lasting smell, and since you are dog owners, you're all used to picking up shit bags anyway! +1 for a travel potty type thing. My wife and daughter use it all the time on road trips.
Bucksnbows Posted July 20, 2024 Posted July 20, 2024 We only had an outhouse at Camp Yellow Snow for four plus decades. Every 7-10 years we dug a new hole and moved it. Lime is your friend. If the porcupines don’t find it, you’re good for decades. mowin 1 "A sinking fly is closer to Hell" - Anonymous https://www.troutscapes.com https://nativefishcoalition.org/national-board
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