May 2019 – Thoughts from the Oval Office

Beautiful and Durable Outside Finishes

Beauty is more than skin deep!

In addition to being able to have a customized fit, there is no other composting toilet on the market that comes close to being as beautiful as the C-Head. Choices in both the outside finish and the toilet seat size and color makes all the difference and make no mistake people want their bathrooms to look inviting, even as uninviting as the tasks may be. It’s called the “throne” for a reason. Today’s composting toilets have a range of looks that goes from resembling a washing machine (and the same size) to a plastic water cooler; from looking like they belong on the space shuttle or else in a local laundromat. Why is that? Well, expediency in manufacturing is probably the most basic reason. Ease of cleaning sure isn’t. The outsides can be deceiving as far as cleaning the inside goes.

The Three Bucketeer

What a wheelbarrow should be.

The evolution of my garden has lead to several discoveries and great creations. I started out growing my veggies in buckets, primarily because I wanted to be able to adjust the layout of the garden as things developed. I also had a source for cheap buckets and according to the many of the YouTube videos that I watched, growing your food in buckets should have made a lot of sense for a 1/4 acre permaculture, self-sustaining, self-contained garden. As the garden developed, natural spaces began to form and I expanded them to utilize as much of the ground space as I could within the limited area that I had to work with.

The Wishing Well Compost Tower – Part II

One Month In

It is May in Florida and we are starting to get rain about once a week. Winter tends to be our dry season. In the spring, it rains hard when it rains but it doesn’t last long so we are getting about 2-3 inches a week. That is important because, you want to keep your compost moist but not wet. Too wet could cause it to smell and can wash out the nutrients and too dry will impede the composting process. There is a happy medium. Because you need to control the moisture content of the compost, the wishing well tower is designed not to be waterproof, but allows you to control how much rainwater gets inside the tower. The roof is made of slats that allow water to drop between the boards, and the same goes for the hinged lid over the tower. If you find yourself in a period of high precipitation, that is heavy, frequent rainfall like we get here in Florida occasionally, then you want to cover the slats with water proof material like canvas or corrugated tin or plastic material to shed the water away from the tower.

Our Product Warranty

The Best Laid Plans!

Our warranty on return or parts replacement is pretty straight forward.

We work hard to make sure that the customer gets what they need and know exactly what they are getting. This saves everybody a lot of headache. In some cases the customer may want to return the toilet and request a refund. For that reason, upon receiving the toilet, the customer should take pictures of any damage to the shipping container, including holes, scrapes or obvious re-taping of the exterior. The customer should also take pictures of any damage found to the toilet while unpacking, preferably with the postal clerk or UPS guy in the picture. Gotta love them smartphones. Follow the handling instructions guide found at the very top of the box under the flaps. If any damage is found, take pictures of the damage and notify us immediately by email.

Designing Your Sustainable Home 101

The other half of the permaculture lifestyle

Meet Kristina Monroe. Some time back, she purchased a C-Head (which at that time was for land based purposes called a BoonJon) and incorporated it into her incredible home design. She has even written a book about how her new home came into existence, including the dream, the design and the final outcome. The name of the book is “Twisted Oak” and in it she devotes almost a complete chapter to the advantages of my toilet design and how it has worked with respect to her permaculture lifestyle. In her book she lays out in story form why she and her family decided to take the plunge and build the house of their dreams. She describes how they take maximum advantage of the property and its assets and construction techniques to create an environmentally friendly, beautiful, warm and cozy home with results that are fantastic.

Houseboat Installations

The C-Head toilet works especially well in houseboats. The larger holding tanks and the existing flushing toilet with it’s through the floor toilet flange, give the houseboat owners an advantage over other type boats. Specifically, they can use the BEX kit (bottom exit kit) to take advantage of the existing plumbing and make life easier. The BEX kit, allows you to drain the urine into the holding tank directly through the bottom of the toilet using the existing flange. Since you are only using concentrated urine with a little flush water occasionally, the capacity of the holding tank is increased greatly, which reduces the need to find a pump out station. You can spend an extended time, weeks or months even, on the water and hold the liquid waste until you return to your marina to have it pumped out. No special trips or going off the hook to find a marina so that you can empty the tank. The C-Head is unique in this regard since there is no other composting toilet on the market that has this capacity.