{"id":3922,"date":"2021-06-30T13:41:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=3922"},"modified":"2021-06-30T13:41:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:41:52","slug":"the-new-proper-composting-toilet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=3922","title":{"rendered":"The New, Proper, Composting Toilet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gosh, it&#8217;s been a while. But for once it&#8217;s not because I&#8217;m depressed, it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m busy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been building a downstairs composting toilet with the stated aim of not freaking out people who are not used to such things.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3931\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210616-WA0000-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210616-WA0000-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210616-WA0000-360x640.jpg 360w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210616-WA0000.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I found a sink in a skip last year and brough it home. Had to build a custom stand for it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3923\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210618_122452-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210618_122452-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210618_122452-360x640.jpg 360w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210618_122452.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tap on the sink leaked (which might explain why it was in a skip) so I changed it for one I had lying around.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3924\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210622_183902-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210622_183902-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210622_183902-360x640.jpg 360w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210622_183902.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Raided the leftover free tile collection for a nice looking combination of tiles,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3925\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210624_134809-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210624_134809-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210624_134809-360x640.jpg 360w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210624_134809.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Filled cracks, painted everything and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3928\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115500-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115500-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115500-360x640.jpg 360w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115500.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It looks very nice now. Hardly hippie at all.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3926\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115400-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115400-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115400-360x640.jpg 360w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115400.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still the composting toilet to contend with, but I hope even the most stalwart of Normals will feel reasonably comfortable in such a white and blue haven of tidiness.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3927\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115445-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115445-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115445-360x640.jpg 360w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210627_115445.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And when I was done with that, I made jam, because I haven&#8217;t in a while and I took a fancy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3930\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210629_203143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lovely next-doors hosted a small, covid-safe football party for the England-Germany game.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3932\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG-20210629-WA0003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m cooking up some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=firefox-b-d&amp;q=todmorden+kindness+sign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Todmorden themed<\/a> bunting for the neighbourhood. You can&#8217;t have too much kindness, I think.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3929\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20210629_100339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gosh, it&#8217;s been a while. But for once it&#8217;s not because I&#8217;m depressed, it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m busy. I&#8217;ve been building a downstairs composting toilet with the stated aim of not freaking out people who are not used to such things. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=3922\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3933,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922\/revisions\/3933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}