Country toilet do it yourself step by step

The first building that appears on any site is a toilet. We can somehow do without a house and a shower, but without this building - nothing. For many, a do-it-yourself toilet is the first construction experience. It is good that the structure is uncomplicated, so even without experience it is easy to cope.

The very first building in the country was a toilet. Often this is the first experience of building with your own hands.

Although the country toilet is not the most difficult construction, there are many features. A clear plan of action is essential. Let's describe in steps how to build a toilet in the country:

1. Choose the type of toilet.
2. Determine the location on the site for construction.
3. Determine the dimensions and materials for construction.
4. Start building.

Now about each item in more detail.

ABOUT types, designs of houses for a country toilet read here (with diagrams and dimensions).

What toilet to make in the country

Before starting construction, you need to choose the type of country toilet. This is not about the house, but about its internal structure. By the type of device, they can be divided into two large groups: with or without a cesspool. If the groundwater level at the site is high - higher than 3.5 meters - your choice is limited only to toilets without a cesspool, otherwise the water will inevitably contain residues of waste products. Similar restrictions are imposed on areas at the base of which there are natural fractures, as well as on shale rocks. On other soils with deeper aquifers, a booth of any design can be installed.

The shape and size of the toilet stall are far from all the differences that a toilet can have

With a cesspool

When choosing this option, you need to take into account that the depth of the pit should be 1 meter less than the highest groundwater level (usually spring). Its volume is chosen depending on the frequency of visits and the number of people. For example, in houses of permanent residence for 2-3 people, a volume of 1.5 cubic meters is sufficient. For summer cottages visited mainly on weekends, the cesspool for the toilet may be smaller.

The shape of the container is any, but more often it is made square, sometimes round. The walls are laid out of bricks, concrete, rubble masonry, tarred wood. You can make a container from concrete rings. Only in this case it will be necessary to worry about the tightness of the joints and the bottom.

To ensure tightness, a layer of compacted clay (clay castle) with a thickness of 20-30 cm is made under the masonry and on the sides.

Drawing of a country toilet with a cesspool

A cesspool for a summer residence must be equipped with a ventilation system. A large-diameter pipe (at least 100 mm) is built into the pit, the second end of which rises at least 50-70 cm above the roof of the house (or house). Also, a ventilation window is made in the house itself. It can be on the door or on one of the side walls.

When filling more than 2/3 of the volume, the contents of the pit are pumped out by a machine with a vacuum cleaner. When planning a toilet for a summer residence with your own hands, take into account that a car must drive up to the pit.

There are two types of cesspool organization:

• The usual one is under the house.
• Backlash closet - the pit is located to the side. With such a structure, the toilet can stand in the house, and sewage through pipes laid at a certain slope enter the container.

The construction of a backlash closet in the country is a very expensive undertaking, unless you still decide to make an extension or a summer house in your country - a full-fledged residential building in which you spend a lot of time. You will need a complete ventilation system, water for flushing, and pipes will need to be laid below the freezing depth of the soil. And since they must go at an angle, the cesspool sinks to a decent depth.

Backlash closet diagram. If you like comfort, you can build a toilet right in your country house

When installing a toilet of this type, it is important to withstand the slope of the pipe - it should be 2-3 cm per meter. You don't need to do more or less - in this range. If the slope is made smaller, there is a risk that the content will stagnate. If you do more, the water will run away, and the hard and heavier inclusions will remain in the pipe and will spread the "aromas".

Read about methods for eliminating odors in an outdoor toilet with a cesspool here.

Without a cesspool

Most toilets without a cesspool are much easier and faster to build. They collect waste in an airtight container, which is usually placed directly under the toilet seat. The difference is in how the waste is processed and the odor is neutralized. There are the following types:

• Powder closet. A container with peat, ash, sawdust, earth or a mixture of these components is also placed in the booth. After visiting the toilet, the waste is covered with a layer of this powder - powdered. Hence the name.
• Peat toilet. This is a kind of powder closet. But for dusting, only crushed peat is used. There are also industrial peat toilets. They are very similar to the usual apartment toilet bowls with a cistern. But the tank contains not water, but a crumb of peat. After visiting the toilet, you need to crank the handle on the tank several times, from where the peat will sprinkle.
  

  This is how the simplest powder closet or peat toilet looks like. Building it yourself is an easy task.

• Bio toilet. Waste falls into a container filled with a solution containing microorganisms that process them. These booths can often be seen as street toilets in cities. Dry closets are sold both together with plastic booths, and separately - only a toilet with a capacity.
• Chemical toilet. The principle of processing is the same as in the dry closet, only not microorganisms are used, but chemicals. They usually come in powder or tablet form. Waste processed in this way cannot be used as fertilizer. They periodically need to be drained into the sewer.

The advantages of country toilets without a cesspool (also called dry) are significant:

• you don't need to dig a hole and fiddle with sealing it;
• no need to call a flusher (pay for it) and organize an entrance for the car;
• builds quickly;
• recycled waste can be used as fertilizer.
  

  After processing, the waste from the powder closet and dry closet can be used as fertilizer

The disadvantages are also considerable:

• Factory made toilets are not cheap.
• It is necessary to periodically change the container.
• It is necessary to monitor the availability of neutralization means.

How to make read an inexpensive but beautiful path to the toilet here.

Standards for installing a toilet on site

Most of the restrictions apply to pit latrines: it is necessary to limit possible contamination. The norms are:

• To the source of water - lakes, rivers, wells, wells, etc. - must be at least 25 meters. This also applies to sources located in neighboring areas.
• The basement or cellar is at least 12 meters away.
• To the nearest inhabited building - a shower, a bath - at least 8 meters.
• Buildings where animals are kept are at least 4 meters away.
• The nearest trees should be 4 meters, bushes - 1 meter.
  

  On the site plan, try to choose a place that meets all the requirements

The rest of the rules are valid for all types of toilets:

• There must be at least 1 meter to the border of the plot.
• Doors should not open towards the adjacent area.
• When choosing a location, the prevailing wind direction must be taken into account.

When choosing a place where you will build a toilet for a summer residence with your own hands, pay attention not only to your own buildings and objects, but also to neighbors. This will help avoid friction with them and with the sanitary station.

If you are going to build a toilet with a cesspool, you need to add to all the listed requirements - the organization of an entrance for a sewer truck.

The construction of a country shower is described in this article.

How to make a toilet in the country with your own hands

You have already gone through the first two steps: you have chosen the type of toilet and where to install it. The next step is to choose the sizes. It is not so difficult to decide on them. They told how to choose the volume of the cesspool - 1.5 cubic meters is enough for 2-3 people, now about what size the toilet house should be. It all depends on your own desire and the size of the owners. In the standard version, toilets are made in the following sizes:

• height - 220 cm;
• width - 150 cm;
• depth - 100 cm.

These dimensions are convenient for people with an average build. You can change them as you like. There are no standards.

Toilet houses are most often made of wood. But this is not the rule. It can be made of sheet material such as fiberboard, gypsum fiber board, flat slate, brick and any other building materials, profiled sheet metal, even plastic.

A toilet in the country with their own hands is built from any material. This one is made of corrugated board

The most favorite roofing material for a country toilet is slate. It is inexpensive to install a soft roof made of welded materials. In general, you can use any available one. It is attached to a solid crate, so there is not much difference.

Building a village toilet

The last stage is the actual construction. The procedure is determined by what type of toilet you will be building. If with a cesspool, do it first.

Installation of a village toilet with a cesspool. A great option for giving

Toilet cesspool

The procedure for construction is as follows:

• A pit is dug in the chosen place. Its dimensions are 30-40 cm larger than the planned size of the cesspool.
• At the bottom, 20-30 cm of clay diluted to a pasty state is laid and rammed: a clay lock is made, which will prevent the penetration of sewage into the soil. Therefore, lay the layers without voids.
• They lay out the bottom and walls of the pit made of brick, rubble, thick boards impregnated with resin. The main thing is that the walls do not allow moisture to pass through: it should not flow either inside or from the inside. Therefore, waterproofing measures are necessary. Therefore, it is advisable to plaster the walls of the cesspool, and then smear it with hydrophobic impregnation. Only one that can withstand aggressive environments.
  

  The cesspool of the country toilet should not leak water

• The gap between the erected walls and the ground is laid with soaked clay - and then a clay castle is made. This is waterproofing on the outside.
• A ceiling is laid on top of the pit. Usually it is made of boards (at least 40 mm thick). There should be two holes in the ceiling - one for installing the toilet seat, the second for organizing the hatch. The evacuation hatch is usually made double - so that unpleasant odors do not penetrate.
• Install a ventilation pipe.

Next, proceed to the construction of a toilet house.

In order not to mess with masonry and waterproofing, you can install a special plastic container - a septic tank. They come in different volumes and designs - with one or two necks.

Septic tanks in the cesspool of the country toilet - and no problems with waterproofing

The pit is digging a little more than the size of the selected septic tank, the container is installed, filled with previously removed soil. The device of such a cesspool is many times faster and more reliable.

Country toilet cubicle

Any toilet for a summer residence is installed in a small cabin-house.It is easiest to make a rectangular structure with a pitched roof with your own hands: a minimum of time, costs and materials.

The base for the booth - columns

The first step is to take care of the availability of the floor. It needs to be lifted some distance above the ground. It is more convenient to do this with the help of posts folded in the corners of the building. It is hardly worth bury them to the depth of soil freezing, but it is necessary to bury them in the ground 20-30 cm below the fertile layer. They are usually folded from bricks, rubble stone, they can be poured from concrete, etc. On such a basis, during heaving, the booth will rise, but usually this does not lead to any serious damage: the structure is small.

• The flooring is laid on the prepared posts. It is usually made of wood. It is advisable to coat the wood with protective impregnations: the environment is aggressive, and even the effect of climatic factors.
• Install vertical racks from a bar of 100 * 100 mm or larger section. The height is chosen depending on the height of the "visitors", but it is rarely below 2.2 m. The front pillars are made several centimeters (10-15 cm) longer to ensure the roof slope. They are attached to the podium using metal plates or support bars. Previously, predominantly long nails were used, now more and more screws are used.
• The upper part is tied around the perimeter with the same bar.
  

  Stages of construction of a toilet stall in the country

• A doorway is made from a bar of the same section or less thickness (50 * 100 mm). Its width depends on the width of the existing door.
• If there are strong winds in the region, you can install additional jibs - inclined beams between the vertical ones.
• The frame is sheathed.
• They make a continuous crate on the roof - the boards are nailed close or put a piece of plywood, fiberboard, gypsum fiber board.
• Roofing material is laid and fixed.
• Hanging doors.

As it turned out, building a toilet for a summer residence with your own hands is not so difficult. It takes little time and cost. But in the process, you will acquire useful skills.