What would be the difference between a pit type outhouse and a composting type outhouse?
Very simply put, a pit outhouse is an outhouse built over a hole that is dug beneath the outhouse where the “droppings” and “liquid waste” goes. A composting outhouse is much more complicated. It is built in such a way that the waste is composted and can be used for fertilizer or whatever else you use composted material for. The Humanure Handbook sold in our store will give you exact details and plans on how to build a compost outhouse. Here are some links to composting outhouses that we feature on our Outhouses of America Tour web site: • Homebuilt Sawdust Composting Outhouse in New Hampshire • Probably the ultimate composting outhouse: Dunton Valley Farms Composting Outhouse We sell plans in our Outhouses of America store to build a pit outhouse. Please follow this link to see the plans we sell. We also sell a book on how to build a composting toilet. You can see the book HERE.
