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An thoughts on incinerating toilets? They’re like $4k, but that’s cheaper than septic usually and no plumbing. Can run off LP or electricity. A big appeal is that you don’t have to worry about temperatures since they’re waterless. And you can take it with you if you move.

> Heated water: once you have water you quickly realize 10C is not always pleasant to shower in. So for $150 we bought a water heater that heats water by 25+ C as it flows through. It works with a gas cannister since our small electric system is not powerful enough to heat water.

I’ve had good success with an ~40L pot of water on the wood-stove/gas-stove (or sous vide cooler if you have the energy budget) and an immersible battery pump with shower head:

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005003145415630.html

Works well for dishes too.

Since we don’t have running water in winter, these are great on top of a large bottle to fill a cup or wash hands hands-free:

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005003145230040.html



> An thoughts on incinerating toilets?

I haven't researched them because I found the price a bit ridiculous. Where I live sewage is not regulated at all so $4k sounds like an overkill. If it's mobile and durable and you like the idea, heck why not?

> I’ve had good success with an ~40L pot of water on the wood-stove/gas-stove

That's a pretty cool one. We went against wood because it's messy (it's enough hassle the heat the house with it) and a gas one is basically the water heater we have in a less compact version I guess.




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