Types of toilets for summer cottages

Long gone in the past, the cottage toilet was associated with an unpretentious wooden house installed above a cesspool. A new generation of summer cottage owners is more creative in choosing this utilitarian space. Modern technologies and a wide range of materials for construction make it possible to obtain a comfortable and convenient to maintain special-purpose premises on a personal plot.

Options of toilets for a summer residence

Each summer resident tries to choose a toilet option that will be environmentally friendly and easy to use. A review of modern options for such a structure suggests that today among the most popular and convenient are:

a modern dry closet, which is purchased ready-made, can have various sizes, and its advantages over other types of closets are durability, low cost, ease of maintenance and mobility; it is not difficult to transfer such a toilet to any place;
The septic tank has two communicating containers located at different depths, you can install such a closet even on a small area where there is no way to build a sewage system or groundwater is very close;
peat toilet can have various designs, it is compact, environmentally friendly, simple and inexpensive to maintain with a closet.

The choice of the type of toilet for a summer residence depends not only on the personal preferences and material capabilities of its potential owner, but also on the parameters of the site, its landscape features, and the convenience of waste disposal.

Classification of country toilets by the method of disposal

A summer cottage is a special place where the owner wants to preserve its natural cleanliness and fresh air, so each type of toilet has an individual and well-thought-out way to dispose of sewage:

The construction of the dry closet provides a container for collecting waste and a tank for water, in which a special liquid is added, which increases the rate of decomposition of feces and eliminates unpleasant odors. As a liquid that decomposes waste, so as not to harm the ecology of the summer cottage, it is recommended to choose bacterial splitters. Often, such toilets are equipped with special indicators that allow you to understand when you should unload accumulated sewage;
The septic tank is equipped with two tanks located one above the other. The upper tank is used for primary cleaning of large fractions and is connected by a pipe to the second tank. The bottom of the second is a drainage layer made of sand or gravel, passing through which the waste is finally cleaned and goes into the ground;
in the peat structure of the toilet, the flushing function belongs to peat, which in the traditional version is performed by water. Peat is covered with a uniform layer of feces and, over time, converts them into compost, which in a few years can be used as fertilizer in the summer cottage.

Thus, it is possible to solve the problem of the disposal of human waste products without harm to the environment, and to maintain the most comfortable living conditions in the country house or garden.

Materials and architectural options for toilets for summer cottages

Each closet design can be located in a room specially allocated on the area of the country house. However, such toilets are most often installed in specially constructed, small buildings. As the material can be used:

various types of wood, painted, varnished or treated with special impregnations to protect the building from moisture;
natural or artificial brick, stone;
constructions of modern materials, such as plastic, siding, painted in various colors or imitating natural materials.

The variety of varieties of modern toilets for summer cottages increases the huge number of forms that creative owners of summer cottages use to build. Today you can find the most unusual architectural forms of this utilitarian country house, which can be found in a special catalog:

the most various houses or huts on chicken legs;
mills or buildings - cabinets;
toilets resembling huts or beach cabin for undressing;
carriages or oriental pagodas.

Choosing the right design, disposal method and interesting shape of the toilet will not only make everyone who spends time in the country feel comfortable, but can become a decoration for a summer cottage.