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Some of you have been showing off your Outhouses lately, So I thought I might as well show ours off.
My Father-in-law built this in 1955, but I’ve moved it, & remodeled it over the years.
I even put a fiberglass roof on it to lighten things up a bit.
We switched to a composting toilet, because of new regulations. It was too close to the lake shore, & it was already 150 feet from the cabin, we decided to go modern, & being we also now have electricity.
Notice the vent system, you may want to ventilate your own too shed.
( Not meaning that your tools smell bad.) ;) I helps prevent rusting.
You face it toward the prevailing wind. It’s also screened against bugs.
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13 comments so far
Karson
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posted 832 days ago
Nice shed Dick. And many happy memories I’ll bet.
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john
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posted 832 days ago
Nice work Dick
I bet you read a lot of woodworking articles in there .
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Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 831 days ago
Hi Dick;
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ICE CREAM?
Lee
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 831 days ago
I scream! U scream! we all scream! for Ice cream!!! YEEEEEEEAH!!!!
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Bob Babcock
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posted 831 days ago
Very cool….glad you moved it before you changed the purpose….:) Great idea for the venturi. Is there a smaller tube inside facing away from the wind or does it just blow across the face of the tee branch.
I like the diamond clerestory.
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Don
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posted 831 days ago
Good to see some more of your lake-front property, Dick. Are you back there this summer?
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 831 days ago
Bob, It works like a venturi in a carburetor, the air goes into a larger opening and exhaust through a same size, creating a negative pressure in the up exhaust pipe, the downward Tee.
Don , We just went out for the day, on Thursday. I had to do some logging. We had a large Black Spruce come down in a wind storm.
Barb is still working at getting her strength back.
I’ll be showing the logging event on my blog.
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Thos. Angle
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posted 831 days ago
That’s neater unit than the “Roosevelt” we had when I was a kid and it was step up from what we had before that. You’d better waatch out though, if you get too much lift with that venturi you might have a heli-out house. I expect Ice cream the next time I’m in Minnesota.
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cajunpen
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posted 831 days ago
Dick, looks like it was a privilege to do some business in that facility. Did you guys have corn cobs or Sears Roebuck catalogs? If it’s been around since 1955 (and moved a couple of times) I’d say it is a standing testament to your Father-in-Laws craftsmanship.
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oscorner
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posted 831 days ago
Interesting vent, Dick.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 831 days ago
Sears don’t make a catalog anymore, & we don’t live in corn country, so we use peat moss in this neck of the woods. ;) LOL
If you want find out what the venturi effect is, check this out on Wikipedia.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 828 days ago
great out-building!
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NormiteLou
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posted 827 days ago
Mr. Cain, I love it. Gotta hve one!
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