10-03-11, 08:14 AM | #11 |
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Yeah, but installing a drain could be a serious problem. Personally I don't do that stuff. I'm not into cutting into the main and screwing around with old lead solder.
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10-04-11, 06:25 PM | #12 |
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I've seen "urinals" that were just tiled walls with tiled catch basins. You could get some used / scrap / cheap tiles and make up a little urinal that drained into a small bucket and then empty the bucket occasionally. How much can one little kid pee anyway.
To beat the odor, I was once told a little sugar in the bucket will deal with the scent. Certainly I've used a bucket while camping and the smell, when using the sugar trick, was inoffensive. Peeing outside is a male right. Discretion, of course, being the better part of ... |
10-05-11, 03:32 PM | #13 |
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Waterless urinals don't smell -- they seal the drain with a special fluid that lets the urine drain through but doesn't let the smell out. You replenish the fluid every 6 months or so.
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10-18-11, 01:41 PM | #14 |
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Dry urinal? That's an easy one! Have a look at Ecovita(dot)net (sorry about the cryptic link, I don't have enough posts to put a real one in a post) and go to the products page. About half way down you will see the dry urinals. Two models, and both are less than $60 USD.
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10-18-11, 05:37 PM | #15 |
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Score one for PGPfan. The mexican dry toilet it is. I gotta get one for next years composting toilet and solar heated hot water shower room (ctashhwsr), gotta work on that acronym).
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10-20-11, 01:52 PM | #16 |
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The cheapest solution to your problem is to keep a cup of cheerios or other dry round cereal in the bathroom. Drop one or two in the tank before he goes and almost by instinct he will try to pee on it like a game.
Viola no more mess !!! I saw something similar in a public bathroom once where the company had printed flies on the urinal walls, did wonders for keeping the bathroom floors clean. Men - We are simple creatures that will turn anything into a contest. lol |
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10-21-11, 01:36 PM | #18 |
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This reminds me of an old joke:
A guy is at the doctor's office and the doc tells him that he'll leave for a moment and asks the patient to pee into a jar on the shelf. When he comes back, the whole wall is wet. When asked what happened, the patient replies "I wonder if your aim would be better than mine if you had to pee into a jar on the top shelf?!?" But seriously: Teach the little guy to aim correctly - I've seen what happens to public toilets when someone's dad didn't help him with target practice when he was young. As my step-dad always says: "It's not practice that makes perfect, it's perfect practice that makes perfect." And one more thing that motivates is the "You made a mess, you clean it" rule.
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