When using a vault toilet….
…. Please post your best answer…. Some campers don’t have a clue on what they are & how to use a vault toilet!
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Tvov wrote:
"vault toilet"... I've always known them as "outhouse".
Connecticut state parks have outhouses with fans in them, something about helping to compost the waste. The fan draws air down the toilet, so the outhouses are remarkably "ok" smelling - during the day. They use solar power, so during the day you can hear the fans running - at night they stop. Then they just smell like normal outhouses.
I've always had a pragmatic view of outhouses. They are necessary to keep the area clean, you have to ****, they will smell, you may have to wipe down the toilet seat. They are what they are, so I just use them when needed and then go on with my life.
A friend of mine has a cabin in Vermont. The outhouse overlooks a small valley - it is quite scenic when no one is around and you just leave the door open!
Well there is a difference between an "Outhouse" and a Vault Toilet. Most outhouses are just a cheap small room built over a hole in the ground. A Vault Toilet typically is a fiberglass or concrete building placed over a concrete Vault, that will hold the waist both liquid and solid, until pumped out and processed at a treatment facility.
