$40 prefab outhouse!!

fffarmergirl · #1 05/31/13, 03:39 PM

It's a packing crate! We have a composting toilet to put inside it, we're just cutting the sides at an angle and putting a piece of scrap metal roofing on it. The "door" (aka lid) is inside of it.

Bret · #2 05/31/13, 03:45 PM

The s crap metal roofing will be perfect. You already have a nice RV.

fffarmergirl · #3 05/31/13, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bret

The s crap metal roofing will be perfect. You already have a nice RV.

Hey! That's an idea!

Rustaholic · #4 05/31/13, 05:27 PM

That is funny.
Just today I was sorting through some stuff and I found the pictures that were printed out from a roll of film that I found in my dad's 65 year old camera.
When I was a kid the house in these pictures had already been torn down and so was the old outhouse. I did find the three hole seat board in the old lumber pile. Just today I noticed that one of those old photos showed that three hole out house. I was showing it to my sweet wife and our daughter.

maddy · #5 05/31/13, 09:19 PM

It looks more like a chicken house to me [lightbulb going on]. So where do you get one of these things?

am1too · #6 05/31/13, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by maddy

It looks more like a chicken house to me [lightbulb going on]. So where do you get one of these things?

Craigslist.

TheMartianChick · #7 06/02/13, 01:15 PM

That looks like a nice sized one to work with! While everyone else is offering up practical advice, I just keep thinking about how I could dress it up with wallpaper and wall art to make it look purdy!

Wolfy-hound · #8 06/02/13, 01:31 PM

I wouldn't use the whole "front wall" as a door, but cut a door in that so that it was very very stable. Those packing crates are often not that sturdy after a while, having worked with them at a recycling lumber yard for quite a while. If all the walls are in place, it's much more stable, even if you cut holes in some of the walls(door and bottom).

Pony · #9 06/02/13, 03:29 PM

I think you should put in a dutch door, like Chic Sale recommended. That way, you can look at the view while you're... uh... having your quiet time.

FarmboyBill · #10 06/02/13, 04:42 PM

Id go for the dutch door. That way, somebody pull in, as my mail woman did last week, they dont catch you with your pants down lol.
Why didn't I have the door shut to begin with, so, as the one posting about the DD, so, I, being alone here, could see the trees, and smell the, ah, whatever LOL.