Edward_M Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 Hi, I'm looking at switching over canister toilets to pumpouts on a dutch barge. Have been recommended Saniplus or Victron. Any recommendations either way on these? I know this will have been talked about previously, but can't find any threads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 Ill just take my seat over in the corner here with some popcorn... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 I'm very happy with my Tecma macerator for the past 9 years with no problems.. http://www.thetfordmarine.com/product-category/sanitation/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 Hi, I'm looking at switching over canister toilets to pumpouts on a dutch barge. Have been recommended Saniplus or Victron. Any recommendations either way on these? I know this will have been talked about previously, but can't find any threads... We went from pump-out to cassettes. Freedom, not tied to pump-out machines, no costs to empty, no problems if caught in closures or frozen canals - best decision ever made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrose Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 Ill just take my seat over in the corner here with some popcorn... Don't forget to take your computer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boat&Bikes Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 Tecma loo has been reliable for me. Welcome to the 21st Century by the way! Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueH Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Separette Villa composting toilet - no contest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 I'm very happy with my Tecma macerator for the past 9 years with no problems.. http://www.thetfordmarine.com/product-category/sanitation/ Can't be long now before something breaks then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boat&Bikes Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Can't be long now before something breaks then! So true. Modern gadgets huh...I laugh at the fools that have pump outs, it's like my house neighbours. Some of them have flush loos inside their homes! Can you believe it? Madness. I've tried to educate them, they refuse to listen when I tell them it's so much better to trundle down bottom of garden,dig hole and fill it. There loss huh! Ian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top cat Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 There could be an argument for a dump through type as there is less to go wrong and if it does its easier to fix. But having said that our 9 yr old macerator hasn't needed any attention but the dump through on the previous boat needed the bowl seal changing every other year. Not a major job but unpleasant. Top Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Heaven Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 I'm very happy with my Tecma macerator for the past 9 years with no problems.. http://www.thetfordmarine.com/product-category/sanitation/ Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mross Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 (edited) But they do use a fair bit of flush water. 1.75 litres per flush! Edited January 8, 2017 by mross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0atman Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 But they do use a fair bit of flush water. 1.75 litres per flush! If its yellow let it mellow If ts brown it must go down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detling Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 But they do use a fair bit of flush water. 1.75 litres per flush! Joking eh. Small flush 0.3 litres, big job 1.0 litre and as said it it's yellow only when required. 4 weeks for two of us easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Brooks Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 I'm another for a dump through IF the configuration of the boat allows one to be fitted. They will still work with flat batteries & simple. If there are pump out blockages you can, if so minded and the thing has been installed well, reach into the tank to the bottom of the pump out outlet. Very simple to repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widebeamboy Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 FYI Ed, from where you will be moored at Limehouse you wont actually need to move your boat to pump out. Although the pump out lead doesn't stretch that far down the pontoon a neighbour has an extension hose which means they don't need to move the vessel to make it work (the were renting and didn't even have the engine keys so this was never going to be an option to move it). You might need an extra hose - or you could just take it for a trip around the block so to speak to blow some cobwebs off Oh and there are lots of neighbours on the pontoon over by the DLR that are composting. Almost all of those boats have compost bogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 What do they do with the 'compost'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Mike the Boilerman, on 09 Jan 2017 - 09:50 AM, said:What do they do with the 'compost'? That's always been my 'concern'. There are rules about letting the stuff 'mature' before you chuck it and in an urban environment not many places so to do. Dumping it in a skip doesn't strike me as good practice..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widebeamboy Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 What do they do with the 'compost'? It sits in buckets on their roof (or the pontoon fingers) doing what it is supposed to do and then........well I have no actual idea as never considered it as an option so haven't investigated or asked. I believe they understand it can be disposed of in normal waste bins however I have heard conflicting advice on this matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) That's always been my 'concern'. There are rules about letting the stuff 'mature' before you chuck it and in an urban environment not many places so to do. Dumping it in a skip doesn't strike me as good practice..... And - where does all the separated urine get disposed of ? (Not many hedge-bottoms in the middle of London) Edited January 9, 2017 by Alan de Enfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Alan de Enfield, on 09 Jan 2017 - 10:25 AM, said: And - where does all the separated urine get disposed of ? (Not many hedge-bottoms in the middle of London) Not much 'fresh' water flow in Limehouse either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widebeamboy Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) Not much 'fresh' water flow in Limehouse either.... I'd say there is quite a lot of water movement/flow in Limehouse. The lock gates at the Regents leak so constantly supply a from and so do the sea lock gates so there is a constant flow of water into and out of the marina including of course that from the Lea/Lee as well. I suspect that the urine goes overboard, however its an assumption. And - where does all the separated urine get disposed of ? (Not many hedge-bottoms in the middle of London) Actually surrounding the marina there are a fair few some immediately outside the front door others a short walk away however I don't think anyone would go pour it there as a solution when they'd just put it in the marina on the sly (or not so). Edited January 9, 2017 by widebeamboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubby Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 So there are folk who spend upward of Nine grand a year for a mooring and yet they are throwing piss into thier immediate environment ? Sounds idyllic - especially if theres a group of them all close together . I am making an assumption of course , but i really struggle to think what on earth else theyre going to do with it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 chubby, on 09 Jan 2017 - 5:41 PM, said: So there are folk who spend upward of Nine grand a year for a mooring and yet they are throwing piss into thier immediate environment ? Probably Sounds idyllic - especially if theres a group of them all close together But as advised above - there's some flow to take the effluent away . I am making an assumption of course , but i really struggle to think what on earth else theyre going to do with it . There's an elsan point in the middle of a pontoon (somewhat inconvenient, but for folks who care it's doable to accumulate 25l of fluid and then empty it into the elsan point? Perhaps I've been boating too long, but there was a time when folks realised that if a lot of 'whatever' was dumped in a restricted place - then there may be / will be consequences later. Now that waterways are increasingly occupied by folks who want only a place to live economically and who have no affinity with boating, perhaps they don't understand that hygiene extends beyond the limits of their habitation. An urban population are ignorant (not unreasonably) of waste disposal; flush the loo, put stuff in the dustbin - and 'problem' solved, but marine sanitation is still in the dark ages. Probably not much of an issue out-in-the-sticks with small quantities of 'whatever' but where many are congregated together, it's a different issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 I'm old enough to remember watching clouds of bubbles floating down the Thames at Kingston and the biggest fish in there was a 6oz Roach. Since then the waterways of Britain have been massively cleaned up. Is the new fashion for composting toilets just going to take us back 50 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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