Having become accustomed to city comfort, we try to make our country life comfortable. Do you agree, what kind of convenience can we talk about if there is no restroom on site? It is necessary to take care of organizing a latrine at the initial stage of arranging your land plot.

Having step-by-step construction instructions, building a toilet in the country with your own hands is not so difficult; it is more difficult to choose a place for it and the model that suits you best. But we will help you do it.

We will introduce you to the rules of arrangement and typical types of country toilets. In the article you will find step-by-step instructions with drawings that will help you build a full-fledged bathroom on the site. And to help the novice master, a video is attached to the article, clearly demonstrating the process of building a closet on the site.

A toilet is not a simple utility building. When constructing it, you need to remember some rules, the observance of which will help you not to spoil relations with your neighbors in the country and will eliminate possible problems during the subsequent use of the latrine.

Guided by the rules listed below, we will choose a suitable location for the future building.

It is important that country toilet located as far as possible from the water intake point, and if The groundwater approach the surface of the earth closer than 2.5 meters, a toilet with cesspool can't be installed at all

List of requirements for the distance of the toilet from other objects located on the site:

• 12 meters– to a house, as well as a barn or garage, in which there are underground structures such as a basement or cellar;
• 25-30 meters– to the source of water intake for drinking;
• 8 meters– to a bathhouse and barn or garage without basement structures;
• 1 meter- to the fence.

Of course, all areas have individual characteristics, which also need to be taken into account. If the area has complex terrain, then for the restroom you need to choose a flat area located below the source drinking water. It is important that feces do not come into contact with groundwater.

If sewage will need to be pumped out periodically, it is necessary to provide for the possibility of access of a sewage truck to the work site. Of course, you should take into account the wind rose of your area so that piquant smells do not bother you or those around you.

All these rules are easy to remember, because they are dictated by common sense. This is exactly the approach that should be followed when choosing the structure that you will build on own plot.

Types of country toilets

The main feature used to classify outdoor toilets is the method of disposal of accumulated waste. All the rest, including the material used to make the structure, are secondary.

Do-it-yourself country toilets are divided into two large categories: those that have a design and those that do not.

Of course, the types of booths mentioned below are far from full list, because there is also a fantasy, the flight of which cannot be limited. For example, here is a carriage cabin in which a dry toilet and washbasin are installed

Cabins for latrines can be purchased at finished form or do it yourself.

They are divided into several types:

• house;
• hut;
• hut;
• birdhouse.

They differ from each other in appearance, size, etc. Typically, summer residents choose a booth that best suits their aesthetic perception.

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The construction of such a toilet, as a rule, does not cause any difficulties. In fact, the sewer complex in this case is represented by a cabin and a deep hole. It is into this that waste from the inhabitants of the dacha comes. There they accumulate, evaporating or being partially absorbed into the ground.

When it comes to a toilet with a cesspool, the imagination immediately pictures a building with a hole that you have to aim at, but everything can be conceived and made much more modern and neat

Of course, to service a cesspool, it is still better to use a sewer truck, which is used to remove waste and dispose of it. The size of the pit, the number of users and the intensity of use of the latrine are factors that influence the frequency of calls for vacuum cleaners.

Sometimes the problem is not solved the best way: they simply fill up the cesspool, digging a new one nearby. This can only be done if the pit was shallow and the groundwater is located no closer than 2.5 meters from the surface. As a rule, a fast-growing tree is planted over a filled container.

As for the part of the restroom that is located above the ground, a variety of materials can be used for its construction:

• traditional wood;
• metallic profile;
• slate;
• bricks, etc.

The durability of any of these structures depends on the strength of the frame, and ease of use depends on thermal insulation and quality of ventilation.

Option 1. Budget building made of wood

The obvious advantages of using wood to build a latrine are the relative cheapness of this material and the simplicity of the work performed. The plank frame is quite simple to build. You don't need any special skills to do this job.

A brand new wooden restroom looks very elegant, especially if it is impregnated with a special protective composition for wood and varnished

In addition, a structure made of wood is lightweight, and therefore mobile. If the need for a new cesspool arises, the above-ground structure does not have to be disassembled and reassembled in a new location. You can simply move it carefully.

There is one more thing obvious advantage wooden toilet. If you use your imagination, this structure can become a real decoration of your summer cottage. It can be styled as fairytale house or teremok.

However, along with the advantages, wood has a whole list of disadvantages:

• drying out, cracking and deformation when exposed to direct sunlight;
• fading from ultraviolet radiation;
• frame deformation, mold and fungi are the result of the influence of high humidity.

We should not forget about wear and tear - the influence of time.

If you don’t take care of this building, then in just a few years it can turn into a wretched wreck straight out of a horror movie.

Yes, the building located on outdoors, needs protection. For this purpose, the boards are treated with a primer, after which a special paint for exterior use or varnish is applied to their surface, which beautifully reveals the specifics of the wood.

Option #2. Metal profile construction

There are several options for creating simple and functional design made of metal profiles, which differ from each other in the material used to make the frame of the structure. In the first case, the frame will be wooden, and in the second, metal.

The metal frame can be welded, for example, from a corner. But, of course, to solve this problem you will need welding machine and the skills to use it.

At the next stage of work, the base is sheathed with a metal profile using self-tapping screws or rivets. When using self-tapping screws, protective washers should be used to prevent moisture from entering the fastening area.

The washers will protect the structure from corrosion and it will last longer. Protective properties It also has a special coating applied to the metal profile sheets during its production.

It is better to place a structure made of metal profiles in a shaded place, because in hot weather the metal gets very hot. Reduce Negative consequences overheating of the internal space will be helped by foam sheets, which are used for internal lining restroom.

Option #3.Major bathroom made of brick

A brick building is truly a permanent structure. On the one hand, this is good: she is less exposed to negative external factors and will last a long time. But permanent structure, especially if it cannot be moved from place to place.

Therefore, you should think in advance and carefully not only about the location of the toilet itself, but also about the method of cleaning the pit under it.

The brick toilet looks monumental: pay attention to it concrete base. It can’t be moved, but that doesn’t matter, because they probably thought carefully about choosing a place for it.

It is advantageous to build such a structure when the brick remains after the construction of the main cottage or garage. This, by the way, will give unity to the entire complex of buildings.

Please note that between above ground structure with and underground parts of the structure should be located concrete floor. The total cost of such a toilet will be decent.

Toilets without pit cesspool

If your site has rocky soils close to the surface or there is a high groundwater level, then you cannot dig a hole. How to make a toilet in such a country house? The way out of this situation is to erect a structure that functions in accordance with other principles.

These restrooms include:

• bio- or chemical toilet;
• powder-closet;
• backlash-closet.

Each of these restrooms has its own design features that are worth talking about.

No. 1. Hygienic backlash closet

The German word "luft" means air. Backlash closets got their name because they have separate ventilation for the bathroom and cesspool. In this design, a pit dug in the ground is replaced by a sealed container.

Moreover, this waste storage device may be located outside the bathroom itself. As a rule, it is placed at the rear wall of the main heated structure with a toilet.

In this particular case, the connecting pipe between the toilet seat and the reservoir is installed vertically so that waste can flow into the sealed reservoir by gravity

The storage tank and the toilet are connected to each other by a pipe. If the toilet is located above the room with the tank, then the pipe is installed vertically.

An inclined pipe is intended for the tank located behind the wall. Sewage must enter the storage tank under the influence of gravity - by gravity.

To service the backlash closet, you need to contact the vacuum cleaners, who will periodically empty the storage tank. To make their work easier, the sewage tank is given an elongated shape. Of course, this toilet option is more hygienic than those discussed earlier.

Difficulties in operating the backlash closet arise in the cold season, when the storage tank has to be heated to clean it.

No. 2. Waste-free powder closet (peat toilet)

A distinctive feature of the powder closet is its small capacity, only 20 liters, which fits directly under the toilet seat.

This type of latrine is considered most effective in cases where the groundwater level at the location of the dacha is close to the surface and because of this excavation limited.

Everybody knows popular expression, which says that acquaintance with the theater begins with the hanger. We won’t be mistaken if we say about a dacha that it starts with the toilet. According to him appearance and the device can be judged about the owner. The “hands-on” owner made this building beautiful and neat. There are no drafts or unpleasant smell.

It will be useful for beginners in country life to learn how to build an inexpensive and comfortable outdoor toilet with their own hands.

In this article we will talk about the most common types of closet structures, their structure and consider the possibility of combining them with other country houses.

Based on the method of waste disposal, these structures are divided into three types:

• Powder closets;
• Toilets with a cesspool (septic tank);
• Water closets.

First view outdoor toilet easy to set up and operate. Its main part is a seat (stool), under which a removable container is installed. After each visit, a peat mixture is poured into it with a scoop, which absorbs liquid and unpleasant odors.

A toilet seat with a sealed lid and a bucket of peat – that’s all you need to set up an outdoor latrine

A significant drawback of this design is the small capacity of the bucket. For those who rarely visit the dacha, a powder closet is optimal. If you plan to spend weekends on your property or your family has more than three people, you will have to empty the container often.

An improved version of the powder closet - peat dry closet offered on the market today. It consists of a plastic case, inside of which one or two containers are placed. A tank with a peat mixture and a dispenser is installed on top.

1, 2 – containers for the solid fraction; 3 – funnel for liquid; 4 – funnel for solid fraction; 5 – tank with peat dispenser; 6 – ventilation pipe; 7 – drainage tube

To eliminate unpleasant odors, the structure is equipped with an exhaust pipe leading to the roof of the cabin. The containers in this toilet need to be emptied no more than once a week. This is achieved by separating the liquid and solid fractions of waste.

When using the dry closet, the liquid enters a funnel located in the front part of the body and is discharged through a tube into the ground or a plastic container located outside. Dense fractions of sewage accumulate in the internal container.

The dry closet is in the “combat position” and in the process of installation. In the first case, the cramped cabin is striking, so we do not advise you to save on its space at the expense of comfort.

Despite the benefits peat toilet in front of the classic powder closet (converting waste into fertilizer, good ventilation and an extended period of use), many summer residents choose the option with a cesspool (septic tank). Its installation is cheaper than purchasing an “advanced” dry closet, and the cleaning frequency is 1-2 times a year.

At the same time, you should remember two serious problems that a cesspool can present to its owners if constructed incorrectly:

• Soil contamination by pathogenic bacteria;
• Unpleasant smell.

It is not enough to simply dig a large hole in the ground and place a toilet box over it. The container with sewage must be reliably isolated from the ground. A concrete tank treated with waterproofing impregnation is best suited for this purpose.

The second condition is the introduction of special bacteria into the cesspool. They quickly decompose sewage, disinfect it and eliminate odor. Dry bacteria concentrates for septic tanks and cesspools can be purchased today at any hardware supermarket.

The design of the backlash closet (air toilet) cannot be called too complex. Its main part is a concrete pit with a hole. A booth is installed on it. To eliminate unpleasant odors, an exhaust pipe is placed on its rear wall. Its lower end is in a hole, and its upper end rises above the roof. Due to the difference in height, draft is generated. Air from the cabin is sucked into the pit and released into the atmosphere through a pipe.

Backlash closet design diagram

Another popular toilet option for a summer house is a water closet. Its main part is the familiar toilet with a flush cistern. It contains a water lock, which prevents the smell from escaping from the pit into the cabin. Unfortunately, it is impossible to use such a system without heating, since in winter the water in the toilet and cistern freezes. Therefore, this design is designed for the warm season.

Drawing of an outdoor water closet

With the coming warm days The container on the roof of the booth is filled with water. The outlet channel is connected to through a tee equipped with a vertical ventilation pipe.

Options for outdoor toilet stalls

You can build a toilet stall from different materials. Most often, the basis of the structure is a wooden frame covered with OSB board, tongue and groove board, plywood or siding.

A toilet covered with planed boards looks neat and cozy

Moving away from the use of a frame and cladding, the house can be folded from, thereby creating a picturesque imitation of a log house.

Lovers of natural wood can also be advised to use a blockhouse for cladding. It is cheaper than a massive log and is easily mounted on a frame. Toilet walls lined with wooden clapboard"herringbone"

Many dacha owners are not satisfied with the rustic appearance of the “birdhouse” toilet. Striving for originality, they erect luxurious log mansions on the plots for “solitary reflection.”

Bricks and blocks as materials for constructing latrines are still very popular. Whatever one may say, the capital structure will last for decades. Neither dampness, nor wind, nor sun will harm it.

If you don't have it at hand facing bricks, then the walls can be built from the remains of red and silicate. High quality plaster will hide uneven masonry.

The cabin, built from assorted bricks, is awaiting plastering.

Translucent polycarbonate can be used to cover the cabin from a metal profile. This material looks very aesthetically pleasing and is not afraid of moisture.

Sheet corrugated sheets are a practical and durable material for toilet cubicles. You can place it on either a wooden or steel frame. The only condition is internal lining walls with insulation. Without this addition, there will be a hot “oven” in the summer and a freezer in the winter.

Cabin interior decoration plastic lining– concise and hygienic

To category unusual materials, used for the construction of latrines include straw blocks. A cabin built from them is warm and cozy. Anyone who wants to amaze the imagination of neighbors and guests does not go to a construction site to buy materials. Having collected a certain amount empty bottles, he builds a toilet out of them “to everyone’s surprise.”

In addition to rectangular and rounded structures, “huts” of different sizes are very popular.

There are two rational grains in this decision:

• The slopes of a steep roof replace the walls;
• The unusual appearance of the building adorns the landscape.

Very often the toilet becomes part of the utility unit. This solution allows you to place several rooms in one building. As a result, savings are achieved during construction (common walls) and the comfort of use increases (a warm toilet is always at hand).

Solid combination latrine with shower, lined with siding and covered with a hipped bitumen roof

Option for a brick toilet interconnected with a shower stall

Aesthetically, not a very successful combination in one outbuilding (toilet-shower) log house and plastic slate roofs

Some owners combine two toilets in the building: “for gentlemen and ladies.”

How to build a simple toilet for your dacha yourself?

Having decided on a waste disposal system (powder closet, cesspool, septic tank), you can begin construction.

Minimum internal dimensions of the cabin– width 1 meter, depth 1.4 meters and height 2.0 meters.

The basis of the structure, step-by-step construction which we will consider is chosen wooden frame from antiseptic bursa. It can be placed on a block foundation or on a shallow concrete “ribbon”. A thick sheet of plywood or OSB board with a rectangular hole cut in it.

Having assembled the base, the vertical frame posts and strapping bars are leveled.

Having made the frame, it is sheathed with plywood using a jigsaw and a screwdriver.

The next step is installation of the roof rafters. They are made from dry timber with a cross-section of 5x10 cm, cutting it into the upper chord of the walls. In the upper part, the bars are connected to a horizontal ridge board.

Having completed this stage, the rafters are sheathed with plywood. This best base for bitumen shingles that will lie on the roof.

Having finished with the roof, they begin to assemble the “podium” frame. It will be installed storage capacity“powder-closet” and a hole was made for a seat with a lid.

The toilet door is assembled from a tongue and groove board, fastened with transverse strips for greater rigidity.

After tying the doorway with timber, attach it to it using hinges door leaf. The final operation is painting the toilet booth outside and inside.

In conclusion, let’s say that we have considered the option of building a summer outdoor toilet. For winter season The walls from the inside must be insulated with polystyrene foam (minslab) and sheathed with any sheet material (plywood, OSB, board, plastic).

If you decide to install light in the booth, then at the same time you can minimal costs increase comfort of use. Install an electric fan heater. In just a few minutes it will warm the air to above-zero temperatures.

The first building that appears on a summer cottage is not a house or a shed for equipment, but an outdoor toilet. You can’t do without this simple construction within a few hours of appearing at the dacha. But before you ask the question: “How to make a toilet in the country with your own hands?” and to start building a structure, albeit temporary, but not the simplest one, you need to thoroughly study your own site and understand where it is better to build a toilet, and what design it will be.

And only then you can look for drawings, prepare building materials and take up the tool.

Which toilet is better for a summer house?

Even on a well-equipped site where there is a house, many summer residents prefer to have both an outdoor and indoor bathroom.

• A toilet in the house is indispensable at night and in bad weather. You can’t do without it if the dacha is used year-round.
• An outdoor toilet for a dacha is very convenient in the middle of garden work, allowing you to quickly relieve yourself and not bring dirt into the house.

Types of outdoor toilets

1. A toilet with a simple pit cesspool. When the pit is full, the house is moved to another place, or cleaning can be done using vacuum trucks.
2. The backlash closet also has a cesspool, but here it is sealed and can only be cleaned using a special machine.
3. applicable where aquifers are located nearby. Here, instead of a pit, there is a container for collecting feces under the toilet seat. Filling with dry peat or sawdust after each use helps prevent the smell.
4. Country toilets that use biological additives or chemicals can be installed both outdoors and in the house.

Making a toilet in the country with your own hands is not difficult. The main thing, when choosing its device, is to take into account the groundwater level under the site. If the water layers here are deeper than two and a half meters, then you can safely build a toilet of any design. Otherwise, a toilet with any cesspool may turn out to be a dangerous structure.

Rules for placing a toilet in a summer cottage

Before starting construction of a toilet in a country house, it is important to decide on its location, taking into account the existing restrictions, which, first of all, relate to structures with cesspools.

And here, in addition to the groundwater level, attention should be paid to:

• to reservoirs, wells or other sources of water was at least 25 m;
• to or shower located on the site, at least 8 m;
• the toilet was located below the water intake point;
• the distance to the house, cellar or basement was at least 12 m;
• to trees - 4 m, and to fruit bushes and fences of at least a meter;
• a car could drive up to the cesspool, the pumping hose most often having a length of 7 m.

When choosing a location, take into account the prevailing direction of the wind and the location of the toilet door, so as not to annoy unpleasant odors and other awkward moments neither for neighbors nor relatives.

With your own hands

Setting up a toilet will not be difficult if the summer resident has even basic skills in working with various building materials and tools. You need to start building a toilet in your dacha by selecting a drawing or developing it yourself. The easiest way is to calculate and build a toilet without a cesspool. There will be no need for the construction of a foundation or the inevitable excavation work.

The dimensions of the toilet house are selected so that the structure is convenient to use.

The most common version of a country toilet has:

• width from one and a half meters,
• depth of at least a meter,
• the height at the highest point is at least 2.2 meters.

If desired, the dimensions can be increased.

Drawings of a country toilet

You can use one of the ready-made drawings that are now available on the Internet, the main thing is that the toilet for the dacha in the photo is accurately calculated, fits in size and fits into the selected area. If there is necessary preparation, then the calculation can be done independently.

What is the best way to make a toilet?

Although the most popular are wooden toilets for dachas, along with boards, other materials are also used for cladding dacha toilets. This metal siding and slate, multi-layer plywood and other materials, toilets are also built from brick.

Asking the question: “What is the best way to make a toilet in the country?”, many summer residents choose sheet materials, which allow you to reduce the time for covering the frame. However, it is much more comfortable to be in a wooden toilet house, since wood breathes, carrying out air exchange and drainage. excess moisture. However, it should be remembered that everything wooden parts, and especially those in contact with moisture, need to be treated with a special impregnation.

Toilet foundation

A country toilet most often does not require the construction of a large-scale foundation, since the structure itself is made of fairly light building materials. It is worth pouring a foundation for a toilet only when constructing it from bricks or blocks, as well as when constructing a concrete pit.

For supports they use wooden beam, and concrete structures, which are more durable due to their resistance to humidity, temperature and other environmental influences.

• First, the construction site is marked, defining the corners of the toilet house.
• Then, coated bitumen mastic asbestos-cement pipes of suitable diameter. The depth depends on the design of the toilet for the dacha and the characteristics of the soil.
• Then the pipes are filled one third with concrete, which is carefully compacted.
• Now pillars made of wood, concrete or angle are inserted into the pipes, and mortar is added again to give the structure strength. These pillars can serve as vertical guides for the frame, which means their location should be verified using a level or plumb line.

If the supports on which the frame will stand are made of blocks or bricks, then before installing them you need to remove a 30-centimeter layer of soil and compact this base. The bottom can be further compacted using sand backfill, on top of which concrete blocks are installed, or a brick base is made.

Toilet frame

It is easy to make a frame for a toilet in the country with your own hands from timber no thinner than 50x50 mm or metal corners.

In a traditional toilet design, the frame consists of:

• four vertical supports, performing a load-bearing function;
• roof trim and at the level where the toilet seat is supposed to be made;
• frame for the doorway;
• diagonal ties on the back wall and on the sides of the toilet.

Already at the stage of constructing the frame, it is important to calculate the height of the toilet seat. To do this, you need to mark the level of the future floor, and then count up 40 cm, taking into account the thickness of the strapping.

Roof for toilet

The roof is made from any available materials, for example, metal tiles or sheet metal. At wooden sheathing the roof is made of roofing felt or other material that provides reliable protection from moisture. The roof can be gable or single-pitch, the main thing is that it is reliable and does not retain moisture. We must not forget about the hole for the ventilation pipe, which is sealed to prevent leaks.

In a dacha toilet, from under the floor level, from a pit or container for collecting feces, remove ventilation pipe. Moreover, it should be higher than the level of the roof of the toilet house.

Toilet wall paneling

The next stage of building a toilet in the country is to cover the constructed frame. At this stage, you can choose any of the materials you like. More often you can see wooden toilets for summer cottages - such structures are convenient, practical and quite durable. When using wood for sheathing, it is better to take boards from 15 to 25 mm thick, which are tightly fitted and attached to the frame. To prevent moisture from leaking in, it is better to place the boards vertically.

Seat and floor

When calculating a toilet seat, it is important not only not to make a mistake with its height, but also to make a hole at a comfortable distance from the edge. The frame of the toilet seat is carefully sheathed with boards and treated with sandpaper and painted. It is convenient to make the lid of the toilet seat on hinges.

Toilet door

Door to wooden toilet for the dacha they are made of the same material as the walls. The structure is hung on hinges, the number of which depends on the weight and size of the structure. Both from the outside and from inside install any closing mechanism, be it a hook, latch, latch or other device.

Another door is made on the back wall. It can be used to remove a container with waste or to immerse the hose of a sewer truck.

To ensure at least a small daylight, a window is cut above the door.

When construction is completed, drainage needs to be done around the house, especially if the garden toilet is located above a cesspool.

Video: building a country toilet with your own hands

Often the first thing a person thinks about after purchasing a plot of land is: how to make a simple outdoor toilet in a dacha with your own hands and ready-made drawings will come in handy here, as well as detailed description all stages of construction, tips and nuances.

One of the most important and vital buildings in a country house or garden plot is the toilet. The need for a simple structure arises within a few hours of arrival. And even if the owners already have a bathroom in cozy house, street amenities will never be superfluous.

It’s easy to build a toilet in your summer cottage with your own hands

The simplicity of the design allows even a person without much construction experience to equip a toilet for their dacha with their own hands. And if you use your imagination, then a house for thinking about

will fit perfectly into the design of the site and, perhaps, even become its decoration.

What kind of toilet to build: types and features

Actually, there are only two options here: with or without a cesspool.

• A toilet with a cesspool is a simple structure, proven by experience and time, which consists of an equipped cesspool and a toilet house above it. As the pit is filled with sewage, it is cleaned out manually or a sewer truck is ordered.
  And sometimes they simply move the house to another place. The old pit is buried, and after 6-7 years its contents will finally rot and you can put the toilet back again.

• A backlash closet is a type of outdoor toilet with a pit for sewage, but with the difference that it must be sealed. Such a toilet has to be built if it is located close to a house, a water source, or when the groundwater is high.

Diagram: how the backlash closet works

• A toilet without a cesspool or a powder closet is installed if the groundwater is very high or if the toilet is rarely used. In this case, the container for collecting sewage can be anything except a hole (bucket, barrel, plastic tank). The required volume determines the intensity of use of the bathroom.

After each trip to such a toilet, sewage is sprinkled with dry peat, sometimes sawdust or ash is used, so the house should have a box for “masking powder”. After filling, the container is removed manually and the contents are evacuated to compost pit. If the sewage has been sprinkled with peat, then after a while it becomes a wonderful fertilizer.

Toilet without a cesspool (powder closet)

Important! If groundwater lies below 2.5 meters, any type of toilet can be built, but if it is located higher, then a cesspool will have to be abandoned.

Where to build a toilet

For toilets with a cesspool, there are a number of sanitary and hygienic standards and restrictions, which determine their location on the site.
Minimum distances from the toilet to other objects:

• To water sources (wells, boreholes, lakes, rivers) – 25 m;
• To houses, cellars - 12 m;
• Before summer shower or baths - 8 m;
• To the nearest tree – 4 m, and to the bushes – 1 m;
• To fences - at least 1 m.

Scheme: correct location toilet relative to other buildings on the dacha plot

Important! When choosing a construction site, it is worth considering not only the objects located on your own site, but also those located on the neighboring one.

To summer evenings the terrace was not spoiled by amber; the place was chosen taking into account the wind rose. If the site is located on a slope, it is better to install the toilet at the lowest point.

Construction of a cesspool

After selecting and preparing the site, they begin to dig a cesspool. As a rule, it is square in shape and at least 2 meters deep.
There are two types of cesspool:

• Sealed. The bottom of such a pit is concreted, reinforced before pouring, and to prevent the reinforcement from sinking in the concrete, it is placed on pegs. The walls are also sealed, puttied with mortar or the seams covered with bitumen.

Sealed pit latrine

• Absorbing. It is better to dig such a hole down to the sand, then the liquid fraction of sewage will quickly sink into the ground. The bottom is covered with a layer of coarse crushed stone or pebbles.

Absorption cesspool design

There are several ways to strengthen the walls of a cesspool:

• Brickwork;
• Concrete structure;
• Ready-made reinforced concrete rings;
• Plastic tank.

The pit is covered from above, with beams, slate or concrete, leaving only the area under the toilet seat open, and they begin to assemble the toilet house.

Construction of a toilet house

Optimal sizes country toilet 1x1.5 m, height - 2.2-2.5 m. Otherwise, it will simply be inconvenient, especially for people with large figures. It is not necessary to make toilet drawings yourself, if there are no special requirements and you can use ready-made ideas.
First of all, the scheme is convenient in that it allows you to correctly calculate the amount of building materials and the preliminary cost of a yard bathroom.

Construction of a toilet over a cesspool (proper placement diagram)

Frame base

It is recommended to move the toilet house 2/3 forward above the cesspool, thus providing access for cleaning behind the rear wall of the structure.
The stability of the building can be ensured by a shallow foundation. Between it and the frame, waterproofing is laid, 1-2 layers of roofing felt. But for light construction made of wood it is not at all necessary. It is enough to install the base on concrete blocks.
You can also put four supporting pillars. To do this, in the corners future design They dig four holes about 60 cm deep, up to 1 meter in soft soils, and lower asbestos pipes into them. The hole is filled one third of the way cement mortar. After this, a support beam is installed in the pipe, and the hole is completely filled with concrete.

Installing the toilet base on concrete blocks

Frame assembly

To build a frame, beams with a cross section of 50×50 or 80×80 mm will be sufficient; it is not advisable to take larger material.

• First, assemble a rectangular support with a jumper from which the front wall of the toilet seat will rise, and screw it to the foundation or support posts. A board is laid on top. The thickness of the floor board must be at least 3 cm.

Construction of a wooden frame for a toilet

• The frame of the front, rear and side walls is assembled from timber. In this case, the front wall should be at least 10 cm higher than the back wall, this will ensure the necessary roof slope.
• For greater structural strength, it is recommended to make diagonal jibs on the side and rear walls.
• On the front wall, be sure to make a reinforcement for the door of the appropriate size and make a hole for the window.
• The wall frames are fixed to the base metal corners, a harness is made on top and at the level of the toilet seat.

Strengthening the toilet frame with metal corners

• The next step will be to assemble the toilet seat frame and cover it, if alternative options are not provided, for example, a floor-standing toilet.

Frame covering

Sheathing the frame wooden planks. The vertical arrangement allows you to significantly save material, and the horizontal one imitates a log house and looks more interesting. The boards are tightly fitted to each other and attached to the base. Instead of wood, corrugated sheets, slate or any other material that matches the construction budget are also used.

Toilet frame trim

Advice! All wooden elements It is advisable to treat the structures with a special antibacterial impregnation, which will protect the material from moisture and pests, and then cover it with varnish or paint

Roof

The roof should not protrude beyond the walls by more than 30 cm. Installation begins by securing parallel boards at a short distance. After this, the visor is sewn up from below, and boards are attached to the outside around the perimeter. A layer of waterproofing is laid on the prepared base, usually roofing felt, after which the structure is covered with any roofing material(slate, metal profile, bitumen shingles).

For a toilet, a simple construction is enough flat roof

Summer residents, whom standard scheme not satisfied with the house, they can find drawings for more interesting options, make it yourself or purchase ready-made toilet houses, they are assembled like a designer, and for convenience they are necessarily accompanied by instructions and all the accompanying drawings.

Exhaust ventilation

Exhaust ventilation in a country toilet - it is a pipe that removes odors from the cesspool. Its lower edge is inserted into the hole, and the upper edge should rise above the roof by at least 20 cm.

Ventilation of a country toilet

Suitable for arranging ventilation plastic pipe with a diameter of 100 millimeters. It is attracted to the back wall from the inner or outside structures and fixed with iron clamps. To increase traction, a deflector attachment is installed on the head.

Installing a toilet door

Doors are installed using ordinary wooden, ready-made plastic or home-made ones, from the material with which the frame was sheathed. Hang the door on 2 hinges. In principle, the closing method can be any, traditionally it is a latch, latch or hook, outside and inside. It is better to avoid more sophisticated locking systems, for example, with latches, since their mechanism will be exposed to moisture and will quickly rust.

Two hinges are enough to install the door

Lighting

For more comfortable operation of amenities, it is better to take care of their lighting in advance. This could be a wall lantern that is battery powered. Alternatively, you can run the electrical wiring and connect a small lighting fixture.

Lighting options for a country toilet

And to illuminate during the day inner space there will be a small window. It is usually cut out above the doors or at the top of the door, but there are actually more options, from figured windows on the walls to a transparent roof.

Advice! A cesspool will last longer if you don’t throw it in toilet paper and other hygiene or household supplies, so there must be a bucket in the toilet. If the size allows, it is convenient to install a regular washbasin with a hanging spout here, especially since the rowing pit is already ready.

Powder closet: construction features

The absence of a cesspool is the main difference in construction. But there are some differences in the design of the house. You will have to think about a way to remove the container in which the sewage is collected.

Scheme: powder closet device

The door is usually equipped back wall house or the front wall of the toilet seat. Inside the cabin there is a special box for peat (ash, sawdust). It’s also impossible to do without ventilation here, only the pipe is not lowered into the hole, but directly under the toilet seat.

Construction of a toilet in the country: video

Wherever a person lives, he tries to make his habitat as comfortable as possible. Therefore, the first structure built on a summer cottage is a toilet. It is difficult to live even one day without this building outside the city. To build it, you can hire specialists or do the work yourself. But even if you decide to make a toilet in your country house with your own hands, you cannot do without theoretical knowledge. So we’ll find out what needs to be done to build this much-needed structure.

Where should the structure be located?

Before building a toilet, a location for its construction is determined. The distance of the toilet from other buildings depends on its design. More precisely, whether it will be a building with or without a cesspool.

Which type of toilet to choose is decided not only by preference, but also by the location of groundwater. If they are located above the 2.5 meter mark, the construction of a cesspool is prohibited. In such cases, a powder closet is built.

When choosing a place to build, do not forget that this is a place of solitude. Therefore, it is advisable to give him a corner away from buildings.

When constructing a toilet with a cesspool, observe sanitary standards for similar structures. The toilet should be located no closer than 12 meters to residential buildings. The distance from it to the water source is at least 20 meters. To avoid misunderstandings with neighbors, we are building a toilet in the country, one and a half meters away from the fence.

When planning the construction of a country toilet with a cesspool, think about how a sewer truck will subsequently approach it. The length of the sewage pumping hose is only 7 meters. Moreover, 3 of them will be located in the pit.

Also consider the landscape of the site. a toilet built in a low-lying area will fill quickly during the rainy season and spring snowmelt. And the building on a hill is blown from all sides by the wind.

Types of cesspools

Depending on the penetration of sewage into the ground, cesspools are available: with a filter bottom and sealed. Construction and operation of a sealed structure will cost more. This is not only due to consumables, but also with more frequent cleaning and calling a sewer truck. Waste in a pit with a filter bottom is less noticeable, but there is a possibility of contamination of the surrounding area. In addition, such structures are prohibited by sanitary standards.

You can build the walls of a cesspool from different materials. Depending on this they are:

• brick;
• plastic;
• from concrete rings;
• monolithic.

Let's look at each of them in more detail.

Laying out a brick hole

Option #1 - sealed design

Having decided on the site of construction of the toilet, the marked area is cleared. Digging a pit rectangular shape according to the required sizes. The larger it is, the less often you will need to clean the toilet from sewage. Then compact the soil at the bottom. Pour a layer of sand (10-15 cm) and make a concrete base. It wouldn't hurt to use reinforcement and filler, or crushed stone. After the concrete has hardened, the walls of the structure are laid out and plastered. For better sealing, they are treated with bitumen mastic. The walls of the cesspool are ten centimeters above the surface of the earth.

After laying the brick for the cesspool, the walls of the structure must be plastered and covered with bitumen mastic

Option #2 - design with a filter bottom

For such a cesspool, the bottom is not sealed. To do this, pour a layer of pebbles or coarse crushed stone on top of the sand. Thanks to this filter, liquid waste seeps into the ground. This reduces total weight sewage, which increases the time before cleaning the pit.

It is advisable to make cesspools with a filter bottom only in those places where the soil waters lie very deep.

Using plastic containers

Can be used as waste storage for cesspools plastic barrels or Eurocubes. They are buried in a hole under the toilet. For a sealed design, only cut top part containers where waste will be collected. For an unsealed pit, the lower part is also cut out. In this case, a filter layer is poured onto the bottom of the cesspool.

So that the soil does not displace plastic containers, they need to be secured using weighted anchors

Concrete ring design option

Now let's figure out how to install a toilet in the country using concrete rings. Due to the fact that reinforced concrete products can move during use, it is difficult to make such a structure airtight. Therefore, it is advisable to use it only in places with deep groundwater. Construction of a cesspool from reinforced concrete products is a labor-intensive process. To make it easier, special equipment is used.

Because of heavy weight concrete rings, special equipment will be required for their installation

After selecting and clearing the site for construction, dig a hole according to the size of the ring. They lower the first ring and begin to dig up the earth from under its base. Thus, the rings gradually lower under their own weight. When there is enough space, install the second ring on the first. Thus, they continue to dig and install required amount rings At the bottom of the pit they do either concrete screed, or filter layer.

The top of the last installed concrete ring should protrude ten centimeters above the ground.

You will find step-by-step instructions for installing a cesspool made of concrete rings in our next material: .

Monolithic concrete structure for a toilet

For a cesspool from monolithic concrete, after digging a pit, the bottom is covered with a layer of sand. It is reinforced by going onto the walls. This will give the structure strength. The bottom of the pit is filled with concrete and left until completely hardened. Then the formwork for the walls is installed and they are filled with concrete. After it hardens, formwork is done and the ceiling is poured.

Defects in concrete after removing the formwork must be repaired with cement-sand mortar

Construction of a toilet house over a cesspool

After preparing the cesspool, they begin to build a house over it. We invite you to figure out with us how to build a country toilet from wood.

The length of the structure is 20 centimeters greater than the width. For example, the width is 1 meter and the length is 1.2. Let the height be 2.1 meters. Next to the cesspool, a foundation is made according to the appropriate dimensions.

Roofing felt is laid between the foundation and the wooden frame for insulation.

Waterproofing made of roofing felt is laid on top of it. From wooden block assemble the frame and screw it to the foundation.

Floorboards are laid on top of the frame and secured with self-tapping screws. The floor must be quite strong, so the thickness of the board should be at least 3 cm.

The timber frame must be treated with an antiseptic

The front and back frames of the toilet house are made from the block.

The front frame should be 10 cm higher than the rear one

Then they are fixed to the base, leveling them using a level. Strengthen the structure with transverse bars.

The cross bars under the roof should protrude 0.3 m in front and 0.16 m in the back

Then the frame for the pedestal is installed. Its height is 0.45 meters.

The height of the pedestal is made taking into account convenience

At the next stage, the frame of the house is sheathed. Imitation of timber is perfect for this. It has a convenient tongue-and-groove fastening. Sheathing of the structure begins from the bottom; the boards are secured with self-tapping screws or ordinary nails. A window is cut out at the top of the door.

When securing the imitation timber, make sure that the groove is on top and the tenon is on the bottom. This method prevents moisture from entering the groove.

After this, the frame for the pedestal is sheathed. A hole is cut in the middle. Its size depends on the container that will be installed inside. The bottom of the container is cut out before fastening.

The size of the hole cut in the pedestal depends on the container that will be used

Then they make the roof of the house. First, the boards are fastened parallel to the front of the building at a short distance from each other.

Cross boards for the roof are attached starting from the front of the building

Then they sew up the visor above the door from below. Attach boards around the perimeter of the roof base.

Boards fixed around the perimeter of the roof base should form right angles

Now all that remains is to cover it with slate. At the next stage, the door is assembled and hung on its hinges. Platbands are stuffed on top.

Platbands cover the cracks and prevent the door from opening into the room

Then the entire structure is covered with a special impregnation that protects against moisture and pests, and then with paint or varnish. Handles and a hook or latch are attached outside and inside the structure.

From our next article you will learn how to build a country toilet with a shower:.

Toilet for a dacha, powder-closet type

Where groundwater is located close to the surface, building a toilet in a country house with a cesspool is prohibited. In this case, a powder closet is built. Unlike the previous version, this design does not have an underground waste receptacle in the form of a pit.

Therefore, the container inserted into the hole in the pedestal must have a bottom. It’s even better if there are two containers: one is slightly smaller than the other. Moreover, the smaller one should have small holes for liquid leakage. And in the larger side, a drainage hose is inserted to drain excess liquid.

There is no need to dig a cesspool for a powder closet. The waste is sprinkled with peat and then taken to the compost heap

The foundation of the building must be concreted. Before using the container, filler is poured onto its bottom. This could be peat or sawdust. After each visit to the toilet, a new portion of filler is poured on top. As the container fills, its contents are transferred to the compost heap.

Such toilets are only suitable for temporary use. For houses with permanent residence it is better to equip a septic tank or build a local treatment system.