The re-designed levelling device in the micromus has now been installed and appears to be working well. It consists of a heavy re-bar with raking forks welded onto the end that sits in the compost chamber. It's fulcrum is where it passes through the wall of the chamber so it extends outwards, where it is easily manipulated from. It had to be heavy enough to rake the dense top part of the pile. The Micromus is still odour free, even after three lots of tenants!!

It's been one year now since I installed the Micromus at the trial site in Barkers Vale. The compost chamber is now full and working well, odour free. The levelling device needs some modification to work effectively. With the bulking agent (hardwood sawdust), the compost was too heavy for the device to push it down the slope. I have raked the heap twice in the last year, using the access hatch in the rear of the chamber. The compost is moist and rich, with breakdown of paper and faeces complete. There is as yet little evidence of macro invertebrates in the heap.

Pooh Solutions is now proud to offer the time proven Minimus design in everlasting concrete, the new Maximus. We cast on-site or pre cast to suit your requirements and ship directly to your building site. The new construction technique produces a strong concrete vestibule with 100mm wall thickness. In conjunction with our pre-fabricated "out house", you can now be seated on your new throne in less than a day. Total cost is $6500 Incl GST or $3500 Incl GST for the vestibule and fittings. Check out all the pics in the gallery.

After nearly two years in the research and development phase, the first prototype of the Micromus waterless composting toilet is now undergoing trialling. The design incorporates many new features and a simplicity that has few rivals. The Micromus is a continuous reaction type toilet, with a single composting chamber and vestibule similar to those in the Minimus design. The underfloor height requirement is only 700mm, making it one of the lowest WCT designs yet. Key to it's performance is a simple yet ingenious mechanism to prevent "pyramiding", a phenomenon common in other similar designs.

Hi All,

You can now download a very comprehensive set of plans / instructions for the construction of a "Minimus" dry composting toilet from this website. The Minimus is a well proven, simple composting toilet that works on the principle of mouldering. Compost is easily removed from the rear of the toilet after 12 months of operation. It is cheap to build, easy to operate and can handle peak loads effectively. Look out for more free downloads in the coming months that will help with greywater treatment, maintenance tips and other compost toilet plans.

On the 5th of February Jack Sim, director of the World Toilet Organization and I held talks in Geelong, Victoria. I was quite inspired by Jacks story, one of business success folowed by a desire to make a difference to the world. The talks were informal, however, we have discussed the possibility of translating the plans for the minimus composting toilet into several languages and making them available as free down loads from this site. The english language version will soon be available as a free download.

Yet another annus passes in the history of Pooh and we're still smiling:) The new year has brought all the usual frustrations and motivations of an endless list of projects and work to complete, so I've hit the ground with a steaming hot mound and cancelled the planned trip to the desert. It's hot enough here any way. The garlic is out and the pumpkins are leaping out too, more evidence of the virtue of my urine fertigation system. I've harvested and sold my first crop of fingerlimes, tasty and tangy with essence of Stu and others somewhere deep in the flavour matrix.

Once upon a toilet there lived a very, very small spider called Jake. He was so tiny that no-one knew he was there, hiding under the lid, where people would come and sit and make his house nice and warm. He loved people, especially the ones with big bottoms that warmed up his house the most. Early one morning, the big lady came and sat down. It was a cold morning so Jake was especially happy to see her. She warmed up his house beautifully. After she finished on the toilet, she lifted the seat and began cleaning. Poor Jake had never had this happen before.

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