Beer recycling device is finally installed

[SouthernIllinois]

A full bathroom wasn’t really practical with my shed. The septic is about 300 feet away across a 30’ concrete pad and a 50’ blacktop parking area so I settled for a urinal in the shed.

Started with a pony keg. The bottom had a low ring around the bottom that I had to fill with glass.

Ended up having a machine shop weld a ****** in the top for flushing water and drill the drain hole in the bottom.

Finally got it all together and up this morning.

I may still fool around with the spray head to get more “coverage”.

Here some pics of the project from the end to the beginning.

The urinal is in a tool and compressor room I put in a corner of the shed.

 

[SouthernIllinois]

For the city folks and code police, I thought I’d point out that it is tied in with a sink and downspouts and drains down the hill behind the building.

I’m on 15 acres out in the country and we have been peeing around the corner of the shed for over a year. Lol

 

[jack stand]

Perfect, I'm 460yds to the property line with my closest neighbor and it's another 212 yds to the house. So any door will do!

 

[PCustoms]

Perfect, I'm 460yds to the property line with my closest neighbor and it's another 212 yds to the house. So any door will do!

There's 1 spot in the yard you can see from the road when the leaves are down, otherwise fair game.

I use the big oak tree and encourage the dog to mark over me. Keeps down on the yellow spots in the lawn and has the bonus of keeping the weeds down around the trunk.

 

[jumbojak]

That's going to smell wonderful. Please cover the exit of the pipe at least. A future owner might wonder what that exposed drain is and get a nasty surprise when they investigate.

 

[tarmy]

Ummmm….

That is a beer disposal device…

I’M a beer recycling device….just sayin’.

 

[SouthernIllinois]

There's 1 spot in the yard you can see from the road when the leaves are down, otherwise fair game.

I use the big oak tree and encourage the dog to mark over me. Keeps down on the yellow spots in the lawn and has the bonus of keeping the weeds down around the trunk.

I’m with ya but stepping out when it is in the teens in January ain’t no fun. Digging through for layers of thermals and carhardts to pee isn’t fun. lol

 

[SouthernIllinois]

Ummmm….

That is a beer disposal device…

I’M a beer recycling device….just sayin’.

Better description!

 

[PCustoms]

Digging through for layers of thermals and carhardts to pee isn’t fun. lol

I don't understand....

 

[SouthernIllinois]

That's going to smell wonderful. Please cover the exit of the pipe at least. A future owner might wonder what that exposed drain is and get a nasty surprise when they investigate.

Won’t be any smell at all - behind the building, down a hill well away from anything and it has flushing water and is tied in with sinks and gutters.

I couldn’t give two shits what a future owner thinks. Most people pee off their porch around here if they want.

 

[SouthernIllinois]

I don't understand....

When your layered up in the winter - you gotta dig through the fly of your bibs, your blue jeans and long johns to pee…

 

[PCustoms]

When your layered up in the winter - you gotta dig through the fly of your bibs, your blue jeans and long johns to pee…

Oh, I understand the potential problem. Just saying not everyone suffers from that

 

[NUTTSGT]

That came out looking good.

 

[theoldwizard1]

I’m on 15 acres out in the country and we have been peeing around the corner of the shed for over a year. Lol

My brother-in-law had about 10 acres in the middle of nowhere. He built an "outhouse". He had it inspected and approved ! It had a flushing toilet (rain water) and the holding tank was a plastic 55 gallon drum buried next to the building. Inspector said, "You will have to have that pumped very often !" "I'm only here on weekends."

When the inspectors left, the drum had a bunch of holes drilled in the side about 1/2 up ! The ground in the area was all sand.

 

[Youngandfree]

Won’t be any smell at all - behind the building, down a hill well away from anything and it has flushing water and is tied in with sinks and gutters.

I couldn’t give two shits what a future owner thinks. Most people pee off their porch around here if they want.

I pee outside with a neighbor 50ft away.

 

[Stick-man]

Very nice! I have two full size kegs I don't know what I am going to do with yet. BTW, my first snappy box was the KR557. And also, I escaped hellinois to mid south TN, and I am so jealous seeing your Menards tools! Lowes absolutely bites big time!

 

[roc_on_the_rocks]

A full bathroom wasn’t really practical with my shed. The septic is about 300 feet away across a 30’ concrete pad and a 50’ blacktop parking area so I settled for a urinal in the shed.

Started with a pony keg. The bottom had a low ring around the bottom that I had to fill with glass.

Ended up having a machine shop weld a ****** in the top for flushing water and drill the drain hole in the bottom.

Finally got it all together and up this morning.

I may still fool around with the spray head to get more “coverage”.

Here some pics of the project from the end to the beginning.

The urinal is in a tool and compressor room I put in a corner of the shed.

Very creative! I just hope all cut surfaces are very well deburred!

 

[no704]

I approve ! Now on to the recycling of the cans!

 

[whateg01]

Ummmm….

That is a beer disposal device…

I’M a beer recycling device….just sayin’.

I was wondering what it recycles the beer into. I guess if op drinks Coors, drinking it is basically recycling it, right?

 

[PCustoms]

I was wondering what it recycles the beer into. I guess if op drinks Coors, drinking it is basically recycling it, right?

I hear it's good if it's ice xold

 

[T444e]

I pee outside with a neighbor 50ft away.

You're not the only.

 

[whateg01]

I pee outside with a neighbor 50ft away.

Synchronized peeing?

 

[PCustoms]

Synchronized peeing?

What the protocol for choosing a tree when someone else is already out there?

 

[whateg01]

What the protocol for choosing a tree when someone else is already out there?

Normally, I would say you have to go 2 trees over, but at 50 foot intervals, I'm not sure. And what is it's a tree that splits so there's essentially 2 trunks. Does that count as 2 trees?

 

[PCustoms]

Normally, I would say you have to go 2 trees over, but at 50 foot intervals, I'm not sure. And what is it's a tree that splits so there's essentially 2 trunks. Does that count as 2 trees?

Are we assuming the trees are all in a single row?

 

[LCE]

Is this to close?

 

[PCustoms]

Is this to close?

Certainly.

And why is the guy on the right looking left?

 

[LCE]

I had the same question lol

 

[SouthernIllinois]

My brother-in-law had about 10 acres in the middle of nowhere. He built an "outhouse". He had it inspected and approved ! It had a flushing toilet (rain water) and the holding tank was a plastic 55 gallon drum buried next to the building. Inspector said, "You will have to have that pumped very often !" "I'm only here on weekends."

When the inspectors left, the drum had a bunch of holes drilled in the side about 1/2 up ! The ground in the area was all sand.

That’s a fairly common approach around here as well. That would have been what I would have had to do to put in a regular toilet. The house is only about 80 feet away, if someone has to go sit down, they can go in the house.

 

[esben57]

Scented handkerchiefs.

 

[mike93lx]

Oh, I understand the potential problem. Just saying not everyone suffers from that

Admitting that you wear diapers is a real sign of strength. You go, buddy!

 

[PCustoms]

Admitting that you wear diapers is a real sign of strength. You go, buddy!

It depends

I only wear them in the winter

 

[SouthernIllinois]

Used beer disposal device 2.0
A little more operator intensive but still less moving parts than a submarine urinal where you had to use your hands and feet simultaneously to flush it.

 

[PCustoms]

Used beer disposal device 2.0
A little more operator intensive but still less moving parts than a submarine urinal where you had to use your hands and feet simultaneously to flush it.

Hook one of those automatic valves to it and set it to go off a few times a day.

 

[SouthernIllinois]

Hook one of those automatic valves to it and set it to go off a few times a day.

That’s a little too highfalutin for this redneck.

 

[PCustoms]

That’s a little too highfalutin for this redneck.

So a soap injection line is too much?

 

[Jeff Ivers]

Used beer disposal device 2.0
A little more operator intensive but still less moving parts than a submarine urinal where you had to use your hands and feet simultaneously to flush it.

That bottle of bleach concerns me. Years ago, I mistakenly tried to clean an area with bleach after ammonia did not work. The mixture releases chlorine gas which is very dangerous. Urine contains ammonia. Beware!

 

[larry4406]

Back flow device so zero chance of potable water contamination?

 

[SouthernIllinois]

That bottle of bleach concerns me. Years ago, I mistakenly tried to clean an area with bleach after ammonia did not work. The mixture releases chlorine gas which is very dangerous. Urine contains ammonia. Beware!

I appreciate the back up. I should have mentioned it is heavily diluted with water and Dawn dish soap.

 

[SouthernIllinois]

Back flow device so zero chance of potable water contamination?

Nope.
Living dangerously - not really