I agree, but luckily it was only a two night stopover. We used to enjoy going to Brean in the off season as I could drive onto the beach for a walk around. Sadly they put up the price to access the beach and I am not prepared to pay £3.50 for about 20 minutes. Okay if you are spending the whole day on the beach. Can access Weston beach free of charge with our car and have a walk around.
Has anyone used one of these? I don’t see how it works but for £30 ??
It's a filter which retains the solids and lets the liquids drain into the pitch https://www.greywaterdisposal.com/
Not sure I like the idea.
Home made ones have been around for a very long time. A length of 110 drain with stopped ends and drain holes drilled in. It was filled with grass to act as a filter.
As the grass would have been dumped somewhere. I see little advantage.
The bucket system allows solids to settle out. Which can be dealt with properly.
John
As the grass would have been dumped somewhere. I see little advantage.
The bucket system allows solids to settle out. Which can be dealt with properly.
John
If I recall correctly many sites ban the use of them probably due to health and safety concerns? Plus it probably cannot be pleasant for the next person to use the pitch especially in the summer months?
Use an old stocking as a filter to prevent the muck going onto the pitch. I guess the same principle as that unit in DD's post. We did it once many years ago before someone pointed out the error of our ways.
We've caravaned in New Zealand and the rules over there can be quite strict in some circumstances, yet at the same time somewhat relaxed.
To use some of the DOC sites (Dept of Conservation) you have to have your caravan/motorhome certified as self contained. One of the requirement is that if you have a wastemaster type container to hold the grey waste it has to be sealed, like this...
While this seems like a good idea to prevent contamination of the site, there's no way you can disconnect it without spilling some. In addition some of these sites don't have anywhere to dump the water, expecting you to take it to a local dump station. So, not suprisingly some just empty it into the bush.
One commercial site we stayed at in Golden Bay was close to the beach. Nice site in traditional carefree Kiwi style. Fresh water and grey waste disposal but nowhere to empty the toilet. For this we had to drive about 20 minutes to the nearest dump station.
Kiwi's tend to take just about everything with them that you'd find in the home. We've seen full size freezers on the back of trucks. At one site someone came around offering us a full size freezer to use. It was left on site by someone and had been doing the rounds of various campers. We had no need of it but no doubt someone took up the offer.
To use some of the DOC sites (Dept of Conservation) you have to have your caravan/motorhome certified as self contained. One of the requirement is that if you have a wastemaster type container to hold the grey waste it has to be sealed, like this...
While this seems like a good idea to prevent contamination of the site, there's no way you can disconnect it without spilling some. In addition some of these sites don't have anywhere to dump the water, expecting you to take it to a local dump station. So, not suprisingly some just empty it into the bush.
One commercial site we stayed at in Golden Bay was close to the beach. Nice site in traditional carefree Kiwi style. Fresh water and grey waste disposal but nowhere to empty the toilet. For this we had to drive about 20 minutes to the nearest dump station.
Kiwi's tend to take just about everything with them that you'd find in the home. We've seen full size freezers on the back of trucks. At one site someone came around offering us a full size freezer to use. It was left on site by someone and had been doing the rounds of various campers. We had no need of it but no doubt someone took up the offer.
Looking at the ground, very dry and brown, I doubt my and Hutch’s foolproof self sustaining method would work🤪.Is the plastic vertical pipe at the top being used as a gauge or for something else?
20 minutes to empty the toilet? ? No WC on site?
20 minutes to empty the toilet? ? No WC on site?
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