Chichester Yacht Club Magazine September 2018 | Page 33

3.) I am not sure if this is a negative
particularly, because next to an ordinary
Heads, the Composting Heads are almost
completely odourless. If there is a faintly
earthly smell, it s because the compost mix is
a little too damp, which can be fixed by adding
more coir. So perhaps the negative is that it is
quite hard at the start to judge the amount of
water to add to the coir.
4.) The system does rely on the toilet seat
being closed, otherwise the fan is less effective
at drawing moisture out. Persuading my
teenage sons, that they must put down the loo
seat is not an easy ask.
very self contained, and just a matter of siting
the toilet and bolting it down.
Is there much of a choice in Composting
Heads?
There are three main Composting Head
makes:- Natures Head, Airhead, and C head.
After reading reviews of the various makes, I
did decide on the Natures Head, which is
similar to the Air head, but I thought on
balance, was the one I wanted. However, I
found that it was not very straight forward to
source a Natures Head at that time in the UK,
and the differences were not significant
enough to make me arrange a personal import.
5.) The toilets are slightly higher than an
ordinary domestic toilet, (but not by much), and
so that can be slightly off-putting for some.
As a result we sourced our Air Head from
waterlesstoilets.co.uk at the cost of £995.00.
What are the advantages?
Am I happy with it?
1.) No holding tank. (More storage space in the
boat)
Absolutely, but I guess the real test will be
2.) No Joker Valves or pipes to get blocked.
whether I still feel the same way after using it
3.) No need for a pump out.
for a whole year.
4.) Can be used on the Hard
5.) No significant Odour
6.) We were able to remove and glass over
two thru hulls, which were no longer needed
with the removal of the old sea toilet. Fewer
holes in the hull have got to be an advantage.
Is a Composting Heads easy to fit?
I would say that removing the old toilet and
associated pipes was the hardest and most
frustrating part of the process.
Making a hole in the side of the hull for an air
vent was nerve-racking but not too bad. The
instructions for our choice of composting
heads required a 2 inch diameter hole.
We have not done that, because finding a
suitable tank vent was a challenge, and we
decided if we had an issue, we could always
make the hole larger if we had to. At present
the hole we cut was just 1 inch in diameter,
which is discrete, and does not appear to
cause a problem. Otherwise the toilet unit is
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