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Well, I ain't real happy with it. But, for $1,000 USD, I guess I can't complain too much. (The total wasn't only for the toilet it included the front porch area, the roof over the kitchen, the toilet and roof over it, and the septic tank.) Obviously, some of the finishing work is going to have to be done, unless I want her to be eaten by mosquitoes while she showers. For me, I don't care, because the little bugs don't bother me in the slightest. I do notice that some of the larger flying insects do take a likin' to me, though. Not to bite. Just to fly around and irritate me, kinda like an ex-wife on her broom. 

 

I finally gave it to her asking me to go ahead and pay the guy, just to get rid of him. Next time, I will be happy to pay extra for a contractor who has his own tools, will show up on time, and will get the job done in a proper manner. Someone like that does exist in this town. I have seen some really good work here, on homes and businesses alike. I will just do some more research before continuing this venture. 

 

Anyway, comments are welcome, positive, negative, or neutral. 

 

I'm surprised I got inside tiles included in the deal.

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Vent blocks for the toilet, that are still missing the screens. Just one of - several things to sort out.

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Plenty of ventilation - and room for large insects in the toilet at night!

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Someone mentioned to me that a 1.5 m x 3.0 meter toilet would not really be large enough.

I find that there is ample space in the room.

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Honestly, as long as I have these two items, the toilet and my trusty ol' bum gun, I will be fine.

The piped plug on the left will be replaced with a valve to fill the bucket for flushing the toilet. 
I suppose, if I wanted to save even more water, we could flush it with creek or pond water.

(Her idea, naturally. Always thinking about conservation.)

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A close up of the ol' bum gun. Nothing like goooood water pressure.

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I purposely made this double ended male adapter, in case I want to put a toilet with a tank there, to replace the existing manual flusher. I would pipe a T in line so I could run the ol' bum gun and the line to the toilet. Thinking ahead. Something that doesn't seem to happen in construction here. :rolleyes:

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The finished septic system, including a vent tube - that needs to be piped through the roof, yet.

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Outside view of the vent blocks for the toilet.

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You see the three "patches"? That's because the contractor didn't have any sort of scaffolding, or even a ladder to finish the upper rows of bricks for the wall. So, beat a hole in the existing BRAND NEW construction, run a tree limb through it, and build your scaffolding that way. Patch it up after  you are finished. :rolleyes:

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This contractor was a f#ck up from day one. I shouldn't have let it go on this long. But, I couldn't be there every single day he worked. Often, he would show up without telling us anything, to work. He knew it would take us an hour by tuk-tuk to get there, AFTER we had packed and called the driver to fetch us. 

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Some of the farm residents with few worries.

 

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