You don't really gain much by doubling the surface area if the waste pipe is emptying in one spot. The waste doesn't spread out much. In a tank 3 feet...
Generally the organic material won't heat up if there's no fresh green material, but possibly the mouldy straw is responsible? I've seen it happen onc...
Yes. That's absolutely correct.
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Flat ground is a problem for a gravity fed system! You need to feed the waste into the centre of the worm tank. This is essential, so you'd need to ta...
Hey Chris - Happy New Year to you too! Yes, 4-6 people will need a full size IBC tote. If freezing is an issue in winter, you could go deeper and clos...
Hi. Yes ideally you need to take your toilet waste straight to the worms. That way, they're processing it as it's generated in a manageable way and th...
Hi Jacquie An IBC rank does seem excessively large in a tiny home setting, for sure. The risk with smaller containers is the larger surface area to vo...
If you have the water tested first so you're confident no pathogens are coming through the tank, you could probably take the water direct to a constru...
Thanks for the additional information! Sounds like it should work. The more people who are taking this system into interesting places, the better! I'l...
Do you plan to pump the water from the barrel for irrigation? Of so, have you checked out Art Ludwig's "Laundry to landscape" designs? It's generally ...
OK. Now I understand better. Thanks for clearing that up. I wouldn't recommend using reed beds as a second stage. Use another container (or a soakaway...
Hi Xavier. I'm a little confused by your question. If you're going to be storing all the cleaned water for irrigation rather than using soakaways/gree...
Hi. Temperatures here in Portugal can get to 45℃ in summer as well with July and August mostly in the high 30s. My worm tank is above ground and it's ...
Hi David The range of scientific studies on vermicomposting of sewerage show that heavy metals are sequestered by the worms and stored in their bodies...