Site clearance and a compost toilet - abandoned ruin renovation Portugal EP13

More site clearance at our farm renovation in Central Portugal. Phil builds us a compost toilet, and Jane has to take some sick leave.
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[@kathleenpitt1981]

I hope Jane is already feeling better. Good idea to have a toilet on-site!

[@HotkeysPortugal]

Thanks so much - she is back to her best and ripping through the site clearance, and yes, once we get to sleep at the site, the toilet is essential.

[@PortugalonaPostcard]

Amazing project, both! ❤ wishing you loads of luck with it all!! Michael & Becci

[@HotkeysPortugal]

Thanks a lot, was trying to find the keyboard shortcut to add a thumbs-up emoji to your link, but that would have been a bit too clever. I have loads of questions but will save those for now. Maybe we can meet up for a beer sometime. Looking forward to the post-render-chipping phase. Take care and all the best.....Phil & Jane.👍

[@PortugalonaPostcard]

@@HotkeysPortugal That would be lovely! 😃 Hope you're staying dry in this delightful weather we're having! X

[@AntonColores]

hi, I saw another channel about building a compost toilet [@Eric Oberholtzer]. He made on the bottom of the box a higher ring where you can put the bucket to be placed in. Result is that you don't have to carefully place the bucket each time, but it's comes on it's place easy. Neat gadget to separate the faeces and urine by the way, strictly speaking not necessary to separate for composting (though I would choose for that option myself as well. ☺

[@HotkeysPortugal]

Thanks a lot for joining us. I put retaining pegs for the pee-bottle to do a similar thing. The main bucket is quite a good fit so should be ok without. Time will tell.

[@bfox5767]

Your compost toilet looks great.

[@HotkeysPortugal]

Thanks a lot - hope it performs well too, time will tell.

[@shanebrownrigg8632]

great work guys,i cheated and bought a compost toilet,was looking forward to building one myself,see ya a next vid.

[@HotkeysPortugal]

Ha, nice one - I just enjoy making stuff, and it keeps me out of the way!

[@paulandlaurahausman379]

It seems almost impossible that the ruins of the farmhouse and outbuilding would amount to anything worth keeping and restoring. It may be better to build away from the road where the danger of traffic falling into your tiny house and workshop is always there. The lovely apple orchard would be the place I would put a house or trailer to live in. I wish you a healthy reconstruction of your home in Portugal.

[@HotkeysPortugal]

Thanks a lot for joining us and for the suggestion. We have thought along those lines too, but there is a lot of original content still in the buildings that we would like to keep if we can. Lots of planning ahead as we get used to the site and how it works through the seasons - no rush on this one.

[@charlenequinilty7252]

Must be your microphone that makes you sound a bit muffled. However I’m enjoy your journey.

[@HotkeysPortugal]

Thanks a lot, that was one of our early episodes where we were finding our way with equipment, editing, sound mixing etc. We keep working at it and I hope you find our more recent content a bit better produced. Thanks again for your feedback and support. 👍😀🇵🇹