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Topspinmo 06-16-2019 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by biker1 (Post 1658115)
The estimate was $135K to $165K. You are only off by about an order of magnitude.


Not really cause once one gate gets one they all will, have to have one, just like the chair lifts at pools

ColdNoMore 06-16-2019 03:41 PM

Incinerating Toilet (Flush here)

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Incinerating toilets can also be waterless. Instead of breaking down waste biologically, these toilets torch it. They send the waste to an incinerator, where it's burned to sterile ash.

The toilet sits in your bathroom and has an electric exhaust pipe that exits through your roof. To run, it needs batteries or can be plugged into a wall outlet. You use the toilet normally, toilet paper and all. But before you flush, you must close the lid, for reasons that will soon be clear. Next, you decide whether to press the "urine" or "[solid] waste" button on the control panel.

An Ecojohn setup costs about $4,000.

Beyond that, you also pay for propane. Ecojohn says fuel for its toilets costs eight to 10 cents per flush.


Midnight Cowgirl 06-16-2019 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BobnBev (Post 1658109)
Once again, common sense won't prevail. I wonder which connected plumber will get the lucrative contract. I'm sure it will be air conditioned and have a padded toilet seat, and telephone.:popcorn:


Perhaps they'll add a bidet for the ladies???

Wouldn't that justify the price??? :girlneener:

Midnight Cowgirl 06-16-2019 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1658232)


So if they have to flush twice it would cost as much as 20 cents?
(Ya know what I mean, right??!?)

OMG! Soooooo expensive to take a . . . . . . .

biker1 06-17-2019 04:59 AM

You may be able to see the quote once they have a contract in place (I don't know where they are in the process). Without seeing the quote, you really have no idea what the scope of the work is.

While I am not sure what color of money they are going to use, one way of looking at it is about $2.50 per home. I am good with that.

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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox (Post 1658125)
That still seems rather expensive? This isn't NASA.


bonrich 06-17-2019 06:54 AM

Lock open the gates and take a potty run.

karostay 06-17-2019 07:06 AM

Whow! What a S####Y subject

Marathon Man 06-17-2019 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BobnBev (Post 1658109)
Once again, common sense won't prevail. I wonder which connected plumber will get the lucrative contract. I'm sure it will be air conditioned and have a padded toilet seat, and telephone.:popcorn:

So, you are saying that a building that is occupied 24hrs a day should not have a bathroom? And that is common sense???

Topspinmo 06-17-2019 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Marathon Man (Post 1658370)
So, you are saying that a building that is occupied 24hrs a day should not have a bathroom? And that is common sense???

What did the do for the first 30 years? No single person in there for 24 hours. Maybe the need to hire younger gate Guards?

Ajiveson 06-17-2019 09:35 AM

Interesting how much resistance there is to such a key need for a job that serves you. What if your place of work didn’t offer that? You want to golf, you want things organized, but you don’t want bathrooms for the employees?

njbchbum 06-17-2019 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Ajiveson (Post 1658381)
Interesting how much resistance there is to such a key need for a job that serves you. What if your place of work didn’t offer that? You want to golf, you want things organized, but you don’t want bathrooms for the employees?

:bigbow:

njbchbum 06-17-2019 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1658376)
What did the do for the first 30 years? No single person in there for 24 hours. Maybe the need to hire younger gate Guards?

He locked the door and left the post unattended while he walked back and forth to the convenience store at the corner of 27/441!

Midnight Cowgirl 06-17-2019 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by BobnBev (Post 1658109)
Once again, common sense won't prevail. I wonder which connected plumber will get the lucrative contract. I'm sure it will be air conditioned and have a padded toilet seat, and telephone.:popcorn:


You forgot to mention a couple of magazines!
:a040:

LI SNOWBIRD 06-18-2019 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by biker1 (Post 1658115)
The estimate was $135K to $165K. You are only off by about an order of magnitude.

Thanks for using the phrase "order of magnitude" -I haven't heard it at all in a long time; and so apropos

:bigbow:.

Marathon Man 06-18-2019 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by njbchbum (Post 1658385)
He locked the door and left the post unattended while he walked back and forth to the convenience store at the corner of 27/441!

Right. I am surprised the subject of liability has not come up. An employee has to walk down the street to go to the bathroom. Or, maybe it has. Maybe that is why it is being done.


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