[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by biker1

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]

Incinerating Toilet (Flush here)

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]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

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.

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

Wouldn't that justify the price???

[Midnight Cowgirl]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

Incinerating Toilet (Flush here)

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]

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.

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

That still seems rather expensive? This isn't NASA.

[bonrich]

Lock open the gates and take a potty run.

[karostay]

Whow! What a S####Y subject

[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

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.

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

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Marathon Man

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Ajiveson

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]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

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]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

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.

You forgot to mention a couple of magazines!

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Originally Posted by biker1

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

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[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

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.