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emordnilap · Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 10:32 am Post subject:

Good man/woman, woodburner. Let us know how your project progresses.
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woodburner · Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 4129

Right, got the seat. OK, so I'm fussy, could have used a cheapo plastic one, but this cost £15 + VAT from Plumb Center. Described as "Ash seat", there's a choice of pine, mahogany,or oak. So I picked the oak one as that was nearest. Surprise, surprise, it's ash. I think they are all ash, and there's a choice of stains. Anyway they're solid wood, with properly keyed joints between the strips, so they should last a while.

Next is the bucket. As is usual in the UK, we seem to have the lowest quality at the highest price. These are what I'd like to get, these are the usual style (note: "economy") in the UK and priced in the States at less than $3.50. This is what's offered over here. Too high spec as I doubt I need "food" grade. I did see some of the "economy" style here for around £3.80, which is irritating when they are available in the States for that in dollars, I suppose thats about the norm.

Does anyone have a link to the well engineered ones at a reasonable price in the UK?

Update: Seems suppliers generally sting you for the lid at additional cost. Evil or Very Mad

Keela · Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 1941 Location: N.Ireland

We were lucky- we got the blue ones as cast offs. They had no lids though.

woodburner · Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 4129

Cast offs sounds just right. What were they originally used for?

emordnilap · Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject:

Go for the 'economy' ones, woodburner.

We happened to have a bucket with the handle attached 10 or 12 cms down from the top, so it doesn't interfere with the hole in the box, which yours might, going by that picture, woodburner. The hole was cut exactly to size so the bucket lip protrudes (I typed proturds first) and the toilet seat sits precisely on the bucket rim while still using the plastic bumpers.

Quite pleased with it really, it feels as solid as a properly-fitted ceramic job.

I've seen the same buckets in our local farm wares shop containing tractor oil. I'm trying to find out who buys that brand to get her/his cast-offs.
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