Mobile Storage Toilet

A mobile toilet is a facility that can be moved as a whole and set up in fixed or temporary locations to provide toilet services for the public and customers. The following is an introduction from three aspects: composition, classification, and self-made methods.

I. Composition
A mobile toilet generally consists of a fecal sewage storage tank (or fecal sewage treatment device), floor slab, sanitary ware, walls, washing equipment, water tank, roof, and mobile device, among other parts. These components work together to ensure the basic functionality of the toilet. For example, the fecal sewage storage tank is used to collect and treat excreta, the sanitary ware provides direct tools for using the toilet, and the mobile device gives the toilet its mobility.

II. Classification

1. By structural form: Mobile toilets can be divided into single-structure mobile toilets and composite-structure mobile toilets. The single-structure type is relatively simple and independent, while the composite-structure type may be composed of multiple parts, offering more complex functionality or spatial layout.
2. By mobility method: They can be classified as lifting and handling-type mobile toilets and powered and towed-type mobile toilets. Lifting and handling-type toilets usually require external equipment such as cranes for movement; powered and towed-type toilets have their own power or can be moved by being towed by vehicles, offering greater flexibility.
3. By sewage treatment method: There are water-flush and non-water-flush suction-type mobile toilets, circulating water-flush mobile toilets, and dry-packing mobile toilets. Water-flush types use water to flush excreta; non-water-flush suction types use suction devices to treat feces; circulating water-flush types recycle the flushing water to save water resources; dry-packing types pack and treat feces without the need for water flushing.

III. Self-made Method
Some people make movable toilets using water storage tanks and pallets. First, fix universal wheels at the four corners of the bottom of the pallet. Place a water storage tank retrieved from a garbage station on the pallet. Use an angle grinder to cut along the marked line on the top of the water storage tank to remove the top and form an open tank. Invert another open-top water storage tank and stack it on the first tank, securing the outer frame with self-tapping screws. Then, cut a rectangular opening in the outer frame of the water storage tank to form a doorway. Cut a hole in the internal floor, insert an elbow, connect it to a water pipe, and seal it. Cut off the excess water pipe, align the toilet with the drain, and fix it with glue. Next, fix the water pipe at the wall clips and install a faucet. Fix a pipe cap with screws below the faucet, connect a water pipe to the pipe cap, and make a hole as the drain outlet. Make a hole in the pipe cap, apply glass glue, and fix a stainless-steel basin as a washbasin. Connect the water inlet pipe to the toilet tank, connect the shower hose, and install the shower bracket. Install the toilet seat and a showerhead made of a water pipe. Finally, fix hinges on the frame of the water storage tank, attach a wooden board to the other side of the hinges to form a door, and install a door handle.