How to Attach a Toilet Seat to a Five Gallon Bucket

While exploring nature, toilets are not readily available.

When camping, we often have to resort to man-made items to survive outdoors. Since there is no outdoor plumbing in most woods, campers or hikers turn to the five-gallon bucket toilet to comfortably go to the bathroom. It is very common for users of this item to fill the bucket with sawdust because of its natural ability to mask odors, which makes carrying the bucket toilet a much more pleasant experience.

Things You'll Need

• Five-gallon bucket
• Round toilet seat
• Drill
• Drill bit
• Two crescent wrenches
• Permanent marker
• Sawdust
• Two bolts
• Two bolt nuts

Instructions

1. Place the toilet seat on top of the five-gallon bucket. Align the outer edges of the toilet seat with the rim of the bucket.

2. Drill the mounting locations for the toilet seat brackets. Fold the mounting brackets over the outer edge of the bucket and mark a circle in the hole of each bracket. Remove the toilet seat and drill a hole through each mark.

3. Mount the toilet seat to the bucket. Place the toilet seat back onto the bucket, lining up the rim of the bucket with the outer edges of the toilet seat. Fold the mounting brackets back over the edge, lining up the holes in the brackets with the drilled holes in the bucket. Place one bolt through each hole and hand screw the nut onto the end of each bolt. Grip the nut with a crescent wrench, and use another crescent wrench to tighten the bolt from the bolt head.

4. Add sawdust to the bucket for odor control.

References

• Toiletology: Make Your Own Emergency Toilet

Resources

• Greeniacs: How to Build a Composting Toilet