Tree Bog Update

Although slow, the tree bog is progressing!  Here are the latest pictures:

The roof went on today.  I chose to use transparent corrugated plastic sheeting, to provide a smooth, clean surface for collecting rainwater (for handwashing), and for a light, airy feel.

I also built the door frame and started the feather edge board cladding.  This will go up to a metre above the floor, with reed screening above this.

The picture above shows the "hole".  A wooden box will be built above this in a rather nice varnished mahogany finish (salvaged from the bath panel in our still-being-refurbished bathroom!  A standard pine loo seat (also salvaged from the bathroom) will complete the "business end".

The rectangle in the picture is salvaged from the packaging a piece of equipment came in.  It's made of plywood.  I thought I'd use this to make a window that can be obscured with a small roller blind.  In this way the bog could double as a photographic hide.  (Don't knock it till you've tried it!)

Here's the view up through the roof.  Inspiring, no?  Less of a bog, more a cathedral to celebrate the human digestive system!