Farm Couple Buids Pentagon Outhouse

Farm Couple Buids Pentagon Outhouse AG WORLD Ag World 18-3-20 Gene and Patricia Traxler, Monomonie, Wis., built a 5-sided "luxury outhouse" on the edge of their yard - complete with flush toilet and stained glass windows - so friends and family at summer gatherings wouldn't have to use the bathroom in the house. "We chose the 5-sided design so we could use standard 4 by 8-ft. panels of siding material. We preconstructed each side during the winter in a garage. Two sides have stained-glass windows designed by Patricia and two have louvered windows to allow for ventilation. The door is on the fifth side and is fitted with a stained-glass window with a crescent moon." The outhouse was built over a pre'ast concrete septic tank with fittings for a flush toilet, sink, and air vent. Water is supplied by a windmill on a hill behind the outhouse. Electricity powers a compact 2-gal. water heater and stained-glass ceiling light. There's also a built-in soap dispenser, medicine cabinet, magazine rack, shelves on two sides, and an easy-to-clean vinyl floor. There's even a stereo boom box. The outhouse sits on the site of a 100-year old smokehouse. Some of its bricks are inlaid in the outhouse's concrete step. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gene Traxler, Rt. 6, Box 80, Menomonie, Wis. 54751 (ph 715 235-2469).

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