Without going into too much detail, there are certain times when you just don't have time to ask questions. For me, the first waking minute is one of the most important examples.

If I learned one thing from living on the beach, it's the opening times of the public toilets, and specifically, that those opening times don't happen to coincide with my own.

For this, and several other reasons, a porta-potti is an essential item in the gentleman's camper. Installing it is about the simplest job in the build; you just make a space for it and push it in.

Being space-efficient is very helpful in a van, so I decided to build a small shelf above the unit, from some drawer bases, to house the flush fluid, cleaner, paper and so on.

The lid of which is the folding leaf that didn't make sense from the new table, so not only was it conveniently sized and pre-hinged, it also fitted in with the look and feel of the area. Most exquisite.

Granted, I haven't actually fitted it at this point, but you can see the idea.

In case you're interested, I went for the Porta Potti 365 from Thetford.

The appropriate fluids for flushing and swamp treatment are color-coded:

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