There s more to building an outhouse in Maine than just digging a hole
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March 11, 2021, 5:07 PM·5 min read
Mar. 11 There was a time when all it took to construct an outdoor privy in Maine was a shovel, some wood and a bit of sweat. Not anymore. Modern privies or outhouses, as they are more commonly known are subject to many of the same state and municipal plumbing codes as indoor toilets.
The basic design and purpose of an outhouse, however, has stayed the same. An outhouse is a simple four-walled structure with a wooden floor, a roof, a door and a bench seat with a hole cut into it. That hole empties into a pit latrine dug to hold human waste.