US Standard - Indoor Earth Pits

"Duel" purpose? Gonna have a sword fight in there maybe?

Oh, NO!

I fear you have been the subject (victim) of a prank, my friend.

The image you share here, while it has a pit, is not intended for an earthing pit. And it most certainly should not be installed indoors!

Please do not be offended. We sometimes play around a little bit.

Definitely an outdoor item. We had a few of these around when I was growing up on the family farm. We had modern indoor plumbing in the house. Out houses were used around the farm so we did not track sand and mud into the house. Your design is more complicated than anything we did.

1. Dig a hole just larger in diameter than a 55 gallon drum

2. Punch holes in the bottom of the 55 gallon drum and drop it in the hole.

3. Back fill around the drum.

4. Build the out house and set it over the drum.

When the drum becomes full we would move the outhouse to a new drum and cover the old one up. There was not any concern over sinking into the old hole as the... uh... material had dried out for the most part and became rather solid.

I can't help but think of the poem title from my youth. Maybe you have heard of it.

"Three Miles From the Outhouse" by Willy Maket (pronounced make it)

And for an even simpler design, no hole required... just a drum you cut short enough to be able to sit on without having to jump. Half a tire, cut parallel to the axis of rotation, set on top so you don't cut your bum.

For a little privacy, string up some old woodland cammo ponchos. When it gets full, some diesel fuel and a pole for stirring work wonders.

Although, I suggest the latter task be assigned to those deserving of some type of punishment.

I remember that book.

Wasnt it illustrated by: Betty Dont

That sure is a technologically advance disposal system. Wow.

Another old favorite, Tiger in the Outhouse, written by Claude Bawls

A couple of copper rods driven into that pit will yield a very good ground. Provided of course it is used for its intended purpose. Signal Corps lore has it that urinating around the the ground rods of tactical communications equipment improved performance where the ground was dry.

There is a lot of truth to wetting the ground for a better connection. A neighbor kept his dog tied up to the telephone pole in the backyard. He swore the dog was gifted. He would howl and moan just before the phone would ring. The neighbor even had people over to prove it. They would call the house number on their cell phones to test out his claims. This got to be such an affair that nothing would get done around the house. Last winter an ice covered tree fell and took out the phone and power lines. After the lines had been repaired the dog stopped moaning before the phone would ring. After some checking they found out there had been a bad ground on the phone line. When the dog had to pee he would use the pole. The urine soaked ground carried the electrical charge to the dog. and so goes the old story "You can't get anything done standing around pissing and moaning".