• Registered: 2005-03-12
  • Posts: 101

Topic: Porta Potty Head Install

I am going to replace my head with one that works properly (insert joke here).  I can't get parts for the old one and it leaks, sprays bowl from the water out the handle, etc.  I've re-built it too many times.  I've bought a porta potty type with a holding tank and flushing tank built in.  Any advice on how to mount it?

  • From: Montreal
  • Registered: 2005-04-22
  • Posts: 259

Re: Porta Potty Head Install

I understand the frustration that has lead you to a portapotti.  The old Brydon Boy's are a curse.  I remember the satisfaction of taking a chainsaw to the old factory-installed head. 

When I changed mine I did some research that made me think that a Simpson-Lawrence head was intended for the Contessa as the bowls are relatively low.  These are no longer in production and were really a UK thing.

I now have a vintage Raritan PH II which works like a charm.  In the Gallery section there are photos of several head installations.

The real challenge is that the Porta-Potti is intended to sit flat and the Contessa has too much curvature in that area.  If you are seriously pursuing this I would relocate the head under the V-Berth.  You won't be able to use it and the V-Berth at the same time but the Porta-Potty should fit. 

As usual, measure measure measure.

Good luck!

  • From: Alabama Gulf Coast
  • Registered: 2006-06-30
  • Posts: 60

Re: Porta Potty Head Install

My 1980 Contessa had a Raritan head. Replaced it with a new Raritan. Happy boy!

The cutworms are in the hollyhocks, again!

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  • Registered: 2011-06-01
  • Posts: 1

Re: Porta Potty Head Install

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  • Registered: 2011-04-14
  • Posts: 7

Re: Porta Potty Head Install

Has anyone out there fit an Airhead composting toilet in a Contessa?