Six-month rental vs buying a unit and paying for service only: what do the numbers depend on?
We're building a new workshop at our ranch, and my crew of eight will be on site for six months. There's no septic or water line out there yet. The…
We're building a new workshop at our ranch, and my crew of eight will be on site for six months. There's no septic or water line out there yet. The…
My ranch is 40 miles from town, and the portable toilet rental company charges a big trip fee on top of the monthly rental rate for every service…
Weekly service is the baseline for a crew of 18, but you should switch to twice-weekly service immediately. The heat is driving the problem. A…
Hurricane flooded our septic field and the county says it's a total loss. A relief group dropped off a standard portable toilet with a holding tank…
Our bathroom remodel starts next week, so I'm renting a standard portable toilet for the first time. It's scheduled for delivery on Tuesday. My…
We are six weeks into a bathroom remodel and have a standard portable toilet on our driveway. The driveway is gravel, the unit sits about 10 feet…
A portable toilet can sit on a slight slope if it is properly shimmed, but the unit must be made level to function correctly. The rental company will…
Yes, shade reduces porta potty odor on a hot job site by lowering the temperature inside the unit. Heat accelerates the breakdown of waste and the…
We're organizing a volunteer build day for a new community workshop. We expect about 120 working adults to be on site for a full 10 hours. A local…
I'm planning a charity 5K run and community fair that will run from 9 am to 9 pm, expecting about 800 people. We'll have food trucks and beer sales,…
I'm planning a large outdoor festival on city park grounds, expecting about 1,200 people over an eight-hour day with beer and food trucks. The permit…
We ran a two-day outdoor music festival last year with about 2000 people a day, mostly men. The ground is a flat field with truck access. We had a…
I'm planning a brewery anniversary party in the parking lot and beer garden. We're expecting 250 guests over six hours, with our own craft beer…
We're on a tight downtown infill site, a 12-story residential build on a half-block lot. The fence line is tight to the sidewalk, and the only open…
I had a standard portable toilet on a residential addition job for a crew of seven. The rental was on a 28-day billing cycle, and the unit was picked…
OSHA 1926.51(c) sets the minimum number of toilets and urinals required on construction sites based on worker count. For 20 or fewer workers, one…
Our crew of 35 is on a six-week foundation job handling concrete and treated lumber daily. The safety auditor flagged us for not having a handwash…
Two standard units is the safer call for 60 to 70 people over eight or nine hours with beer.
Our home build is on an open, unfenced lot in a semi-residential area. We have one standard portable toilet for a crew of about ten guys, and it's…
We're running a commercial job in Phoenix with 45 workers on site five days a week. It's hot. We have two standard-units and one ada-unit placed on…
I'm managing a 22-story high-rise project where crane time is a premium. Safety is pushing for portable toilets on every fourth floor to minimize…
We're hosting a housewarming for about 60 people in our backyard. Our house only has one working bathroom, and we know it'll get overwhelmed. We're…
You need a second portable toilet now that your crew has reached 22 people. The OSHA construction standard 1926.51 requires one toilet for 20 or…
We're having our wedding on my parents' property next spring, 140 guests, tent, band, catered dinner and an open bar. The venue (my backyard) only…
I'm on the board for our county fair, and we're redesigning the layout after the long bathroom lines last year. We expect about 5,000 people per day…