The best method for a winter jobsite is to request the rental company use an antifreeze solution in the standard portable toilet holding tank. This…
I am a general superintendent for a commercial GC in the Midwest. I have ordered portable toilets for jobs from Ohio to Missouri to the Dakotas. I…
I drive a vacuum truck for a rental company and see a lot of folks who've bought a used standard portable toilet for a hunting camp or a remote…
I'm planning a backyard wedding reception for about 80 people this summer. The party will be four hours, with a catered meal and a champagne toast.…
I'm getting a new deck built and need a portable toilet for the crew for about a week. It's a standard build, no food or alcohol, just three guys…
The term 'john' for a toilet is a slang term that likely comes from the name John Harington, an English courtier who invented one of the first flush…
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…
You need more than 7 standard units for a 10-hour event with 350 people; plan for 9 or 10 standard units plus one ADA-compliant portable toilet.…
Hector is right on the count, but the ADA cluster rule applies if you rent two or more units, even for a private event. The 2010 ADA Standards…
Yes, you should rent a handwash station for a family reunion with a food line. Hand sanitizer is not a substitute for handwashing with soap and water…
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…
I run a ranch in Montana with seasonal crews and a hunting camp. We rent a standard portable toilet year-round for about ten people. The ground is…
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…
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…
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.51(c) requires one standard portable toilet for 1 to 20 workers, one toilet seat and one urinal per 40 workers for 21 to 199…
A splash of blue liquid is not dangerous if you wash it off promptly, which you did. The real risk depends on how full the holding tank was and how…
Placement rules for portable toilets follow health department and permit office requirements for distance from food, water and property lines, plus…
A handwash station is a self-contained sink unit that provides running water, soap, and drying for hand hygiene at events and sites. The health…
We have a standard portable toilet on our driveway for our bathroom renovation, and I just watched the vacuum truck pump it out. The driver was…
One thing people often miss is that the ADA 5 percent rule applies to the total number of units in each cluster at a single location, not the entire…
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…
Buying a standard portable toilet is cheaper upfront than a six-week rental with weekly service calls from 40 miles away, but the ongoing pumping and…
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 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…
Two units is a good start, but consider adding a handwash station for your food event. The rental company will confirm the placement is on level…
