The number of portable toilets you need is driven by how many people, for how many hours, whether alcohol or food is served, and whether the units get serviced during the event. Industry planning charts start from roughly one unit per 50 to 75 people for a four-hour event and add units for alcohol, longer hours and women-heavy crowds. This category covers the planning math, the ADA percentage rule for clusters and how to sanity check a quote.
Order four standard units and one ADA unit for your auction. The ADA Standards for Accessible Design require an accessible unit in any cluster of…
Two standard units and one handwash station are not enough for your 31-person, 12-hour film shoot. You need three standard units and one…
Split them, and put more at the start line than at the tents, because that is where the line forms in the last ten minutes before each gun. I helped…
One standard portable toilet is not enough for 60 people over two days. You need two. The industry guideline for event planning is about one unit per…
You need at least four standard portable toilets and one ADA-compliant unit for a few hundred weekend visitors. Add a handwash station too, because…
Rent two standard units for your two-day estate sale. The sale company expects a rush Friday morning, and you have five or six family workers. OSHA…
For a six-hour wedding with 150 guests and an open bar, rent four standard portable toilets and one ADA-compliant unit. The ADA cluster rule requires…
Yes, at 22 people you need more than one toilet-only unit under OSHA 1926.51.
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…
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…
Hector's count is a good start, but a permit office checks the service frequency plan for an eight-hour event with alcohol. We require a mid-day…
The forum team is correct that two standard units are the right choice. I’ll add that the ADA cluster rule does not apply to a private residence, but…
For an 80-person wedding with alcohol, plan for more than the one unit per 50 people guideline. Add at least one ADA-compliant unit for accessibility…
Jules is right about the unit count for guests, but you must also provide separate toilets for staff and volunteers under OSHA 1910.141. For 20 or…
