87 questions across all categories.
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…
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…
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…
I'm a residential remodeler in Chicago, and my crews are usually just two guys. We're often working on occupied houses where the homeowners let us…
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…
OSHA 1926.51 lets a mixed crew share one lockable single-occupancy porta potty. The separate-toilets-for-each-sex rule has a clear exception: when a…
Yes, subcontractors count toward your total employee headcount for OSHA 1926.51 compliance. The OSHA standard applies to all workers on the…
ASAP delivery usually means same-day if your site is on an existing route and the truck has space. Nina and Marcus covered the basics, but they left…
The weekly service includes a full restock of toilet paper. The driver replaces the roll during the service visit. Marcus is correct about the damage…
Yes, at 22 people you need more than one toilet-only unit under OSHA 1926.51.
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…
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…
Do not tip-and-walk that unit through the six-foot gate. A standard portable toilet on skids is not built to be rolled on its edge, and tipping it…
Give the rental company the gate code and a superintendent's phone number, and confirm they will service before 6pm. The driver needs the code to…
We are starting a three-story commercial building in downtown. The crew will be on the roof for six weeks. The street is too narrow for a crane to…
No, a crew truck does not meet the 'readily available transportation' exemption in OSHA 1926.51. The exemption is for a mobile crew that can reach a…
We're starting a six-month residential gut rehab in Chicago, and the only spot for a standard portable toilet is on the sidewalk in the public…
Pricing varies because rental companies structure their quotes differently, and each line item represents a real cost to them. A monthly rate that…
Yes, you rent a standard portable toilet for a landscaping crew of five or six for six weeks. The OSHA construction sanitation standard, 29 CFR…
Our crew has 35 guys on a 12-week commercial job. We have four standard portable toilets and one ADA-compliant portable toilet on a gravel pad about…
My site in Phoenix has a tight footprint for a 12-story office build. We only have room for one portable toilet on level ground with truck access…
High-rise unit servicing when the building elevator is down. Our site is a 30-story high-rise, and we have a standard portable toilet on the 25th…
We're running a 12-story concrete and steel job in downtown Tempe, a 40-week build. We have 60 permanent tradespeople on site and bring in a temp…
I have a 50-person crew on a 10-hour day shift, five days a week. The ground is level and the placement is accessible for a vacuum truck. We have two…
