280 questions across all categories.
Our HOA is putting on a Saturday afternoon cookout by the pool common area. Roughly 80 people, burgers and sides from a couple of food trucks, soft…
We're getting a standard portable toilet delivered next week for our 8-week home renovation. The access road to our backyard is a dirt track, and…
My GC just ordered a high-rise unit for the 12th floor of our project. I've handled plenty of standard units on the ground, but this is my first time…
A 100-foot hose run is not standard and will likely require special equipment and higher cost. Most vacuum trucks carry about 80 to 100 feet of hose,…
We are doing a full gut of our only bathroom in a 1920s Portland bungalow. The contractor set a standard unit on the driveway for the crew and us to…
Our ranch has a standard unit for seasonal hands, placed on flat gravel about 30 feet from a two-track road. The vacuum truck parks right there, no…
Yes, that's a cracked holding tank from the drag. Dragging a standard unit with a skid steer puts stress on the plastic tank, especially if the…
We're getting married in October 2026 at a private property with a gravel driveway that will double as guest parking. The venue has no indoor…
Throwing a 40th birthday party in our backyard a week from Saturday, about 50 adults from 2pm until late evening. We booked one standard unit plus a…
The ADA cluster rule applies to any cluster of portable toilets on a public sidewalk, so two units trigger the requirement for an accessible unit.…
We have a standard portable toilet on our driveway for a bathroom renovation. The rental company comes every Tuesday morning for the service visit.…
Locking the standard unit overnight is a bad idea. It creates more problems than it solves. The rental company requires free access for the service…
We are framing an addition on a vacant lot through November. Crew is usually 6 to 8 guys. The standard unit sits on gravel by the driveway and gets…
OSHA 1926.51 requires a separate handwash station with water for a 12-person drywall crew, not just a hand sanitizer dispenser on the unit. The…
Kim is right about the count and the ADA unit, but you need to order the handwash station with the units. The rental company will connect it to the…
We're planning our wedding at my family's property next October. We have 150 guests for a 6-hour reception with a full bar and dinner service under a…
I've been driving a vacuum truck for nine years now, and I've seen my share of tough spots. The worst was a spring construction site on a steep,…
We are planning our backyard wedding for October 2026 on my family's hillside property in Charleston, SC. We expect 140 guests over about 6 hours…
We have a construction site on the lakefront with consistent high winds. We have three standard portable toilets and one ADA-compliant unit, all…
Yes, the ADA cluster rule applies to three portable toilets in a park. The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design require that where multiple…
We're planning our wedding for next spring in my parents' backyard in Charleston. We'll have about 140 guests, a tent, a band, and catering, so we…
We're hosting my sister's wedding in our backyard next month. The only flat space for a portable toilet is our wooden deck, which is about 4 feet off…
We have a hunting camp in Montana for two months, with six hunters staying the whole time and guests on weekends. The ground is uneven mountain…
We're getting married in my parents' backyard in October 2026. The ceremony site is on a flat area, but the only practical spot for a portable toilet…
Yes, the ADA cluster rule applies to two portable toilets placed on a sidewalk. The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design require that where…
