290 questions across all categories.
A fall festival needs both handwash stations with fresh water and soap, not just hand sanitizer. The health department requires handwashing with…
We have a high-rise unit on the 15th floor of a commercial job. It's a standard unit, the kind with a 60-gallon holding tank. The elevator is…
Had a family reunion this past weekend. We put a single standard portable toilet out by the barn for about 40 people over two days. There was a lot…
Same-day Saturday pickup is not standard practice and most rental companies will require a weekend rental with Monday pickup. Operators run scheduled…
I've been mentoring a new event coordinator and realized how often new planners underestimate portable toilets. The most common mistake is not…
Weekend security guards count toward your OSHA 1926.51 headcount. The standard applies to any employee present at the site, including…
Yes, the service truck will still reach if you pour the driveway extension and slide the unit a few feet toward the street, as long as the truck can…
Our family cabin sits off-grid in the mountains, no septic, and we visit about once a month for a weekend with 4-6 people. I'm considering renting a…
Our company has six standard units and one ADA-compliant unit for a crew of about 80 on a nine-month commercial job in Phoenix. The rental company…
Put one standard unit at each end of the quarter-mile job site. OSHA 1926.51 requires one toilet for a crew of 18, so a single unit in the middle…
I'm pricing a standard portable toilet for a weekend festival and a 30-day construction site rental. The festival quote is for three days, 500 people…
The blue dye in a standard portable toilet is functional, not just for looks. It serves two main purposes: it masks the visual appearance of waste in…
For a three-week harvest crew of ten, you want a monthly rental rate with weekly service, not an event rate. The monthly rate is the normal pricing…
I run a hunting camp in Montana that's only used about three weeks a year in the fall. The rest of the time, the camp is empty. I have a standard…
OSHA 1926.51 does not require a portable toilet for a remote 5-person surveying crew. The standard exempts mobile crews when transportation is…
After nine years driving a vacuum truck, I have a short list of things I wish every customer knew. The biggest one is placement. A standard portable…
I'm comparing quotes for two rentals from the same company: a 3-day music festival with 1,000 guests, alcohol sales and food trucks on grass, and a…
We have a single standard portable toilet for our seasonal ranch hands, serviced weekly. It sits on gravel about 50 yards from the main cabin, and…
We're starting on a six-month bathroom remodel here in Seattle, which means we'll be without our only bathroom from October through March. The plan…
We have a 50-person crew on a six-month commercial job in Phoenix. They work 10-hour days, Monday through Friday. The heat is intense. I ordered…
No, a standalone handwash station with its own fresh water tank does not need a continuous hookup for a three-day festival if serviced correctly. The…
You need to pre-book the extra units now to meet OSHA 1926.51 when your crew doubles. The standard requires one toilet for 1 to 15 workers, but at 16…
We have a standard portable toilet on a residential addition project, and it's starting to smell like strong ammonia about five days into the weekly…
We're building a cabin in rural Oregon and plan to live on-site with our family of five for the next year. Our only bathroom is gutted, so we need a…
We have a standard portable toilet at our remote hunting camp in Montana. The camp gets used for a week or two during hunting season, then might sit…
