Our porta potty keeps getting vandalized. What can we do?
Our jobsite standard unit has been tipped over twice this month. It's a long-term rental for a 50-person crew on a 6-month commercial build. The…
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Deb K. replied
Questions tagged “Vandalism”
19 questions across all categories.
19 questions
Porta potty tipped over in the wind: who pays and how do I stop it happening again? ✓ Solved
The driver also checks the unit's placement for adequate truck access on every service visit; a blocked unit is logged as a missed service and the…
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Nina R. replied
What's the strangest thing you've had to pump out of a unit?
After ten years driving a vacuum truck, I've pulled some strange items out of portable toilets. A full set of car keys from a standard unit on a…
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Porta Potty Forum Team replied
What's the best way to stop kids from tipping over a porta potty on a remote worksite?
We've got a remote worksite that closes on weekends, and vandals keep tipping over our standard portable toilets. We stake them down with rebar and…
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Priya N. replied
Can we lock our jobsite porta potty overnight so neighbors stop using it? ✓ Solved
You can lock a standard unit overnight, but you must coordinate the lock with the rental company for the service visit. The driver needs to open the…
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Deb K. replied
Should I lock the jobsite porta potty overnight? ✓ Solved
Most residential framing crews I know lock the unit overnight when the lot sits empty. An open standard unit on a driveway pad is an invitation for…
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Deb K. replied
Vandalism on a jobsite porta potty. Who pays for the repairs?
Someone tipped over our standard portable toilet over the weekend. The unit is on a residential construction site for a six-week project with a crew…
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Ray M. replied
Porta potty keeps getting vandalized on our open site. What do operators do about it?
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…
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Deb K. replied
What's the worst vandalism you've seen on a porta potty?
I pulled up to a construction site on a Monday to find someone had taken a forklift to a standard unit. The whole corner was crushed in. That was a…
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Luis A. replied
Haunted trail fundraiser three October weekends: how many porta potties, and how do we keep teen actors from messing with them?
Our volunteer fire department is running a haunted trail through the woods behind the station as a fundraiser. It's Friday and Saturday nights for…
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Owen G. replied
Construction site locked after hours: leave unit outside or give code?
Got a 40-man crew on a 6-month commercial build. We have a cluster of four standard units and one ADA-compliant unit on-site. The gate gets locked…
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Tyler R. replied
What's the protocol for a porta potty fire on a construction site?
A standard portable toilet fire is rare but possible from a discarded cigarette or vandalism. The plastic shell and holding tank fumes can ignite.…
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Deb K. replied
Our porta potty got tagged with graffiti. Who handles cleanup?
Our crew of 40 has a standard portable toilet on site, rented for a 12-week commercial build. It's on level ground with truck access for weekly…
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Marcus B. replied
Hunting camp: should we lock the porta potty to keep animals out?
We run a hunting camp in Montana with a dozen hunters for a week each fall. The camp has a cook tent and we serve meals, so the standard unit gets…
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Sam O. replied
Construction site overnight: should we lock the porta potty, or does locking it cause more headaches? ✓ Solved
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…
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Ray M. replied
High-rise site in 2026: what's the protocol if a unit is vandalized overnight?
We have a 30-story residential tower going up downtown. The site has 90 workers on the concrete crew, so we have seven standard portable toilets and…
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Ray M. replied
High-rise site: what if the porta potty door freezes shut in winter?
We're running a high-rise project in Chicago, 20 floors up. Nights drop below freezing, and the wind up here is brutal. We've got a cluster of…
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Ray M. replied
What happens if a porta potty is vandalized between service visits?
We have a construction site in a public park with four standard units and one ADA-compliant unit. It's a three-month project on grass, and our truck…
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Deb K. replied
Somebody keeps cleaning out the toilet paper in our HOA trail porta potty every weekend. Is restocking on us or the service driver?
Our HOA has one standard unit at the trailhead by the pond, mostly for walkers and the kids who fish there. It gets serviced once a week on Tuesdays.…
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Ray M. replied