How to Make Portable Restroom Experiences Rock!

You are planning an outdoor event under the Texas skies ? you want every detail to unfold with sheer perfection ? or, at least, as close as possible to what you had planned! A big part of the success behind outdoor events is offering your guests enough portable restrooms that are not just accessible, but clean and sanitized ? welcome to Chem Cans, a leading supplier in the Lone Star State of porta-potties and amenity-filled, luxury restroom trailers. Thinking proactively about a few simple details concerning your portable restrooms will ensure your restroom facilities will accommodate your guests, to the max, and perform exactly how they are intended. Here are a few crucial considerations: It's About Location Portable restrooms can't be positioned 'just anywhere' since trucks must be allowed ample room for the delivery and retrieval of each unit. The surface, whether concrete or ground, must be stable and level. If rain might be in the forecast, positioning portable restrooms on concrete is crucial in order to avoid problems with usage as well as avoiding problems with delivery and retrieval of the units. Being in somewhat close proximity to food and drinks stations is ideal, but having your portable restrooms just far enough away only makes sense. If your event is large and multiple portable restrooms are planned, have various units strategically located throughout the area to ensure most guests, at any given time, won't need to travel very far to reach one. It's About Cleanliness One of the many amenities you will find inside Chem Cans' luxury portable restroom trailers are vanities equipped with sinks, soap, and running water. Not all portable restrooms, though, are equipped with hand-washing capabilities. Some of Chem Cans' more economical portable restrooms are designed with on-board hand-sanitation features, but for those that are not, offering a hand-washing station for your guests is a great option. If your event is open to the public, hand-wash stations may be mandated to ensure your site up to code ? give our office a call and we can discuss any guidelines with you. Also, if your event will last for more than one day, you would want your portable restrooms serviced daily. Establishing and implementing a schedule for servicing, cleaning, and supplying each facility is crucial in order to satisfy possible OSHA regulations as well as for the impression you want to generate with your guests/attendees. You, after all, want to establish a dynamic first impression with your event, and portable restrooms, just like indoor restrooms, need to be cleaned and sanitized each day to make your guests feel good about attending your event. It's About Ample Units It can't be argued that alcohol consumption translates into more restroom visits. Because of that, making sure you have adequate numbers of portable restrooms to accommodate that fact is important ? very important! If intoxicated guests are not provided with access to portable restrooms, they can find public areas at the event, as an alternative ? an unintended consequence of too few portable restrooms being available! Also, if the number of portable restrooms is inadequate and customers at an event must leave to find public restrooms, potential revenue leaves right along with them! It's About Safety It's not uncommon for outdoor events to carry on into the hours of the evening, and if this will hold true for your event, you want to make sure your portable restrooms are optimally safe if they will be positioned in areas with little or no lighting. Ideally, portable restrooms should be located in areas with ample lighting, such as near a lamp post, but this is not always possible if an event were to take place on private property near a lake, for example. Whether bonfires or tiki-torches at an event provide lighting near portable restrooms, it's important that guests feel safe and secure with each restroom experience. Also, porta-potty units, if left unattended overnight, can be viewed as targets for vandals ? some people would think nothing of tipping over units or adding their version of 'artwork' on the exteriors and/or interiors. To minimize the chances of this type of behavior, place your units in an area secured by fencing, or add temporary fencing. Additionally, locking the doors, overnight, adds an increased level of security. It's About Observing Possible Mandates Depending on the nature of your outdoor event, you may need to supply ADA-compliant portable restrooms if your event is a public gathering. Being mandated to offer one or more of these types of portable restrooms would coincide with the Americans with Disabilities Act that prevents discrimination towards anyone with one or more disabilities. Whether one or more guests might be a wheelchair user or have visual/hearing/cognitive disabilities, you may need to supply 1 wheelchair-accessible portable restroom for every 10 regular portable restrooms. It's About Having Your Questions Answered! Take a few moments, right now, and give us your questions concerning any of our portable restrooms. Reserving portable restrooms is easy, and we will take care of the logistics involved and inform you of any, possible, state or local requirements that might need to be observed. Visit our informative website for photos and additional information ? www.chemcans.com Fort Worth: 817-568-2333 ~ Dallas: 214-935-9017 Chem Cans is here to help!