Toilet Hire

Mobile Toilets

The need for hygienic disposal for human waste has been a necessity in human populations for as far back as is known. Not only is there the smell to be considered but that unhygienic and unsanitary conditions lead to disease and illness. As such it is very much the norm since the Victorian era for plumbing systems to be installed to deal with the waste produced in cities and towns. In smaller, more remote areas the ‘outhouse’ was a common feature and were small buildings situated outside of the main living dwelling.

They were usually dry facilities, in other words they had no running water, and were mostly just a hole in the ground that had the basic toilet facilities built above it. Today, plumbing systems have been developed in most areas to allow for far more friendly conditions and where there are no waste disposal plumbing built into the area they use large sceptic tanks to store and dispose of the human waste. With all this available now as built in human waste disposal convenience there is still the need for portable toilets and as such there are companies that provide these mobile toilets.

There are many situations that portable toilet units are needed. Festivals and music concerts are often held in remote areas that do not have any in built toilets with plumbing and with hundreds or sometimes thousands of people attending these occasions. This means there is an absolutely essential need for toilets to be made available to these people. Other common locations that portable toilets or porta loos can be found are building sites. In these locations where new homes are being built there is usually no functioning plumbing until near completion. In renovations the toilets are put up also to keep the builders from constantly walking through the buildings and causing mess. More luxury mobile toilets can be found in city centres and can often be very high tech and maintained to extremely high conditions as the public is usually expected to pay to use these facilities.

The basic portable toilet is a plastic unit that is weighted on the bottom for stability; this is also the storage of the tank in the bottom of the unit. Developments in modern plastics manufacturing has allowed for plastics to be developed that integrate chemicals that destroy bacteria and this is perfect for use in these porta loos. The toilets can also be chemical toilets where a specially developed detergent is used to flush the toilets clean and maintain a bacteria free environment. These portable toilet hire companies have the responsibility to transport the units both to and from the site and to securely and safely install them. They also usually have the responsibility of keeping the units clean and removing tanks of waste. It is more financially viable for companies to hire in these toilet units than to buy them and transport and store them themselves. These mobile toilet companies need to conform to standards set by trade bodies that ensure that safety is paramount.