How Many Toilets Are Needed At A Construction Site?

How many toilets do you need at a construction site? Our hire team frequently gets asked this question to help you ensure you have the right number of chemical portable toilets on your building site.

The answer is simple. There should be one toilet per 7 persons per 40 hour working week. Here at Site Equip we understand that on your building and construction site you may have trades which vary how many people you have on site, both increasing and decreasing. This is why we offer additional services to your chemical toilets, whether you require twice a week servicing, every day or just once a month we are able to adapt our servicing schedule to your needs.

In addition to How Many Toilets Are Needed At A Construction Site? The second most common question we receive is what type of site toilets do I have to have?

Quite simply there are three types of portable toilets which are HSE (Health and Safety Executive) approved. These are:

Cold Water Chemical Portable Toilet

These toilets are the most common on construction site, they comprise of chemical toilet and a cold water hand washing facility, enabling you to wash up to your elbows. Site Equip include within the hire rate a free weekly servicing which comprises of. Emptying the effluent, cleaning the surfaces, replacing the toilet roll, hand towels and soap.

Hot Water Chemical Portable Toilet

The hot water chemical toilet is available in either 110v or 240v which enables the hot water heater. To warm the water to ensure everyone on site has warm water to wash their hands with. The toilet inside of these portable toilets is a chemical one. Which similarly to the cold water version, includes a free weekly service.

Mains Connected Portable Toilets

The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) prefers the mains connected portable toilet the most. This unit enables you to connect the toilet to mains sewage, water and electric, running the unit most similarly to a permanent unit. Hiring this unit means that we would not have to have service the toilet, enabling a high usage on site.

If you would like to hire any these toilets, or would like any further advice on our range of sanitation and welfare equipment please give our friendly construction team a call on 01256 384 134 or fill out an enquiry form below.

How many toilets should you provide at a construction site?