Northeast Sanitation Blog

There are many situations in which a portable toilet is absolutely essential. From events that take place outdoors and need access to toilets, to construction sites with work crews who need regular restroom facilities. For years portable toilets have been available but, but before NSC Restrooms, you often had to use large scale national chain providers. This would add on high costs due to the transportation required to move the toilets. Also, additional time was needed to transport the toilets which could translate into serious problems for customers who needed the portable restroom or whose transportation vehicles ran into engine trouble. As a result, NSC decided to be your local solution for portable toilet rentals.

NSC Restrooms offers luxury trailers for those outdoor events with style. Offering 15’ and 24’ luxury restroom trailers, as well as individual restrooms, NSC can cater to events with a really large base such as marathons and festivals as well as residential or commercial construction sites. The wide range of products offered by NSC Restrooms ensures that your every need will be met.

NSC owns 1,100 standard portable restrooms, 60 handicapped-accessible units; and two restroom trailers, a 15-footer and a 24-footer. The luxury trailers have four 18-inch, flat-screen televisions. Those holding charity events or weddings often burn their own DVDs with photo slide shows and play them continuously on the TVs. For all of your portable restroom or portable luxury trailer needs, NSC Restrooms can show you the advantages of using a local company.

Portable restrooms need to be secured for both high winds and from mischievous kids who think tipping over porta potties is a fun activity. Typically some sort of metal spikes or rebar are used to spike down the units however in the winter with frozen ground this is impossible, therefore, sandbags from your local hardware store are the best measure.

Many of our seasonal sports leagues, who are tired of the nuisance caused by kids that think tipping over units is a “fun” activity during the summer, will secure the portable toilet with a chain against a link fence. Usually this is done by municipal fields that have no shortage of kids looking for fun. When a restroom is tipped over, we do ask our customers to call us. We will then dispatch one of our trucks to clean up and possibly replace the unit.

In the winter months, high winds caused by winter storms do cause more problems for portable restrooms than throughout the rest of the year. If you have a portable restroom and you have not anchored the unit down with spikes yet, you may not be able to given the frozen ground, so your next solution is either sand bags or poly rope and cinder blocks.

However, we think that using sand bags is the easiest way to help prevent high wind tip over’s, but putting the unit in the right place, such as along a building or construction container will help as well. Please keep in mind however, for safety reasons; whatever is used to secure the units should not interfere with entry or exiting the unit

Working on the job site in winter can be very difficult as the temperatures drop and things begin to freeze. In New England, conditions on long term construction sites throughout the winter can be hazardous enough. But when your workers want to take a break, their down time should not be hazardous as well. NSC Restrooms uses a brine solution in the tanks of your sites portable toilets and we also put salt in the portable urinals to help prevent freezing up. We know that injuries on the job and employee loss time can cost you quite a bit of money.

There are a few safety tips in regards to portable restrooms we would like to bring to mind as the snow piles up. Please remember to remove the ice and snow from in front of the porta potties, prior to snow storms make sure the path to the portable toilet is free and clear of debris that could trip or injure workers. But most importantly, DO NOT place gas or electric heaters inside the portable restroom units. The heat generated can melt the plastic and in worse cases start a fire. These safety tips can help you prevent serious injuries this winter.

At NSC, our experience in the construction industry has helped us develop our product line and safety practices. For your construction site, we can offer you wheel based units, lift kits and office trailer equipment. All of these products can increase your employee productivity; add our brine solution, salt and safety tips and you can have a much more productive and safe
winter construction site.

Hopefully, the recent news report of the collapse of the stadium dome where the Minnesota Vikings play will not be a sign of more disastrous things to come this winter. With the official start of winter a week away the collapse of the stadium roof reminds us how important being prepared for major storms can be. NSC Restrooms is located in beautiful Massachusetts and our neighbors in the Midwest know all too well just how quickly a small storm can escalate to hazardous conditions. The best we can do is take steps ahead of time to be ready at home, at work, and on the road. By now most of us should know the check list by heart. Did we change the batteries in the fire/smoke alarms? Do we have flash lights and candles and are the batteries for the house or car flashlights good? These are the things we can control. What about those we cannot?

Hopefully the snow that is surely on its way this winter will not bring down our roofs or freeze our pipes. However, in the event that we are met with our own natural disaster, keep in mind that NSC Restrooms can respond quickly to provide toilets to your family or facility. There is nothing worse than frozen pipes in your home or work, but if you are faced with this scenario this winter, keep NSC Restrooms in mind. With hundreds of portable toilets and restroom trailers available, and a speedy response time, NSC can make even natural disasters less disastrous.

There is so much road construction and bridge work being done these days in Massachusetts. NSC Restrooms is providing the portable restrooms for the road workers in many cities and towns around Boston. By having the portable restrooms in the construction zones on the roadways, the safety of the highway department employees is that much more ensured. NSC has been invited to be the provider of these portable toilets because of the safe way in which they transport, install and maintain their porta potties. With this in mind, NSC restrooms would like to remind you to drive safely on the roadways while winter driving, and especially in areas of road and bridge construction.

Black Friday is the traditional “kick off” for the holiday shopping season. Not only is the holiday season fast approaching so is winter and the inclement weather. Snow, sleet, and icy conditions will add to an already hectic time of year for many. Combine long work hours, fewer daylight hours, add a snow storm, and you have the ingredients for increased stress and poor judgment in some cases when driving.
Please, remember to drive safely and consider the following when out and about this shopping season.

• Never tailgate a commercial vehicle. You must be able to see both side mirrors of all commercial vehicles, this ensure that the driver can see you.
• In stop and go traffic, commercial vehicles leave space between the vehicles in front of them. This space helps to compensate for the added weight with which these vehicles operate. Compared to the average automobile, large commercial vehicles require a significant amount of distance to stop. Resist the urge to cut in front of these rigs and especially in poor road conditions.
• And lastly, please obey the reduced speed limits in road construction zones. Remember all these road and bridge workers have families who want them home for the holidays.

NSC will be attending the Boston Bridal Show in January 2011.

General information attached, CLICK HERE. Highlights below:

12th Annual Baystate Bridal Expo (2nd largest N.E. Bridal Show) January 22-23, 2011
HYNES CONVENTION CENTER ( NEW LOCATION) - Boston, MA

Booth Sizes – Increments of 10x10/ $1575 .00 – Corners $50 extra
Approximate Vendors 180
Approximate Total Attendance 6,000+
Approximate # Registered Brides 900+ (Exhibitor Access Only)
Show Hours - Sat 11-5/ Sun 11-5
Approximate Standard Electric - $97.00 (Edlen's 617-474-6400)
Not Included - Tables & Chairs – (Available through decorator or you may bring your own).
Health Permits are necessary for any food sampling - $35.00
Floor Plan: http://www.showevent.com/pdf/floor-plans/2011/bridal-baystate.pdf

Contact for show is Charlee charlee@showevent.com

Charmagne "Charlee" Harris
Sales Manager - Jenks Productions
(860) 918.0891 - Direct Line
(877) 721-0628 - Toll Free
(508) 362-2745 - Mass Office / Fax - (508) 362-6617
(860) 563-3472 - Fax - CT Office
charlee@showevent.com
www.showevent.com

When your organization hosts an outdoor charity event, you want to do your best to impress your guests with all aspects of the event. Guests may be attending your event for the first time, but they are there to potentially start a charitable giving relationship that could hopefully last for years. That is why it is important to rent outdoor portable toilets that reflect well on your organization and its image. No-flush portable toilets just won't do when it comes to impressing guests who are donating hundreds or possibly thousands of dollars to your cause.

Look into renting upscale portable toilets or restroom trailers for your outdoor charity event. These are leaps and bounds ahead of the basic no-flush restrooms. Upscale portable toilets allow you to give your guests a restroom experience as close as possible to the indoor restrooms they are used to in their homes or in upscale restaurants. Upscale portable restrooms or restroom trailers are actually located within individual trailers which are transported to your outdoor event site. Once positioned in place, guests access them via a short staircase, and your guests will be amazed at how much the ambiance and amenities resemble actual stationery restrooms with flushing porcelain toilets located within private door-enclosed stalls, sinks with running water, exterior and interior lighting, full vanities and make-up mirrors, premium quality paper products and hand soap, as well as heat and air conditioning. And do not worry; we have not forgotten the needs of your disabled or handicapped charity event guests. You can also rent handicapped accessible portable toilets which are situated at ground level for entry or can be accessed by low ramps, and are wider and larger to accommodate wheelchairs and walkers.

Treating outdoor charity event guests to an upscale portable toilet shows how much you care about their comfort and convenience while they are supporting your organization or cause. Renting a restroom trailer or flushable portable toilet is the wisest investment in party planning that any charitable organization can make.