Portable Toilets

The best portable toilet is one that is easy for you to clean and empty. Portable toilets vary from basic bucket type toilets to flushable tanks. There are also portable toilets that require chemicals or eco-friendly alternatives, such as self-composting portable toilets that requires no chemicals. If you are going on a camping trip and want to take a flushing toilet with you, the Thetford Porta Potti is an excellent choice, as is the Kampa Khazi Portable Toilet if you want a simpler alternative.

The cost of hiring a portable toilet starts from £23.95 per week. If you want to buy a chemical toilet, prices start from £645. For a mains connected chemical toilet, you can expect to pay £875, or for a disabled access toilet, prices start from £1,650.

How you use a portable toilet depends on the type of toilet. For some chemical toilets, you need to pull the handle back and forwards a few times before using the toilet and then a few times afterwards. A single mains connected portable toilet is flushable and connected to a sewage system. Smaller portable toilets popular for camping have a separate removable waste container that you need to remove and empty.

You will need to empty a portable toilet between once a day to once a week. How often you need to empty a portable toilet depends on the type of portable toilet and the amount of use it gets. If you are using a small bucket style portable toilet on a camping trip with your family then expect to empty the toilet at least once a day.

You should only ever empty a portable toilet in a specifically designated place. The place to empty a portable toilet is a Chemical Disposal Point (CDP), which you should find at most campsites. If you cannot find a CDP area, then the contents will have to be flushed down a standard toilet.

Yes, you can hire a portable toilet for your house. People often hire a portable toilet if they are having building work done on their house. A portable toilet outside means your tradespeople do not have to keep coming into your house to use the toilet.

To keep a portable toilet from freezing, you can either use chemicals such as an antifreeze designed for portable toilets or add salt to the wastewater. Do not use car antifreeze in your portable toilet. You cannot stop water from freezing completely, but you can add salt to the wastewater, which lowers the freezing temperature of the water in the portable toilet. It is a good idea to ask the supplier of your portable advice to stop your portable toilet from freezing over winter.

Portable toilets use four main chemicals, biocides, dye, fragrance and surfactants. Some portable toilet chemicals will break down waste material while others kill bacteria. Other chemicals help to disguise unpleasant smells. Pink chemicals go in the top freshwater tank, and either green or blue go in the wastewater tanks. Green chemicals are biodegradable, which are often preferred by campsites.

To buy a portable toilet, you can find an extensive list of suppliers on Yell.com. Whether you are looking to hire or buy a portable toilet, you will find a wide choice of portable toilet suppliers across the UK.