Portable Toilets for Private Parties and Weddings in Louisville

Sizing the count for a wedding or party

The count follows the guest list and the length of the event, set for the busiest hour rather than the average, since guests arrive and leave together.

A wedding arrives at one time for the ceremony, then eats and dances. The restrooms are busiest at the start of the meal and at the end of the dancing, and a count set for the average guest will queue at both points.

For a backyard party the count is smaller, but the same logic applies. A two-hour afternoon may need one unit, and a four-hour evening with a bar may need two or three.

Placement on private ground

A unit on private ground stands where the host agrees, off the walk to the house and away from the food, with its door turned away from the reception.

The spot matters for the look of the event and for the guests. The technician suggests places and the host chooses. A unit by the garden gate reads as sensible; a unit in front of the photo wall does not.

Truck access through the gate is checked too. A narrow gate or a low wire can stop the truck, and that is found before the day.

• Off the walk to the house
• Away from the food and the bar
• Door turned away from the reception
• Truck access through the gate checked

Shelters, halls and the owner's rules

In a park shelter or a rented hall the owner's rules decide where units may stand, and the host asks before the booking so the plan matches what the owner allows.

A park shelter is on Metro ground, so the Metro process applies if the event uses city services or the park's own rules require a permit. A rented hall or a church or community building has its own board or manager, who decides the placement.

A wedding route from a hall to a unit may cross a lawn or a car park. The route is walked and a firm path is laid where the ground is soft.

Accessible units and the wedding route

An accessible unit is placed on the shortest flat route from the reception, with a firm path that a guest in a chair or on a walker can use.

A garden or lawn route is often soft or uneven, and a mat or a board path can make it firm enough. The technician says which is needed.

Where a guest has a known need the host tells us in advance, and the unit is placed for that guest's route.

Clean-up and the host's part

The host keeps the ground clear, the walk lit and the gate open for the truck, and the crew cleans and collects the units, so each side knows where its job stops.

The crew cleans and services the units. The host keeps litter off the lawn, the path lit and the gate open for the truck. A host who knows that line does not have to ask on the night.

Damage to the ground from the truck or the placement is noted at collection, so the host and the crew agree what was there before the event.

Wet grass and the guests' route

After rain a lawn route to a unit is soft, so a board path or a mat is laid for the guests before the party starts.

A wedding or a party held on wet grass can leave guests walking through mud to the unit. A board path or a short mat laid from the reception to the unit keeps shoes clean and the route firm.

The path is checked during the event and lifted when the guests have gone, so the lawn is left as it was found.