When your office is being refurbished and the toilet facilities are going to be out of action, what do you do? Our guide to luxury toilet hire for office renovations has all the answers!
In today’s market, it is impractical to close a commercial office when toilet facilities are being refurbished but what are the H&S regulations regarding sanitary provision for workers and what are the legal responsibilities of employers? And do you need toilets for men and women? We explain how luxury toilet hire can keep the office fully functional.
HSE guidelines for toilet provision in the workplace
HSE guidelines are clear when it comes to toilet provision at work. Employers have a duty to make available ‘adequate and appropriate welfare facilities’ where ‘facilities’ refer to washing and toilet provision and ‘adequate’ refers to the quality and amount of the facilities. So what is considered adequate provision?
Mixed gender or females only
Where facilities will be used by both genders or by females only, facilities should be provided in the following numbers:
|
Number of users |
Toilets |
Washbasins |
|
1-5 |
1 |
1 |
|
6-25 |
2 |
2 |
|
26-50 |
3 |
3 |
|
51-75 |
4 |
4 |
|
76-100 |
5 |
5 |
Men only facilities
Where only men will be using the facilities, employers can choose to have a mix of toilets and urinals.
|
Number of users |
Toilets |
Urinals |
|
1-15 |
1 |
1 |
|
16-30 |
2 |
1 |
|
31-45 |
2 |
2 |
|
46-60 |
3 |
2 |
|
61-75 |
3 |
3 |
|
76-90 |
4 |
3 |
|
91-100 |
4 |
4 |
Benefits of luxury toilet hire for your office refurbishment
- Your business can remain open.
- Productivity will remain the same as the workforce will feel valued at what can be a difficult time.
- A luxury toilet trailer will show visitors, customer and/or clients that you are still operational and it is business as usual.
- Your business will be able to offer continuity of service to stakeholders in the business, whether they are customers, clients, pupils or patients.
Do the builders need toilets?
While work is being carried out, your offices are effectively a construction site and the HSE requires one toilet to be provided for every 7 people working across a 40-hour week. The nature of the job means that builders will be dirty and dusty and, in these cases, standard portable toilet hire and a 6 man urinal are ideal.
Luxury toilet trailers from JB Event Facilities
Whether you have a workforce with fewer than 50 members of staff or one with in excess of 400, we have luxury toilet hire for every scenario. When mains water supplies have to be interrupted, our luxury toilet trailers have an integral hot water system enabling them to function throughout and all but the smallest unit, the Luxury 1+1 Toilet, have heaters. Most of our units feature separate ladies’ and men’s cubicles, with urinals, but a standalone single-gender (ladies-only or men-only) unit can be created from the Luxury 8 Bay Toilet. We also supply luxury urinals and luxury accessible toilet units to ensure your workspace remains compliant at all times.
If you are facing disruption at work due to office refurbishment, and would like to find out more about luxury toilet hire, please send us an email to info@jbeventfacilities.co.uk or call us on 01280 851200 today.
