Sheltering In Place With A Large Family And One Bathroom: Why Rent A Portable Restroom
During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, people from coast to coast were ordered to stay home as much as possible, and some communities enforced stricter rules about sheltering-in-place, or not leaving home except for absolutely essential reasons. This led to many families being inside the house all day together. If you are ever in this kind of situation, it may be worth it to rent a portable toilet, especially if you have a larger family. Here is a look at why that is the case.
Avoid those awkward lines outside the bathroom door.
The average person will urinate between four and ten times in a 24 hour period. If you have 5 people in the house, this is a whopping 20 to 50 visits to the single toilet in just one day, and that's not counting toilet visits for bowel movements. There are bound to be multiple scenarios when there is literally a line at the bathroom door of people waiting to get inside to relieve themselves. Plus, if someone is showering or bathing, things can get even worse. The portable toilet will be a lifesaver and help you avoid those awkward lines of household members waiting to use the toilet.
Avoid the risks of backing up your single toilet.
Toilet backups are a very real possibility when every member of the household is at home for all hours of the day and you only have one toilet. A toilet backup during a pandemic can be an all-out nightmare because it may be harder to get a service professional to your home to help. If you have an extra portable toilet on your property, or maybe even two, it is far less likely that you will experience toilet backup issues due to system overload.
Avoid interaction if someone does get sick.
During shelter-in-place orders during a pandemic, there can still be a chance that someone in the house gets sick, especially if you have a large family. Because everyone is staying at home, one person with an illness can quickly spread it to everyone else in the house. If the person with an illness is sharing a bathroom with everyone else, it heightens the risk of passing on an illness even more. With a rented portable restroom on your property, the person who is ill can use this restroom instead of the one in the house to help protect everyone else.
For more information, contact a portable restroom rental service.