Do you let contractors use your bathroom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes of course. Ask them to use a mask and don’t get within 6 feet of them while they’re inside.

and clean the bathroom when they are done... DO what you feel you need to do, but YES they should be allowed to use the bathroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I do

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're only doing work outdoors and worried about covid as we have an immunocompromised family member and unvaccinated children in the house. Wondering what the norm is here if they are at the house all day? We are not too far from commercial areas with bathrooms.

We have done several projects and the contractor has rented a portapotty in every case. It is their new covid protocol. I am paying for it, but that is okay.

We are having a job done right now and the port-a-potty arrived 3 days before the job began. I would not hire a contractor right now that did not do that. Not worth it. If the job is indoors, then there is no reason not to allow them to use the public bathrooms in the house as once they are working indoors, we've accepted the risk.

This. All of this. We are having a deck done and patio and the port-a-potty was there when the materials started arriving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're only doing work outdoors and worried about covid as we have an immunocompromised family member and unvaccinated children in the house. Wondering what the norm is here if they are at the house all day? We are not too far from commercial areas with bathrooms.

How small is your home?
How likely is the person going to be within a few feet of the contractor while they are in your home for a prolonged period of time?
Does your immunocompromised family member ever go out in public? Prior to covid did they go in public?
Has the person been to a doctors office or hospital in the past 2 years? What about before that?

I think you and many others have some weird ideas about how covid is spread. It's truly bizarre to me. Being an airborne illness doesn't mean that if it wafts through your home on a cloud!

It can actually. Stop spreading misinformation. Don't you follow the news? Even before delta there were reports it spreading far distances in the same enclosed space depending on how air flows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're only doing work outdoors and worried about covid as we have an immunocompromised family member and unvaccinated children in the house. Wondering what the norm is here if they are at the house all day? We are not too far from commercial areas with bathrooms.

We have done several projects and the contractor has rented a portapotty in every case. It is their new covid protocol. I am paying for it, but that is okay.

We are having a job done right now and the port-a-potty arrived 3 days before the job began. I would not hire a contractor right now that did not do that. Not worth it. If the job is indoors, then there is no reason not to allow them to use the public bathrooms in the house as once they are working indoors, we've accepted the risk.

Agree with this. The contractor we used was doing several jobs in the neighborhood and they set up a portapotty at one of the locations. It was the polite and professional thing to do for the contractor given not everyone can be vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Renting a portapotty is not expensive and contractors should ask you if you'd like to do that and put it on your bill. I would pay for it.

[Anonymous]

In your situation I'd for sure go for the porta potty rental.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:just limit them to one bathroom.

+1 choose the best bathroom for a short trip from the door, and ask them to wear a mask.

[Anonymous]

I would rent a port-a-john.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just limit them to one bathroom.

+1 choose the best bathroom for a short trip from the door, and ask them to wear a mask.

+2
I let them use one and you could too

[Anonymous]

They have never asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They're only doing work outdoors and worried about covid as we have an immunocompromised family member and unvaccinated children in the house. Wondering what the norm is here if they are at the house all day? We are not too far from commercial areas with bathrooms.

in your case, probably not. In all other cases, absolutely yes.

[Anonymous]

I bet they won’t ask to use yours since they are working in the yard and wouldn’t want to track mud/debris into your house. I also don’t think you’d need a porta potty since there are other businesses with restrooms nearby.

Most contractors will time their bathroom breaks around their lunch or the end of the day so I wouldn’t worry about it unless they explicitly ask you to use your bathroom.

[Anonymous]

I do, and I would. Just have them wear a mask and don’t be near them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're only doing work outdoors and worried about covid as we have an immunocompromised family member and unvaccinated children in the house. Wondering what the norm is here if they are at the house all day? We are not too far from commercial areas with bathrooms.

How small is your home?
How likely is the person going to be within a few feet of the contractor while they are in your home for a prolonged period of time?
Does your immunocompromised family member ever go out in public? Prior to covid did they go in public?
Has the person been to a doctors office or hospital in the past 2 years? What about before that?

I think you and many others have some weird ideas about how covid is spread. It's truly bizarre to me. Being an airborne illness doesn't mean that if it wafts through your home on a cloud!

It can actually. Stop spreading misinformation. Don't you follow the news? Even before delta there were reports it spreading far distances in the same enclosed space depending on how air flows.

Yes. So don’t go INTO the small enclosed bathroom with them, have them wear a mask, and you’ll be fine.