Case Studies

An Ambitious Project That Honored World War II Servicemen

This restroom was built to serve a unique Veterans Memorial Park commemorating the sacrifice of sailors from Colorado in World War II. The park has an eye-catching partial replica of a WWII battleship that extends out into Mann-Nyholt Lake.

The restroom came in five prefabricated sections, assembled on site. The fully assembled building includes a multi-stall men’s, multi-stall women’s, and family restroom all under one roof, and sits upon a massive 5000-gallon wastewater vault. This was a very large restroom for not having an available sewer connection. The user will have no idea this is the case though, as the restroom is indistinguishable from the traditional flush restroom experience on the user side.

Adams County has tailor-made exteriors featuring vertical lap siding with stone wainscot and clerestory windows. The inside of the restroom features a specially designed tile interior (tile floor + tile wainscot), custom sinks and lighting, with a wood paneled vaulted ceiling.

Rocky Mountain High

Fraser sits only a few miles from the continental divide in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. Its rugged location and soaring 8,800-foot elevation mean that this restroom had to be equipped to survive extreme winters (designed for high winds and heavy snow load).

The restroom is a large Keystone model with male and female multi-stall restrooms as well as a family room cabin, a combined eight fixtures between them all. It features a custom exterior with metal siding, aluminum canopies over each door and a metal roof.

Normally a restroom this large might require multiple modules, but this project was able to be done in a single module. This saved the customer significant costs on both shipping and on-site work.

Making a Little Bit of History in Aspen

Our restroom at Herron Park is the first ever prefab building purchased by the city of Aspen, Colorado. This restroom is set in a beautiful mountain town, surrounded by forests, multi-million-dollar residences and the sparkling Roaring Fork River.

Because of the posh environment, maintaining the highest aesthetic quality was very important. The restroom (a mid-sized Durango II model) utilizes COR-TEN steel on the roof, gutters, and downspouts to achieve a frontier/rustic look. The porch features stained cedar posts and exposed beams. The siding has a stone wainscot. On the inside, there is a fully customized tile interior, flushometer fixtures, lighted mirror, automatic sinks and hand driers.

Despite having full utility connections, the restroom still makes use of a precast dry vault foundation underneath, as it is useful for plumbing maintenance.

Like our other mountain installs, the restroom at Herron Park is designed to weather high winds and withstand heavy snow loads.

Making a Tough Restroom That Could Overcome Multiple Challenges

This restroom project on the southern California coast had two challenges. The first was that it had to go into an area without sewer or power. The second challenge was a substantial vagrancy problem. The area was known to have major issues with vandalism, people sleeping in the restrooms, and other inappropriate activities).

We provided Oceanside with a Durango II model, with solar on the roof for power and a vault for wastewater storage. As always, those on the user side get a traditional flush restroom experience.

Our design also had to account for major concerns about vandalism and security. The building is made from durable concrete masonry block (CMU) construction with acrylic block windows. The fixtures are made from stainless steel.  The stall doors are cut 5 inches above the floor for visual inspection. As an added measure, the customer added a security camera on a nearby light pole to monitor the restroom and keep it as safe as possible.

Building a Restroom to Survive a Flood Zone.

This restroom was yet another case where only Green Flush could deliver a restroom solution, as the restroom sits in a flood zone and doesn’t have access to water and sewer. Water is delivered to the building, and wastewater is pumped out and hauled away.  For visitors it is indistinguishable from a traditional flush restroom.

The building is designed to be worry-free during floods. Flood vents are incorporated into the walls to dissipate the destructive force, keeping flood damage to a minimum even when heavily flooded.

A Self-contained, Off the Grid Restroom

Arrow Creek Park needed a medium-sized restroom that could exist fully off the grid. We provided a fully self-contained Durango II model with a porch. Water is hauled to the restroom, wastewater is pumped out of the restroom, and power is provided through solar panels on the roof of the building.

Environmental Features Can Be Cost Saving, Too

The US Army Corps of Engineers reached out to us in need of a restroom in Faceville, GA. They needed something that could exist fully off the grid. We provided Faceville with a covered porch Aspen model that is fully self-contained. Water is hauled to the restroom, wastewater is pumped out of the restroom, and power is provided through solar panels on the roof of the building.

Having the ability to operate a restroom in a remote location without having to trench utilities there saved them a fortune.

Finding Creative Ways to Deliver Unique Restrooms to Our Customers

Tomahawk Creek Park was looking for a custom restroom model with extra storage and a canopy. Green Flush collaborated with an additional prefab company to create the canopy, which was installed on-site. This saved the customer the effort of having to go through a second company to get the unique restroom they wanted for their park.

Meeting the Unique Restroom Needs of a Civil War Battleground Monument

The National Park Service was in need of a restroom at Kennesaw Mountain, an historic Civil War battlefield located on a hill near Marietta, GA. The historic site is a place where water and sewer were not available. Green Flush was able to uniquely provide a restroom for Kennesaw Mountain’s needs by using our vault technology.

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Making It Affordable

Lathrop California needed a restroom for their new dog park. However, installing a vault toilet could cause offensive odors to drift over nearby homes. A flush restroom was the appropriate choice, but their budget wasn’t sufficient due to the high cost of running power and sewer services to the restroom site. However, this client could afford a Green Flush single restroom with a covered porch. The restroom is connected to site water and equipped with a solar panel, for maximum energy savings. Sewage is stored in the vault under the floor, preventing the emission of unpleasant odors either inside or out. The vault capacity proved to be more than enough as the restroom was used fairly often and pumped out for the first time eight months after installation. A citizen of nearby Berkeley, California, Martin Nicholaus, was so impressed with the restroom that he wrote a blog article and made a Youtube video, both of which he presented to the Berkeley City Council.

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MAKING IT POSSIBLE

Golfers need restrooms on the golf course and we are happy to make that possible. Don’t take our word for it though. Golf Course Industry Magazine wrote this article about how a prestigious private country club finally resolved its long-standing toilet problem, to the delight and satisfaction of members. “The club was so pleased by the first unit on the fifth hole that they installed a second unit on the 13th hole shortly thereafter.”

Golf Course Industry Case Study – “Just What They Needed.”

GIVING THEM WHAT THEY WANTED

In October 2015, the United States Air Force Academy dedicated a memorial to honor the sacrifice and courage of their fallen alumni from the Vietnam War. An outhouse or porta-potty was unthinkable in such a sacred place. However, connecting a flush restroom to the closest sewer was beyond the budget of the project. Jason Wulf, project manager for the memorial, decided Green Flush was the solution. Besides a Men’s and a Women’s single washroom and a mechanical room, the building needed to include space for storing the chairs needed for special events. The cantilever roof and custom siding were added on site by Jason’s team. This was accomplished within the amount budgeted for the restroom. Amenities include flush toilets, hand wash sinks, a waterless urinal, lights, heat, hot water, a full tank alarm system, electric hand dryers, ceramic tiled walls and floors. The self-contained sewage vault under the floor has a capacity of over 1,900 gallons (more than 6,000 uses). Irrigation water is used for toilet flushing. When the memorial was completed, Jason had this to say about Green Flush… “It was a pleasure working with the Green Flush team on this project. We provided the project vision and they designed and delivered a great product. The unique facility was top quality and exceeded both ours and the owner’s expectations. This was a once-in-a-lifetime project and we were glad to have Green Flush on board!”

CHANGING THE RESTROOM EXPERIENCE

Mohican and Conkles Hollow are two gems in the Ohio State Parks system. These parks have outstanding natural features, making them popular locations for a variety of recreational activities. Prior to our work at the park, the only sanitary facilities provided were a rundown vault toilet at Mohican and plastic portable toilets at Conkles Hollow. This was unacceptable to both the visitors and the parks. Ohio State Parks always felt the setting and popularity of these locations merited high capacity flush restrooms but both sites were without power, water, or septic utilities. Green Flush installed multi-stall flush restrooms at both locations. Each of these restrooms have three stalls for women and 2 stalls plus a urinal for men. They are equipped with solar power and propane heat for off-season use.