White toilet tissue roll showing the cardboard core and paper texture

Choosing Toilet Tissue and V-Fold Towels for a Mixed Fleet

Build a refill specification around actual dispensers, route usage, storage, and receiving access. A short field trial can expose mismatches before a bulk order.

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White toilet tissue roll showing the cardboard core and paper texture

Start with a dispenser inventory

A fleet containing standard portable restrooms, handwash stations, and restroom trailers may need more than one paper format. Before requesting prices, record each dispenser model, its loading arrangement, and the refill currently used. Photograph the empty dispenser and the refill beside a ruler. A name such as commercial tissue or folded towel is not a complete compatibility specification.

For the products in EONE's Portable Restroom Supplies collection, the useful starting references are a 500-sheet toilet roll and a 1-ply V-fold towel supplied in 250-sheet packs. Neither count establishes the dimensions needed by your equipment. Ask for those measurements and compare them with the manufacturer's instructions.

Measure the interfaces that affect daily use

  • Toilet rolls: width, outside diameter, core inside diameter, spindle engagement, and clearance to the cover.
  • Hand towels: folded width and depth, unfolded size, stack height, and the dispenser's exit opening.
  • Loading: whether staff can refill without crushing the stack or forcing the cover closed.
  • Storage: case dimensions, pack protection, and the dry space available in the warehouse and service vehicle.

PolyJohn publishes different paper recommendations for its dispensing equipment. Use the relevant manual for your fleet; a successful trial in one unit does not approve the same refill for every other model. Check feeding with a fresh pack and again as the dispenser empties, and note unwanted tearing or multiple towels pulling out together.

Build the order from route demand

Use actual consumption and scheduled service visits to estimate replenishment, then discuss the reserve needed for your busiest periods. Avoid converting attendance figures directly into a fixed paper requirement without operating evidence. A long-duration construction project and a short event may have very different peak usage and restocking opportunities.

Compare the listed toilet-roll case options of 24, 48, and 96 rolls against storage and handling. The listed V-fold case contains 16 packs, totaling 4,000 towels. Ask EONE to review a coordinated order of tissue and towels, with separate item identification and a packing list that lets receiving staff count each refill type.

Match the package to the site

For consumables, site conditions affect dry storage and delivery access, not product geometry. Identify whether delivery goes to a central warehouse, rental yard, or active jobsite. Check vehicle access, receiving hours, unloading equipment, and a protected place to keep paper after receipt. Do not store incoming cartons where splash, standing water, or open-weather exposure can damage them.

Door-to-door or site delivery can be arranged under the agreed quote. Confirm freight terms, duties where applicable, unloading responsibility, and any liftgate or limited-access service separately. Paper supply does not automatically include dispensers, restroom equipment, installation, or servicing.

Approve before scheduling recurring supply

OSHA's construction sanitation standard includes provisions for handwashing and drying facilities; selecting towels is only one purchasing step within the site's wider responsibilities. Have the operator confirm the appropriate facility and service arrangements.

Use Order Samples to request a suitable trial quantity. Send the results, dispenser details, case preference, forecast volume, and delivery address through Request a Quote. Agree how any later change in paper dimensions or packing will be reviewed before it enters the refill program.

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Questions or corrections?

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