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BUILDING MAINTENANCE

Tips, tricks, troubleshooting guides, resources, and more to resolve your 
maintenance concerns and keep your modular buildings in top-condition.

What is the Purpose of this Page?

On this page, you will find:

  • Troubleshooting tips, tricks, and guides related to common questions, issues, and concerns
  • Resources, steps, and guidelines related to regular maintenance requirements
    • Your rental agreement includes requirements for regular maintenance and servicing of all BOXX Modular units

When it comes to regular maintenance requirements, you must ensure:

  • These services are performed by a qualified service technician, or
  • You contact your local BOXX Modular team to coordinate the service (with costs added to monthly rental invoice)

This will help you ensure:

  • Your units are in top working condition at all times
  • Costly damage is prevented

If you need guidance or have any questions at any time, please contact your local BOXX Modular branch and our expert sales and service teams will be happy to help!

Troubleshooting

Downloadable Troubleshooting Guide:

Troubleshooting Guide

Seasonal Changes

Preparing for Winter

Fall Maintenance

1. BARD HVAC System

Each BARD HVAC system requires seasonal servicing twice per year: once in the spring for AC, and once in the fall for heating. BARD HVAC filter systems also require routine inspection and servicing to ensure functionality and to mitigate costly repairs. 

You can either:

2. Building Shut-Down Periods and Winterization

If your site office is equipped with plumbing and/or fixtures, you must consider the following.

If you shut-down your operations for any period of time, you must either:

  1. Ensure heat is left on at all times, maintaining an average temperature of ~16 degrees C to prevent frozen pipes and water damage, or
  2. Ensure your systems are properly winterized.

If your unit(s) is equipped with any of the following:

  • Holding tanks with or without pumps
  • Hot water tanks
  • Washrooms with porcelain fixtures
  • Surface mounted plumbing and in-wall/in-floor plumbing and fixtures

And you plan on disconnecting the power or leaving units unheated.

This typically applies to portable washroom units and buildings with kitchens.

A shut-down applies to any period of time where power will be disconnected, or heat will be shut off, even if it's just a few days.

When disconnecting the power or leaving units unheated, winterization is necessary to prevent frozen pipes and water damage. 

If units are left unheated and are not properly winterized, waterlines will freeze. When defrosted, leaks, plumbing damage, and water damage are very likely, and in most cases, very costly. 

Winterizing

For Water Tanks with Pump Assemblies:

Ensure your waste and water tanks are emptied before they are unplugged. Tanks need to be emptied and pumps drained via the drain plug with antifreeze added to the pump priming port.

To Avoid Any Issues:

Ensure your:

  • Plumbing lines are blown out or filled with antifreeze prior to shutdown
  • Fixtures and p-traps have antifreeze added
  • Urinal water lines (vertical drops to flush valve) need to be blown out and/or have antifreeze added

Downloadable Guides:

Plumbing Winterization Checklist

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