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For over two decades, Comforts of Home Services Inc. has been at the forefront of an essential but often overlooked mission: designing and building high-quality, purpose-built trailers for outreach support organizations across North America. With a deep understanding of the needs of mobile service providers and a passion for empowering communities, we’ve made it our… Read More

My husband Tony and I had the pleasure of working with Comforts of Home Services Inc. in Aurora, IL, and we cannot say enough about the outstanding customer service we received from Laura Dunklau the National Account Manager and the entire Comforts of Home team. From our initial inquiry to the final setup, the team… Read More

COHSI ~ I have to tell you, we are thrilled to be done with weddings! Since 2016 we hosted almost 100 weddings. Lots of work. It was fun and rewarding but we’ve had enough. Life is much less stressful now that we don’t need to prepare for barn showings and weddings. The barn once again… Read More

My wife and I bought a "fixer upper" home.  Well, more of an "updater" home that turned into a "fixer upper".  Much of the work I did myself, but certain parts required contractors.  After 28 years in working with contractors, vendors and suppliers, I knew what characteristics to look for.  Quality of work, passion for… Read More

Introducing our "Outreach Lift System"!  Field tests are complete and this system is ready to be installed on your next trailer. Much simpler to understand and operate than a lowering trailer. 10” Stronger, tougher trailer frame that can better handle the heavy use and abuse Maximizes your options for waste tank capacity Non-rotating axles.  Simplicity… Read More

"Within these walls, all is good"  The first time I said that was on March 20 at our first weekly COVID safe meeting.  It's been repeated at every weekly COVID meeting there after. Within these walls there is no COVID.  Within these walls these is no sadness, no fear, no hunger, no politics.  In place,… Read More

Located a block away from our manufacturing facility is the Hesed House of Aurora IL.  This facility is the second largest homeless shelter in the state of IL and the largest outside of Chicago.  The reputation of this wonderful facility reaches past IL.  The organization structure in place has set the model for other facilities… Read More

Brad Martin and I recently had an opportunity to tour one of our customers "World Headquarters" in Orlando Florida.  Clean the World (www.cleantheworld.org) has built an amazing outreach program around a product that is most often discarded after use - Hotel soap bars.  What a concept.. collect, clean, and re-process a personal hygiene product that… Read More

When deciding on purchasing a restroom trailer for whatever the end use is, the simple first question is "what is the right size for our use".  It's easy to think about how many toilets you want, or should a urinal be added.  Maybe you have an idea in mind even on the length of the… Read More

As the colder weather moves into many regions, preparing your trailer for storage or cold month operation must be on your to-do list.  In addition to the winterization processes, now is a great time to go through your unit and inspect all operating aspects. Wash and wax the exterior tighten all p-traps Toilets: remove the bottom… Read More