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You can put a standard portable toilet in a residential backyard as long as you have a rental company deliver it. The 15-foot flat gravel spot you…
A single portable toilet on a driveway during a bathroom remodel is the most common long-term rental, and it works like a small construction rental: monthly rate, weekly service, level ground and truck access. This category covers home renovations, farms and ranches, seasonal crews, hunting and fishing camps, cabins without septic, disaster cleanup and what changes when a rental runs for months.

You can put a standard portable toilet in a residential backyard as long as you have a rental company deliver it. The 15-foot flat gravel spot you…
Yes, a driveway standard unit can freeze up when nights sit in the teens. The holding tank liquid can thicken or gel, and the hand sanitizer jug can…
We've got a cattle ranch about 40 miles outside of town, and during calving season we have up to 10 seasonal hands working long days. Right now, I'm…
We run a hunting camp in the mountains outside Bozeman from early September through the end of November. It's just for weekends, so the standard…
Hurricane flooded our septic field and the county says it's a total loss. A relief group dropped off a standard portable toilet with a holding tank…
Our only bathroom is getting a complete gut renovation starting next week, and the project is scheduled for six weeks. I've never rented a portable…
My ranch is 40 miles from town, and the portable toilet rental company charges a big trip fee on top of the monthly rental rate for every service…
We're starting a full bathroom gut in our Portland house next month. The contractor says we will have no working bathroom for about four weeks. I…
Buying a standard portable toilet is cheaper upfront than a six-week rental with weekly service calls from 40 miles away, but the ongoing pumping and…
I run a ranch in Montana with seasonal crews and a hunting camp. We rent a standard portable toilet year-round for about ten people. The ground is…
Yes, temporary privacy panels on three sides of a rented standard unit are fine if the door stays clear and the vacuum truck can still reach the tank…
Yes, you can rent a standard portable toilet for one month during a bathroom remodel, and most rental companies offer these short-term contracts for…
We're building a new workshop at our ranch, and my crew of eight will be on site for six months. There's no septic or water line out there yet. The…
Our hunting camp is off a forest service road in the Cascades, no septic, and we use it maybe two weekends a month. Winters get serious snow, and…
Our bathroom remodel starts next week, so I'm renting a standard portable toilet for the first time. It's scheduled for delivery on Tuesday. My…
Place the standard unit on your driveway where the service truck can park within 25 feet of it. The vacuum truck hose reaches that far, so you can…
We are six weeks into a bathroom remodel and have a standard portable toilet on our driveway. The driveway is gravel, the unit sits about 10 feet…
We're converting an old barn into a guest studio, no septic yet. The project will take about nine months with a crew of five working weekdays. I have…
We're mid bathroom remodel and the driveway porta potty is staying for several weeks. Do we also need a handwash station for family and the trades,…
Call them before the pickup date on the calendar. Rental companies do not assume you want to keep a driveway standard unit past the original term. If…
I'm starting a detached garage build that will take about six months, right through the winter here in Portland. We're renting a standard porta potty…
For a three-week harvest crew of ten, you want a monthly rental rate with weekly service, not an event rate. The monthly rate is the normal pricing…
We are breaking ground next month on a new home in coastal Oregon. The build will take about nine months. The lot is bare dirt with some gravel, but…
We are starting a nine-month new build in the Pacific Northwest, right through the rainy season. The crew will average about eight people, five days…
We run a small produce stand on Saturdays from September into early November. Crowd size jumps around with the weather, maybe 40 to 80 people over…