Porta Potty Rental in Berkeley, CA

A standard portable toilet in Berkeley, CA starts at $345 for a weekend rental (up to 7 days) or $395 per month, with 4 service visits included in every 28-day rental. Upgrades: deluxe flushing units run $449/weekend, ADA-accessible units $449/weekend, luxury restroom trailers from $1610/weekend. Every Berkeley rate is all-inclusive: delivery, pickup, fuel, and environmental and local fees are built into the one price, so there are no surprise line items. Online orders are $0.39 higher than the phone price; either way, we deliver and service the unit ourselves. Enter your ZIP for your exact Berkeley rate.

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OSHA's construction sanitation rule, 29 CFR 1926.51(c)(1), sets the floor: 1 toilet for 20 or fewer workers; 1 toilet seat and 1 urinal per 40 workers from 20 up to 200; and 1 toilet seat and 1 urinal per 50 workers above 200. OSHA also expects a worker to reach a toilet within about a 10-minute walk. On a Berkeley jobsite we recommend sizing above the OSHA minimum when a September or October heat spell pushes use up, adding a hand-wash station at the break area, and on hillside sites keeping the unit on a hard surface clear of dry brush and off the narrow roads crews and fire engines need. Tell us the crew size and we will size the order to the standard.

Our standard Berkeley monthly rental includes 4 service visits over the 28-day period, roughly weekly. Each visit pumps the tank, sanitizes the interior, and restocks paper, soap, and hand sanitizer. Berkeley's mild, fog-cooled summer means weekly service holds for most sites, but the warmest weather comes in September and October, when campus is full and events stack up, so during heat spells and on busy jobsites and food-service events we add a mid-week visit rather than stretch the schedule. In the hills we move visits around Red Flag Warnings and Extreme Fire Weather declarations, and after winter storms we confirm the truck can still reach units on soft ground. Service is built into the rate, so compliance never depends on anyone remembering to call.

For an event open to the public, yes. The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design require that at least 5 percent of the single-user portable toilets in each cluster be accessible, with a minimum of one, and each accessible unit is marked with the International Symbol of Accessibility. (Units provided only for construction workers are exempt.) In practice a small Berkeley event needs at least one accessible unit; a larger one needs one per every 20 standard units. ADA units in Berkeley run $449 for a weekend. The accessible unit has ground-level entry, interior grab bars, and a full wheelchair turning radius, and it needs firm, level ground with a clear approach path. Tell us your guest count and we will build the right ratio in.

On private property with clear truck access, a driveway, a side yard, a fenced construction site, or a private lot, you generally do not need a city permit for a portable toilet in Berkeley. If the unit sits in the street or on the sidewalk, the City of Berkeley's Engineering Permits page states that construction projects storing materials, equipment, or debris in the public right of way require a street/sidewalk use permit, typically with a traffic control plan, applied for by appointment at the Permit Service Center. Holding curb space takes a separate Temporary No Parking sign application, with signs posted at least 72 hours ahead. The city's pedestrian access standard keeps a walking corridor about 6 feet wide wherever feasible and never narrower than 48 inches, so the unit can never block the sidewalk, a curb ramp, a driveway, a hydrant, or a blue-curb space. Events on a City street or in a park use the city's special event or block party permits. Tell us the exact address and whether the spot is private or public, and we confirm what your placement needs and coordinate it with the City of Berkeley before delivery.

A standard unit is the jobsite and everyday-event workhorse: enclosed, stocked, and cost-effective at $345/weekend. A deluxe flushing unit adds a foot-pump flushing bowl and an in-unit sink for guest-facing events like weddings and corporate functions at $449/weekend. A luxury restroom trailer is a climate-controlled, multi-stall unit with porcelain toilets, running-water sinks, and mirrors, indistinguishable from a fine-venue bathroom, from $1610/weekend. Pick by how guest-facing the site is and how long the rental runs.

Yes. We deliver and service portable toilets throughout Berkeley and the surrounding Berkeley metro area, with same-day and next-day drop-offs available in most of the area when you book early. Weekend event units are delivered clean before your event and picked up after. Enter your ZIP or call (866) 858-3867 and we will confirm the soonest available delivery for your address.

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Yes. A freestanding hand-wash station pairs with any toilet unit and needs no power or water hookup: it has a foot-pump faucet, soap, and paper towels, stocked at delivery and every service visit. One station serves roughly four toilet units, the ratio most health departments expect. For food and drink events in Berkeley, plan a station near the vendors and one near the toilets to cover both inspection points.

Yes, with a few rules we follow every time. We set the unit on a hard, level surface clear of dry brush and away from the house or structure, never on a narrow hill road where it could slow an evacuation or a fire engine, and we secure it against the dry offshore wind. The City of Berkeley treats the Upper Berkeley Hills and Panoramic Hill as Leave Early Zones and asks residents there to leave before a fire starts when the Berkeley Fire Department declares Extreme Fire Weather, so when that declaration or a Red Flag Warning is in effect we move service to before or after it rather than send a truck up an evacuation route. On July 4th the city closes Grizzly Peak Boulevard, Panoramic Way, and Prospect Street to non-residents, and we plan deliveries around that too.