About Austin Porta Potty Rental
Austin Porta Potty Rental is a call line that connects callers in Austin, Texas with an independent local portable-sanitation provider. The provider delivers, services and removes the units and sets the price. Callers describe the site, the crowd or crew size and the dates, and the call goes to the nearest provider with a unit free. Phones are answered 24/7.
- Standard units, ADA units and restroom trailers
- Construction sites, festivals and private events
- Delivery, servicing and pickup scheduled around your dates
Get a fast quote
Fastest: call (888) 351-0294. Or send this and we call you back.
How Austin Porta Potty Rental works
Austin asks more of a portable toilet than most towns do. Summer arrives early and stays: the average date of the first 100 °F day is 4 July, and an average year brings about 29 triple-digit days, with 2011 holding the record at 90. A unit sitting in full sun for weeks needs different servicing and placement from one in shade, and job-site crews and festival crowds both feel it. This line exists to connect a caller with a local provider already working this market, instead of leaving each site owner to search for one during a heat wave.
The calendar is the other half of the picture. Mid-March brings SXSW downtown and Rodeo Austin at the Travis County Expo Center, and the two overlap, so March bookings run months ahead. October is the busiest single month, with Austin City Limits over two weekends at Zilker Park and the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas in Del Valle. City guidance works to about one toilet per 50 people at peak, but the parks department applies its own figure, so the number is confirmed with the permitting office before a site is planned. The event permit guide explains the tiers and deadlines.
Water shapes where a unit can go. Halloween 2013 floods damaged homes along Onion and Williamson creeks, and creek flooding here comes fast and local, so a spot that works in dry weather can become a problem after a storm. Sites in West Lake Hills, Pflugerville, Manor and Buda are arranged with those cities, and unincorporated parts of Travis County are arranged with the county. Check the service areas list to see which district your site falls in.
Who holds the paperwork on a Travis County job
The delivery, servicing and removal across Austin, Travis County and the nearby suburbs is done by an independent local provider, not by Austin Porta Potty Rental. That company sets its own price, and it is also the one carrying the paperwork: renting a unit is not a licensed trade here, but the hauling side is registered with the state, and the provider is responsible for holding that registration, keeping its own insurance, and answering to the office that issues it. Its licence or registration number is given on request, by phone, to anyone who asks, and you can ask to see it before you book. What you will not find is that number typed on this page: it is the provider's own private business information, and this site does not publish a firm's credentials on its behalf.
For a caller this means the number is available before you agree to a booking. If your site is in West Lake Hills, Pflugerville, Manor or Buda, ask for the number when you call and ask which city or county office the provider works with for your permit. The same questions apply whether the site is a downtown lot near Lady Bird Lake or a creek-bottom lot off Onion Creek.
What we hold ourselves to
Placement follows the ground
A firm, level pad and an accessible route to it decide whether a unit is usable at all. On a creek-side lot near Onion Creek or Williamson Creek, the provider looks at drainage and access before anything else.
Heat sets the service plan
In an average year Austin sees about 29 days at 100 °F or more, so the first questions on a summer booking are how often the unit will be serviced and where it will sit in shade. The plan is agreed for the site, not taken from a generic schedule.
Permits follow the jurisdiction
Downtown events go through the Austin Center for Events, with submission deadlines from 3 business days for Tier 1 to 180 calendar days for Tier 4. Events outside city limits are arranged with the city or county that governs them.
Waste leaves by approved routes
Portable-toilet waste counts as chemical toilet waste under Texas transporter rules, which require state registration for haulers and disposal only at authorized facilities. That describes how the trade works, not a claim about any one provider.
Our promises on every visit
- The provider confirms the price for each site before delivery.
- Accessible units go on a firm, level pad with a clear route, and are counted against the 5 percent floor in the ADA standard.
- Event ratios are checked with the permitting office, because city guidance and the parks department state different figures.
- No unit count is promised for any event until the site plan and attendance estimate are in hand.
- Sidewalk placements leave at least 5 feet of continuous, undisturbed pedestrian access.
Where we work in Travis County
- Austin
- Downtown Austin
- Tarrytown & Clarksville
- Hyde Park & North Loop
- Windsor Park
- South Austin
- Northwest Hills
- North Austin & Rundberg
- Del Valle & Elroy
- Buda
- UT Austin & West Campus
- South Congress & Bouldin
- Govalle & Johnston Terrace
- West Lake Hills
- Crestview & Brentwood
- Barton Hills & Barton Creek
- The Domain & North Burnet
- Manchaca
- Pflugerville
- East Austin
- East Riverside
- Rosedale & Allandale
- Highland
- Southeast Austin & Dove Springs
- Southwest Austin
- Shady Hollow & Brodie
- Manor
Skip the guesswork. Call for a straight answer.
Tell us what's happening and we'll tell you honestly whether it's a quick fix, and what help should cost.
Frequently asked questions
Who actually delivers and services the toilets?
A local, independent provider does. The call line takes the request, describes the site and passes it to the nearest provider with a unit free. That provider delivers, services and removes the units and sets the price.
Can I get a unit the same day?
Phones are answered 24/7. A visit the same day is possible only when a technician is free, so for a dated event it is wise to call early.
Do I need a permit for a unit on a sidewalk?
Sidewalk work falls under general right-of-way rules. A Temporary Use of Right of Way permit is needed to close a sidewalk or driveway for work on private property, and 311 must be notified at least three days before a planned sidewalk closure. Ask the permitting office whether a unit itself needs anything further.
How do I check the provider's license?
The license or registration number is given by phone to anyone who asks, at (888) 351-0294. It is not printed on this site, for privacy reasons.