Where to Put a Porta Potty

Most delivery problems are placement problems, and almost all of them are solvable the day before for nothing.

The truck has to reach it, twice

Once to deliver, and then every week to service. A vacuum truck works from roughly 100 feet of hose from where it can park, so a unit tucked somewhere clever at the back of a site becomes a weekly problem. Placement that only works on delivery day is not placement.

Firm and level

Soft ground after rain is the commonest cause of a unit ending up at an angle, and a tilted unit is a spilled tank. Gravel, hardstanding or plywood under the feet is enough.

Wind

An empty unit on an exposed site will blow over. Anchoring or strapping is standard practice in open ground and worth asking about rather than assuming.

Dry runs

A locked gate, a car parked over the spot, or nobody on site to point at it — and the truck leaves without delivering, and you are charged for the trip anyway. Confirm access, and tell them who will be there.

Distance from the thing people are doing

Close enough to use, far enough to be out of the way. For events, out of sight of the food and downwind of it. For sites, close to where the crew actually works rather than by the entrance.

Figures on this page come from the Porta Potty Finder, last checked 2026-08-18. How the data is collected.