Frequently Asked Questions
Take a look at our frequently asked questions below. If your question hasn’t been answered, send us a message.
Prices start from just £30 per week but the cost of portable toilet hire depends on the type of toilet you need, how many units are required, the length of the hire and the delivery location. Long-term construction hire will also usually include regular servicing. Contact WC Portables for a quote based on your exact requirements.
Portable toilets on long-term hire are normally serviced once a week. During the service, waste is removed, the toilet is cleaned, fresh water and chemicals are added where required, and consumables are restocked.
For busy sites or locations with a high number of users, more frequent servicing can be arranged if needed.
Our regular portable toilet servicing includes emptying the waste tank, replenishing fresh water and toilet chemicals, cleaning the unit and restocking consumables.
This helps keep the toilet clean, fresh and ready to use throughout the hire period.
Yes. WC Portables delivers the toilets to your site or event and collects them again at the end of the hire period.
When arranging your hire, we’ll discuss access and the best place for the toilets to be positioned.
We recommend booking as early as possible, particularly if you need several toilets or you’re organising an event during the busy spring and summer months.
If you need a portable toilet at short notice, contact us. We’ll always do our best to help where availability and delivery schedules allow.
Yes. Portable toilets can be hired for short-term events as well as long-term construction projects. If you only need toilets for a single-day event, we can arrange delivery and collection around your requirements.
Yes. Weekend portable toilet hire is available for events, parties, festivals and other temporary uses.
Let us know the dates, location and expected number of guests and we can advise you on the number and type of toilets you’ll need.
Yes. Portable toilets aren’t just for construction sites and large events. They can also be hired for homes during extensions, renovations, bathroom replacements, drainage work and other building projects.
Having a portable toilet outside can also prevent builders and contractors from needing to regularly enter your home to use the bathroom.
Suitable toilet and washing facilities need to be available for workers on construction sites. The exact facilities required will depend on the site, number of workers and type of work being carried out.
A portable construction toilet provides a practical solution when suitable permanent facilities aren’t available.
A portable toilet should be placed on firm, reasonably level ground in a location that is safe and convenient for users.
There must also be suitable access for our delivery and servicing vehicles. It’s important not to position the toilet somewhere that will later become inaccessible due to building materials, vehicles, fencing or other obstacles.
Waste is removed from the portable toilet during servicing and transported for appropriate disposal in accordance with the relevant waste regulations.
Customers don’t need to arrange waste disposal themselves when using our regular portable toilet hire and servicing service.
Yes. Our construction site portable toilets have sinks fitted inside them, while our event toilets are supplied with hand sanitiser pumps.
If you’re unsure which type of unit is most suitable, our team can advise you when you book.
The number of portable toilets needed for a wedding depends on the number of guests, how long the event lasts, whether alcohol is being served and whether other toilet facilities are available at the venue.
Contact us with your guest numbers and event details and we’ll recommend a suitable number of toilets.
There’s no single number that works for every event. The number of toilets required depends on attendance, event duration, alcohol consumption, the proportion of men and women attending, and whether urinals or permanent toilets are also available.
Tell us how many people you’re expecting and how long the event will run and our team can recommend an appropriate setup.
Try our Event Planning Tool.
We recommend speaking to us before moving a portable toilet after delivery. Once a toilet is in use, moving it incorrectly could cause damage, spillage or make it inaccessible to our servicing team.
If you need the toilet relocated during a hire, contact us and we’ll advise you on the safest option.
WC Portables provides portable toilet hire across Hertfordshire and surrounding areas, including parts of Essex, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and North London.
If you’re unsure whether we cover your location, contact our team with your postcode and we’ll be happy to check.
The cost includes a weekly service for the following:
1. Re-stocking of consumables.
2. Emptying and re-filling of the re-circulating tank with fresh water and chemicals.
The portable toilets are completely self-contained and require no electric or mains water to be operational.
All of our site portable toilets have sinks in them and our event portable toilets have fitted hand santizer pumps.
We deliver our units on a 3.5 tonne dropside truck, and a trailer if multiple units are required.
There are no lights as standard, but we can supply battery operated lights for a small additional cost which can be temporarily fixed to the inside walls of the toilet. All of our Portable units are constructed with a translucent roof in order to let daylight or artificial light if positioned under a floodlight.
As long as the ground is level, and our maintenance team can access the toilet for servicing.
Construction sites will require 1 unit for 7 workers based on a 40-hour week (BS6465). For an Event then there are different factors that determine the amount of portable units such as drink consumption and event duration. If you have any questions please contact our experienced team on 0800 9589598 and they can advise you to meet your requirements.
WC Portables use the latest aroma fresh chemical products that keep smells at bay for longer. All units delivered are cleaned and set up with new chemicals. This will be maintained as long as they are serviced weekly and the correct number ratio of people use the toilets provided.
Width 1,160mm Depth 1,215 Height 2,316
We have a different batch of toilets for Construction and Events.
There is no time limit for toilet hire at WC Portables. Any of our portables can be hired from just a few hours to as long as you require them.