Larger, wheelchair-friendly portable toilets for Philadelphia events and sites, supplied and placed by an independent local provider.
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An ADA accessible portable toilet is a larger single unit built with more interior room, a wider door and grab rails so a wheelchair user can enter and turn. Philadelphia Porta Potty Rental connects you with an independent local provider who supplies and places it. Ask the provider for the unit's dimensions and features; this site does not certify any unit.
Walk the route of the Philadelphia Marathon on a November morning and you see the problem at a glance: a long row of identical cabins, a crowd that will not stop, and one question nobody has thought about until they need it. Can a person in a wheelchair get through that door? A standard cabin is built for one standing adult. An accessible unit is built for a lot more than that.
Philadelphia Porta Potty Rental is a call line that connects you with an independent local portable-sanitation provider. The provider owns the units, delivers them, services them and takes them away. When you call (888) 351-0294, say up front that you want accessible units in the order. That way the provider can plan the count and the placement from the first quote, rather than adding a unit the day before.
Accessible rental is about three things working together: the unit, the ground it sits on and the path to its door. A good unit on soft grass or at the end of a stepped pavement does not help anyone. This page covers what the unit is, how to place it and what Philadelphia's mix of cobblestones, narrow pavements, parks and closed streets means for the choice.
Do not drag an accessible unit to a better spot or lean on it to steady it. The provider places and removes units with the right equipment, and a unit that shifts or tips can hurt someone. Call the line if the ground has changed or the route is blocked.
Published Philadelphia guides list accessible units as a separate line from standard units, which fits a larger cabin that takes more room to carry and place. No provider price is printed on this site, so ask for a written quote.
| Job | Typical range | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Accessible unit, per unit | Quoted separately | Listed apart from standard units in published guides. Ask what size cabin the price covers. |
| Number of accessible units | Set by your event | The organizer decides the count and confirms requirements with the city. The provider can advise on what is usual. |
| Delivery and placement | Often its own line | A larger unit needs more room on the truck and at the spot, so a tight street can affect this line. |
| Servicing during the event | Set in the quote | Accessible units are used by guests who may need more time. Tell the provider the event hours. |
Prices come from the independent provider and are confirmed in a written quote before delivery. Philadelphia Porta Potty Rental does not set them.
The common arrangement for festivals, races and work sites. One or more accessible cabins stand alongside a row of standard units, placed at the start of the row so they are reached first and are not blocked by a queue.
Some providers supply a unit with a ramp or a low threshold. If your site has a curb, a raised pad or uneven ground, ask whether that option exists and whether it fits the spot.
A flushable restroom trailer sometimes includes an accessible stall. Ask the provider to describe it, because trailer designs differ and the approach, a step or a ramp, matters as much as the stall.
Call any hour and explain what is going on. You get a clear price before any work starts.
This site does not state a required ratio. The organizer decides how many and confirms requirements with the city, and the Department of Public Health permit application and the special event application both ask about portable restrooms. Ask the provider what mix of standard and accessible units they recommend for your crowd.
For a public event the paperwork starts in the city's Office of Special Events, which is the one-stop shop for parades, festivals, runs and regattas, and its special event application asks for the total number of portable restrooms. The count of accessible units is a part of that planning, not an afterthought.
If your crowd is in the tens of thousands, as with the Philadelphia Marathon's roughly 37,000 participants over the weekend, one accessible cabin is not a plan. The event toilet guide discusses how big crowds have stressed supply in this city.
Put it on firm, level ground near the main route, with a clear approach to the door and room for a wheelchair to turn. Do not hide it behind a stage or beyond a soft verge. Check the surface in rain too, because mud ends the usefulness of an otherwise perfect unit.
Philadelphia surfaces vary within a few blocks. Chestnut Hill has cobblestone streets and historic frontage along Germantown Avenue, where a rolling chair on cobbles is a poor experience. A park lawn can look flat and still turn soft after rain, which is a problem for a wheelchair wheel.
A paved lot, a closed street surface or a temporary mat is often the better choice. If an event will fill a pavement, tell the provider the width and any step at the curb, so the unit and the route can be matched.
Sometimes the decision belongs to the site manager, the employer or the organizer rather than to this site. Some crews have a member or a visitor who needs a larger cabin, and a long project may want one for that reason. Ask the provider what they hold in stock.
OSHA's table at 29 CFR 1926.51(c) sets minimum toilet counts by crew size. It is a headcount rule, so ask the site manager whether the job calls for a larger cabin as well. A larger unit can still be the right call for a long job where people spend many hours on site.
A wedding in a park, estate or tent is another case. Guests with mobility aids will need a firm path from the seating to the unit, and the provider needs to know about it before the dress rehearsal, not on the morning.
It needs a bigger footprint, so the provider needs room to place it and to reach the tank. A narrow street, a closed route or a soft lawn can all complicate that. Tell the provider about gates, slopes, parked cars and ground conditions when you book.
This is where Philadelphia's streets bite. Where a rowhouse block is narrow and a festival closure stops traffic, the delivery and servicing routes are the first thing to settle. The provider can tell you if a spot works for a larger cabin.
Ask also when the servicing visit will happen on the day. A unit serviced mid-event needs the truck to reach it, and a crowd standing around it is not helpful.
Tell the line the dates, the site and the expected crowd, and name accessible units in the first sentence. The call line connects you with an independent provider who has such units free for those dates, if one does.
Ask for the interior size, the door width, the rails and how the threshold is handled. Providers build these differently, and this site does not claim any unit meets a standard, so the description you get in writing is the one to rely on.
Pick a firm, level spot close to the main route, not tucked behind a stage or at the end of a soft verge. If there is a curb, step or cobbles on the way, tell the provider, because it may change where the unit is set.
The provider's crew sets the unit and services it on the schedule you agreed. Do not try to shift it once it is placed. If the site changes, call the line and a provider will reposition it.
Have someone look at the approach, the door and the area around it before the doors open. A barrier placed after delivery, such as a parked van or a stack of crates, defeats the point of the unit.
Philadelphia's event calendar is crowded and public, which is why accessible units matter here. The Mummers Parade on January 1 involves about 10,000 costumed people and brings crowds onto the street in winter. The Philadelphia Marathon in November has porta potties at all water stops, and the ones at Eakins Oval are usually mobbed. Odunde fills a 15-block radius around 23rd and South Streets, with up to 500,000 people a year.
Large public events here also come with a permit process. The Department of Public Health issues permits for portable chemical toilets at public events, costing $50 per location, and expects about 10 to 14 days to receive one. The organizer confirms the rules, because requirements can change and depend on the event.
Outside the city the same logic applies on different surfaces. A farmers market on a Saturday in Collingswood or a street dining night in Media runs on a closed or half-closed street, and a unit there needs the borough's permission before it is placed. Check with the municipality.
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Single-stall portable toilets for work sites, renovations, cookouts and neighborhood events, delivered and serviced by an independent local provider.
Portable toilets for Philadelphia events of every size, with the city permits and the crowd questions an organizer has to answer first.
Towable restrooms with flush toilets and sinks for large Philadelphia crowds, long events and venues that want more than a row of single units.
Published Philadelphia guides list a weekly portable toilet rental in the low-to-mid hundreds of dollars, with accessible units and handwash stations priced as separate lines.
There is no single number.
Providers generally describe a larger cabin, a wider door, interior room to turn a wheelchair and grab rails. The details differ by manufacturer, and this site does not say any unit meets a standard. Ask the provider for the cabin's size and features in writing.
It can, but soft or sloping grass makes it hard to roll a chair to the door. A firm, level surface such as pavement, a paved lot or a temporary mat is a better choice. Tell the provider about the ground and any slope, and ask whether a mat or a different spot would help.
That is your decision as the host. If any guest uses a wheelchair, walker or cane, or may need more room, ask the provider about an accessible unit and a firm path to it from where guests sit. See the wedding toilets page for placement ideas.
For a public event the special event application asks for the total number of portable restrooms, and the Department of Public Health issues the portable toilet permit. The organizer confirms what the city needs. The provider can usually give a unit count and type to include.
As early as you can. Accessible units may be fewer than standard ones on a provider's lot, and after the Eagles parade, limited rentals were blamed on short lead time. A provider books them when units are free for your dates, and that is not guaranteed, so make the call before the permit comes back.