Portable Toilet Hire South Africa is the everyday unit most people mean by a mobile loo: a single freestanding cubicle with a waste tank, delivered on a bakkie or trailer and emptied on a service round. Say how many you need and for how long, and compare what each company charges to deliver, service and collect.
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Get the Best QuotePortable Toilet Hire Prices
Ballpark figures so you can check a quotation.
| Item | Ballpark price |
|---|---|
| Standard unit, one event day, delivered and collected | R750 - R1,600 |
| Standard unit, per week on site, one service | R450 - R950 |
| Standard unit, per month on site, weekly service | R1,100 - R1,900 |
| Flushing unit, per month on site, weekly service | R1,500 - R2,600 |
| Delivery and collection, metro area | R350 - R900 |
| Delivery and collection, outside the metro | R900 - R2,500 |
| Extra service visit, on request | R300 - R650 |
| Damage or loss deposit, refundable | R1,000 - R3,500 |
Prices JUST UPDATED. Ballpark figures, rounded, excluding VAT. They reflect typical South African toilet, shower and sanitation hire rates. They are not our prices or quotations, and no provider is bound by them. Confirm what each quotation includes, such as delivery and collection, how often the unit is serviced, consumables and the minimum hire period.
What You Are Hiring
- The cubicle. A moulded plastic unit, roughly 1.1m square, with a door latch and a vent pipe.
- The waste tank. Usually 200 to 250 litres, dosed with a chemical that breaks down waste and controls odour.
- Delivery and placement. Put where a service vehicle can reach it, which is the detail most people get wrong.
- The service visit. Pumped out, rinsed, re-dosed and restocked with paper, normally once a week.
- Collection. Lifted and taken away at the end of the hire, included in most quotes.
Flushing or Non-flushing
- Non-flushing. The standard builder's unit. Cheapest, hardest wearing, and what most sites run.
- Fresh water flush. A foot pump and a small fresh water tank. Noticeably nicer, and worth it for anything public facing.
- Recirculating flush. Flushes with treated tank water. Common on longer event hires.
- With a basin. A small hand basin inside the unit, or a separate wash stand beside it.
How Many Units You Need
- On a building site. The construction regulations set a minimum of one toilet per sex for every 30 workers, and most sites plan on better than that.
- At an event. A common planning figure is one unit per 75 to 100 guests for a four hour function, and one per 50 once it runs longer or alcohol is served.
- For a home. One unit covers a renovation crew of up to about ten, and keeps them out of the house.
- Add for women. Queues form at the ladies' side long before the gents', so split the count rather than halving it.
Get a price for your own site rather than a range.
Get the Best QuoteWhat Affects the Price
- How long you need it. A monthly rate is far cheaper per day than a single day hire.
- How many units. The per unit price drops once a single load covers the delivery.
- Where the site is. Transport is charged on distance and is the biggest single variable.
- How often it is serviced. Weekly is standard. Busy sites need twice a week and pay for it.
- Flushing or not. A fresh water flush unit costs more to hire and more to service.
- Access. A unit that has to be carried in by hand, or craned, costs more to place and empty.
- Consumables. Paper, sanitiser and extra chemical are sometimes quoted separately.
What to Include in Your Request
- The address. Suburb and town, so a supplier knows whether they deliver there.
- How many units. And how many people will be using them.
- The dates. Delivery date and collection date, or the month it starts.
- What it is for. A building site, an event, a home renovation or a farm.
- Access. Whether a bakkie or a truck can get to the spot.
- Water and power. Whether there is any on site, which changes what can be placed.
Before You Book a Unit
- Ask what the service visit includes. Pump out, rinse, chemical and paper, or just the pump out.
- Ask where the waste goes. It must go to a licensed disposal point, and a reputable supplier will say which.
- Check the minimum hire period. Many quotes are written on a four week minimum.
- Ask about the deposit. What it covers and when it comes back.
- Confirm the standing time. An extra month is usually cheaper than a fresh delivery later.
- Check who moves it. Moving a placed unit yourself usually voids the hire terms.
Portable Toilet Hire FAQs
How often does a portable toilet need to be serviced?
Once a week is the standard for a unit used by up to about ten people. Above that, or in summer heat, twice a week keeps it usable. A tank that is allowed to fill past its service interval is the single most common reason a site ends up with a unit nobody will go near.
Does it need water or electricity?
A standard non-flushing unit needs neither, which is why it is the default on a bare site. A fresh water flush unit carries its own small tank and is refilled on the service round. Only a mains plumbed or lit unit needs a connection.
What happens to the waste?
It is pumped into a tanker on the service visit and taken to a licensed sewage disposal point. Ask any supplier where theirs goes. Dumping into a stormwater drain or an open veld is illegal and it is the client's site it happened on.
Can I put it anywhere on the property?
It needs level ground and room for a service vehicle to get within a hose length, usually about 15 metres. A unit at the bottom of a garden that the tanker cannot reach has to be dragged, and some suppliers will refuse to service it.
What is the shortest hire?
A single day for an event. For a site, most companies quote a four week minimum because the delivery and collection cost the same whether the unit stands for a week or a month.
Who is responsible if it is damaged or stolen?
The client, in nearly every hire agreement, which is what the deposit is for. On open sites a unit chained to something solid is a sensible precaution and costs nothing.
A standard portable unit is the service nearly every supplier on Toilet Rental South Africa leads with, alongside flushing, VIP and accessible units.
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