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Prime Dumpster rents porta potties throughout Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a city built across several ridges with national laboratory work, contractor crews, and a long construction calendar on one side, and an outdoor event season at Bissell Park, the greenways, and the Melton Hill waterfront on the other. The city covers a lot of ground for its population, so where a unit sits and how a service truck reaches it tends to matter more here than in a dense suburb.
Five things shape a quote: how long you keep the unit, how many you need, how often the driver returns, the unit type you choose, and how far off the Oak Ridge Turnpike the drop sits. What follows gives the current ranges, the worker and guest counts that apply, the city offices that handle event and street paperwork, and what each service visit covers.
Keep a unit longer and the daily cost drops. A one afternoon reunion in an Oak Ridge back yard absorbs a full round trip across a short booking. A commercial build or a lab contractor job that holds units for a season spreads that trip across months.
Service frequency is the next factor. A small crew on a slow site is fine on one weekly stop. A two day event with food vendors and several hundred people needs daily attention, and each extra visit is priced separately.
Terrain is the Oak Ridge specialty. Ridges, steep driveways, and sites tucked behind trees all affect what a loaded truck can do. On a hillside job, the practical placement is often lower down where the truck can stand level, which may be further from the crew than you would like. Talk it through with your account manager and we will plan the position and the hose run together.
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Scheduling your porta potty delivery is a breeze. Just tell us when and where you need it, and we’ll handle the rest. Prime Porta Potty is all about quick and reliable service, getting the right unit to your site when you need it.
Done with your event or need your porta potty serviced? Just give us a call to arrange a fast and convenient pickup. We’re ready to quickly remove or service your unit and make your experience hassle-free.
The prices below reflect average ranges for a standard five-day rental period. Your account manager will confirm tonnage, overage rates, and other project specifics during your free, custom quote.
| Unit Type | Average Price Range | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Porta Potty | $199–$349 | Construction sites, small events, backyard projects |
| ADA-Compliant Porta Potty | $200–$300 | Public events and job sites that need an accessible unit |
| Deluxe Flushing Porta Potty | $300–$400 | Weddings, parties, and guest-facing events |
| Deluxe Porta Potty with Sink | $300–$400 | Events where guests need a sink inside the unit |
| Solar Porta Potty | $500–$600 | Remote sites and off-grid events |
| Handwashing Station | $150–$250 | Food areas, job sites, and events |
| Restroom Trailer | From $1,500 | Weddings, corporate events, and long-term sites |
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
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Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
Request a Quote Now
Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
Request a Quote Now
Perfect For:
Starting At: Contact Us For Best Price
*Specifications and exact dimensions may vary slightly based on model and location
Request a Quote NowTennessee runs its own workplace safety plan, and it adopts the federal construction standards rather than writing a tighter sanitation table. The state's list of unique standards is made up of general industry items with no construction standard among them, and the plan covers private employers plus state and local government, so the same count applies on a city or school job as on a private one. The federal table has three rows:
Washing facilities ride along with that. Federal rules require lavatories at all places of employment, with a mobile crew exception, so a handwashing station belongs on the order for any Oak Ridge site.
For events, one unit per 50 guests over roughly four hours is the working figure, with 15 to 20 percent more capacity once alcohol is served, and one accessible unit for every 20 at a public gathering. The Prime Dumpster calculator will run your crowd, and your account manager will check it against your footprint.
Oak Ridge does not print a guest to unit ratio. Its special event application asks how many additional sanitary facilities you will provide and where, but it sets no minimum, so the number is yours to justify.
Nearly every job here starts with the Standard Porta Potty, an enclosed single occupant unit that travels well and holds up to daily crew use. The ADA-Compliant Porta Potty is the one for anything public, with a level entry, wide door, and clear interior space for a wheelchair.
Guest facing events usually justify more. The Deluxe Flushing Porta Potty adds a flush and a clean water bowl. The Deluxe Porta Potty with Sink brings handwashing inside the cabin. On a greenway trailhead or a far field with no power, the Solar Porta Potty lights itself.
Pair a Handwashing Station with any food booth or dusty crew. For a wedding at a ridge top venue or a multi day conference, the Restroom Trailer gives multiple stalls with heat, air, and lighting. All of it is described on our porta potty options page, and your account manager will match the unit to your ground.
A unit on your own driveway, lawn, or private job site needs no separate city permit in Oak Ridge. Keep it inside your property lines and clear of the public walk.
Events are where Oak Ridge gets specific, and the city puts one of its own staff directly into the restroom decision. The special event application is required when 99 or more people will attend, when alcohol will be served or sold, when a road closure is requested, or when a noise waiver is wanted. The city asks applicants to allow up to 90 days for processing, and a special event application fee of $25 applies with submission. Police or security coverage is required for events of 100 or more attendees and for any event serving or selling alcohol.
The sanitation question is asked outright. The form asks whether additional sanitary facilities, named on the form as portable toilets, will be available for participants, then asks for the location and number. Its own wording is that portable toilets are the responsibility of the hosting organization, and that the location must be approved by the Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Director before the placement. That means the siting is a city decision, so settle your order and the positions before the application goes in.
Rodeos, circuses, and other itinerant shows run on a separate permit from the City Manager, and the application there has to state what provisions have been made for sanitary facilities for people using the premises.
One Oak Ridge rule catches food vendors by surprise. The city's food truck provisions bar a food truck from operating where there is no accessible restroom facility, fixed or portable, for staff and customers, which means a portable unit works for a single truck. A food truck park is treated differently: permanent restroom facilities have to be provided for customers and employees, and the city states in terms that temporary restroom facilities such as porta potties do not meet that requirement. If you are standing up a truck park, plan permanent restrooms. If you are a single operator, a portable unit is accepted.
Street or sidewalk placement has no published counter route in Oak Ridge, so never treat it as settled. Your account manager will help you ask Public Works before anything is dropped in the public way.
Choose level, firm ground within hose reach of a spot where a truck can stand safely. On these slopes that is the real test, more than surface type. Gravel and pavement both work; a soft shoulder after a wet week does not. Keep units away from food prep and drinking water, and position them so a queue does not spill into a walkway.
Service visits pump the holding tank, recharge fresh water and deodorizer, wash the interior down, and restock paper and sanitizer. Weekly is the normal rhythm for a crew; an event with heavy traffic wants daily attention. Waste from an Oak Ridge unit goes to a permitted treatment facility.
One point deserves care. Oak Ridge's sewer rules do list chemical toilets in the definition of holding tank waste, but that part of the code is written about sewage systems and discharges into the city sewer rather than about restroom rental, and we will not stretch it into a claim about your rental. Equally, a solid waste or container rule does not carry over to liquid waste, which those instruments usually exclude by name. Your account manager will confirm the actual disposal route for your job.
To learn more about the benefits of portable toilets, check out our blog post “Benefits of Porta Potty Rentals.“
Standard units often move inside one to two business days in the Knoxville area. Accessible units, flushing units, and trailers need more notice, and spring festival weekends and autumn tournaments fill first.
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Prime Dumpster covers Anderson and Roane counties and runs into the wider Knoxville market, so the towns around Oak Ridge share our routes. Farragut lies about 16 miles southeast, a figure well above the straight line distance because the Clinch River and Melton Hill Lake sit between the two and the road has to go around. Knoxville is roughly 25 miles east and Maryville about 33 miles south. Ask your account manager about all three.
A standard unit runs $199 to $349 and an accessible unit $200 to $300. Flushing and sink models are $300 to $400, solar units $500 to $600, and handwashing stations $150 to $250. Trailers start at $1,500. Hillside access and distance from the main corridors can affect the service portion, which your account manager will confirm.
Begin with one unit per 50 guests over about four hours, then add 15 to 20 percent when alcohol is served, and include one accessible unit per 20 units at a public event. Oak Ridge asks for the number on its application but sets no minimum, so your account manager helps you land on a figure you can defend.
The federal table governs in Tennessee, on private and public jobs alike. One facility covers 20 workers or fewer. Above 20 workers it becomes one toilet seat and one urinal per 40 workers, and above 200 workers one per 50. Washing facilities are required at the site under the same federal rules.
Weekly service handles most Oak Ridge crews and small private gatherings. Summer heat, heavy traffic, and multi day public events all call for more frequent stops. Each visit pumps the tank, refills the fresh water, washes the interior, and restocks consumables. Your account manager will tune the schedule as the job changes.
No. A unit on your own driveway, yard, or private job site in Oak Ridge needs no city permit, provided it stays off the sidewalk and the street. Public property is different, and an event meeting the city thresholds needs a special event permit with the unit locations approved in advance.
The standard unit is a compact cabin for one adult. The ADA unit is wider, has a flat entry with no step, and leaves floor space for a wheelchair to turn and transfer inside. Public events should include accessible units in the count, and your account manager will say how many your crowd needs.
A weekend booking of a standard unit usually lands in the lower half of the $199 to $349 range, because one delivery, one service, and one pickup cover it. Flushing and sink units begin at $300. Ask your account manager for a Friday drop and a Monday collection to get the full weekend.
Tell us about your event or project and your zip code. A note about the slope and the surface at the drop point lets us plan the right truck and hose run.
Your Prime Dumpster account manager handles the details, from unit count and service schedule to permit contacts and delivery timing, so you can focus on your event or project.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 |
| Phone: | 865-252-7776 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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