Porta Potty Rental in Burbank, CA

What does 114 degrees do to a portable toilet?

Hollywood Burbank Airport reached 114 F in the September 2024 heat wave, while downtown Los Angeles was at 111 to 112 F. In that kind of heat a plastic unit becomes hot inside, and anyone using it spends a short time in a very warm space. Placement in shade, when the site has any, makes the unit noticeably easier to use.

Heat also raises how often people want water and a place to wash. For an outdoor crew or an event on a heat-wave day, a handwash station near the toilets is more than a nicety, and servicing frequency is worth raising with the provider. We cannot set it for you; the provider and you agree on it.

The guide to portable toilets in LA heat and Santa Ana winds covers both conditions in more detail.

Can wind move a unit on a Burbank site?

The airport recorded an 84 mph gust on January 7, 2025, and winds of 50 to 80 mph were reported across Los Angeles and Ventura counties. A November 2025 wind event was forecast with gusts to 50 mph. An empty, lightweight unit on an open site is exactly what a gust can push or tip.

How a unit is staked, weighted or sited is a matter for the provider's own judgement and the site layout. Do not try to brace, lift or empty a unit yourself; the provider handles that. What you can do is tell the provider if the site is open or exposed, and ask what it recommends for a forecast wind day. See our page on delivery and placement planning.

How do studio-lot shoots handle toilets?

Walt Disney Studios and the other studio lots mean a steady flow of productions, some on the lot and some on location nearby. FilmLA handles the temporary use permit for commercial on-location filming, filed in MyFilmLA by 10 a.m. at least three full business days before the first activity. We found no portable-toilet rule in that process.

The crew count and the number of days decide the plan. For employees on a site, Cal/OSHA's Title 8 section 1526 asks for one toilet facility for each 20 employees or fraction, of each sex; the employer applies it. Our page on film and TV location toilets covers base-camp arrangements.

Do a Burbank crew's toilets differ in the rainy months?

Downtown Los Angeles averages about 14.2 inches of rain a year, and 92 percent of it falls between November 1 and April 30. A Burbank crew working through those months has wet ground for part of the winter, and a unit on soft ground is harder to reach and use than one on pavement.

That is a reason to describe the ground when you call: asphalt, a gravel pad or grass. The provider can say what it recommends for the surface, and whether a delivery truck can cross the ground when it is wet. This is general planning, not a Burbank rainfall figure; the 14.2 inches belongs to downtown Los Angeles.