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Private Stall Portable Bathroom Trailer Rentals in Chico, Butte County

3-stall portable bathroom trailer with railed steps set up on a home driveway beside a lawn and shade tree, The Lavatory NorCal

The Lavatory NorCal is the top choice for portable bathroom trailer rentals in Chico and across Butte County, with flushing, climate-controlled units ready now for weddings, job sites, harvest season, festivals, emergencies and more, from downtown Chico to Paradise, Oroville and Durham.

Call (209) 202-3741 and a real person answers, day or night. We can often be there within 1 to 2 hours, with 24/7 immediate dispatch when something breaks. Rather see it on paper first? Ask for a free quote and we will match the unit to your headcount and your site.

  • A+ BBB rating
  • 5-star Google reviews
  • Licensed and insured
  • Over 250 units, all our own
  • 24/7 dispatch, every day of the year

Chico’s #1 Portable Bathroom Trailer Rentals, From the Valley Floor to the Ridge

Chico sits where the flat orchard country of the northern Sacramento Valley meets the first pine slopes of the Sierra foothills, and the work and events around it spread just as wide. One call to The Lavatory NorCal covers the whole region. We send a clean, stocked trailer to a backyard on the north side of town, a farm lot off the Midway, a home build up the Skyway or a lakeside lot in Oroville, and the same team stays with it until the last guest or the last shift is done.

Here is why people pick us. We own the largest fleet of luxury bathroom trailers in the West, over 250 units. We carry an A+ rating with the BBB and 5-star Google reviews. We are licensed and insured and bring 30+ years of event and equipment rental experience to every job. We are a direct fleet, not a reseller, so the trailer on your quote is the one that shows up. Google, Tesla, Target and BMW have used our trailers, and so have the Golden State Warriors.

Toilet stall inside a luxury bathroom trailer with a stone vanity, sink and wall clock, The Lavatory NorCal

Strictly luxury. Never plastic. Every unit we rent is a real room with a locking door, and inside you will find a flushing china toilet next to a sink with running water. Call (209) 202-3741 for same-day delivery, or send a quote request and we will reply in writing. Already holding a quote from someone else? Send it over, and we will check it line by line at no charge.

★★★★★

“Love love love! The trailer was very nice and so clean when it arrived for our event outside Chico. Great people to work with, and when we needed something they were on top of it right away. Perfect for any kind of event.”

SE Samantha E.
★★★★★

“The Lavatory NorCal gave us the restroom we needed for our charity fundraiser in Butte County. It was spotless, kept up all day, and it made the whole event better for our guests. We are grateful for the excellent service.”

GE Gilbert E.

What Comes in Every Climate-Controlled Restroom Trailer We Bring to Chico

Walk up the steps of one of our deluxe bathroom trailers and it feels like a comfortable home bathroom, with cool air on a hot afternoon and warm air on a frosty morning. The lighting is bright. Each room has a mirror, a counter, soap and paper towels, and a china toilet that flushes with a foot pedal, so people stop worrying about the restroom and get back to the celebration or the job.

  • Air conditioning and heat in each unit, set with a wall thermostat
  • China toilets with foot flush, and urinals on the men’s side of the bigger units
  • Steel sinks with running water, plus soap and paper towels at every sink
  • Framed mirrors and good lighting inside, with lights over each door outside
  • Its own fresh water and holding tanks, so a farm lot or a bare home site works fine
  • Railed steps or a ramp, set and checked by our driver before anyone uses them

Every size in our lineup of luxury portable bathroom trailer rentals in Northern California has these same parts, from the smallest unit to the biggest one. Call us to talk it through, or request a quote and we will pick the right trailer for your date.

Butte County and North Valley Map for Mobile Restroom Trailer Delivery

Our trucks cover all of Chico and every town around it, from the river towns on the west side to the ridge and the canyons on the east. Highway 99 runs the length of the valley, and Highway 32 and the Skyway climb into the hills. When a job sits farther south, our Sacramento portable bathroom trailer team works from the same fleet. Projects in Placer County go through our crew for restroom trailer rentals in Roseville, and the south county is covered by our Elk Grove luxury bathroom trailer rentals. The full list sits on our page of Northern California restroom trailer service areas, and we deliver anywhere in the country when a job calls for it.

Bidwell Mansion and its big shade tree beside the Chico State campus, an area served by The Lavatory NorCal

Downtown Chico and Chico State

Campus events, street fairs, old homes with small yards and big shade trees.

Big Chico Creek running clear and shallow through Upper Bidwell Park in Chico, an area served by The Lavatory NorCal

Bidwell Park and Big Chico Creek

Races, reunions and film days in a park with few restrooms for its size.

Lake Oroville and the foothills under spring clouds in Butte County, an area served by The Lavatory NorCal

Oroville and Lake Oroville

The county seat, with its lake, its dam and the Feather River running through town.

Green rice fields along Grainland Road in Butte County, farm country served by The Lavatory NorCal

Richvale, Biggs and Gridley

Rice country to the south, plus the Butte County Fairgrounds in Gridley.

Paradise, Magalia and the Skyway

New homes going up on the ridge, with long rentals and weekly service.

Durham, Nelson and the Midway

Farm towns, ranch lots and open fields a short drive south of Chico.

Orland, Hamilton City and Willows

Glenn County orchards, farm shops and small-town fairs west of the river.

Cohasset, Forest Ranch and Butte Creek Canyon

Hill roads, tall pines and home sites with no plumbing at all.

Picking a Deluxe Bathroom Trailer Size for a Butte County Crowd

Start with how many people will use it, then tell us how long they will be there and how far they will walk from the main activity. A two-hour open house in Chico needs far less than a full day at a busy agricultural show with the same crowd. Our team does this math every day, so you only need to bring the basics.

UnitRooms insideFresh water / holding tankLength with hitch or rampA good fit around Chico
2-stall bathroom1 women’s, 1 men’s105 / 300 gallonsAbout 17 feetHome builds, small parties, up to about 150 guests
3-stall bathroom2 women’s, 1 men’s200 / 400 gallonsAbout 20 feetBackyard events, small offices, up to about 225 guests
5-stall bathroomWomen’s: 3 stalls, 2 sinks. Men’s: 1 stall, 1 urinal, 1 sink200 / 520 gallonsAbout 20 feetFarm events and company picnics, 150 to 450 guests
9-stall bathroomWomen’s: 5 stalls, 2 sinks. Men’s: 2 stalls, 2 urinals, 1 sink200 / 750 gallonsAbout 26 feetFair gates and race nights, 400 to 900 guests
8-stall private bathroom8 private rooms, each with a toilet, urinal and sink400 / 1,000 gallonsAbout 35 feetLarge formal events, 400 to 600 guests
ADA plus 2 bathroom1 women’s, 1 men’s, 1 accessible room with a ramp210 / 300 gallonsAbout 25 feetPublic events up to 200, or a site with up to 30 workers
ADA plus 6 bathroom4 men’s, 2 women’s, 1 accessible room with a ramp200 / 475 gallonsAbout 31 feetBigger public events, up to 300 people

On a ridge home site or a small Chico office remodel, the compact 2-stall bathroom trailer rental for Butte County jobs is usually all you need, and it plugs into one 20 amp outlet. A harvest crew party or a company barbecue at the airport business park tends to call for a 5-stall portable restroom trailer near Chico. When thousands come through a fair gate in one evening, we bring the 9-stall luxury bathroom trailer for North Valley crowds and often pair it with a second unit that has a ramp.

Any event open to the public should plan for guests who use a wheelchair or a walker. Our ADA plus 2 accessible restroom trailer in Chico puts a large unisex room with a ramp next to a women’s room and a men’s room, so everyone lines up in the same place. Units with ramps are built to the California standard.

Long-Term Portable Restroom Trailers for the Paradise and Magalia Rebuild

Up the Skyway from Chico, Paradise is still rebuilding from the 2018 Camp Fire, and the pace is steady. More than 3,000 single-family homes and over 600 apartments and other multi-family units have gone up since the fire, and the town has ranked as the fastest-growing city in California several years running. Magalia, just up the same ridge, is rebuilding beside it. That adds up to a long list of active lots where builders and their trades may spend weeks or months on site before the new house has a working bathroom of its own.

Ridge jobs are different. Lots are often cleared to bare dirt with new water and power still on the way. Underground power line work along the Skyway and Pentz Road has kept crews and lane closures on the main roads, and trucks share those roads with cement mixers, framing deliveries and school traffic. Our drivers plan the climb, set the private restroom trailer on the most level part of the lot, and level it with jacks and blocks so the doors close true on a slope.

Most home builders on the ridge keep a 2-stall unit for the length of the build. We pump it, fill the fresh tank and restock it on a set day each week. A generator handles power until the meter is live. Larger sites such as new apartments, church rebuilds and school projects often move up to a 5-stall or an ADA plus 2 so a bigger crew and any visitors have plenty of room. If the project crosses into Berry Creek, Concow or the Feather River canyon, where many families are still rebuilding after the 2020 North Complex Fire, the same plan works. We just plan a longer drive.

Winter is the hard season up there. Paradise sits well above the valley floor, so frost is common and a light snow can close a road for a morning. We keep the heat on in a parked trailer through cold snaps so the water lines stay safe, and we move service days around storms instead of skipping them. Builders can extend a rental with a quick phone call when a project runs long. Most do.

Mobile Bathroom Trailers for Harvest Season in Orchards and Rice Country

Farming comes first here. Butte County grows rice, almonds and walnuts across more than a third of its farmland, and in 2024 walnuts took back the top spot as the county’s most valuable crop. Glenn County, across the river around Orland and Hamilton City, adds tens of thousands of acres of almonds and walnuts of its own. Every fall those orchards and fields fill with people, machines and trucks at the same time.

2-stall bathroom trailer parked on a ranch lawn beside a green tractor and a painted tent, The Lavatory NorCal

The calendar is easy to read once you live here. Almond shaking and sweeping run from about mid-August into October. Walnut harvest follows from September into November. Rice harvest fills the Sacramento Valley in September and October, then many growers flood their fields for the winter so the straw breaks down and the ducks and geese have somewhere to land. Hullers, dryers and packing sheds run long shifts the whole time, and the farm offices that handle the trucks and the scales stay busy late into the evening.

Harvest work fits well. A packing shed or a scale house often has one small bathroom for a crew that grows to three times its size every fall. Out in the field, California’s Cal/OSHA field sanitation fact sheet spells out what a grower must provide, including a toilet and a hand-washing spot for every 20 workers within a short walk of where they work. Our units give people a clean, lit room with running water and air conditioning in a 100-degree September afternoon, which is a big step up from a hot plastic box at the end of a row.

For a huller or a dryer, we usually park a 5-stall near the break area and set service twice a week while the plant runs around the clock. For a farm office or a scale, a 2-stall is enough. Grower tours, field days at research farms and harvest dinners in old barns usually get a deluxe unit that looks good next to the tables. Orchard lanes are dusty and narrow, so we ask for a photo of the route, and we place the trailer where the dust from the shaking and sweeping machines will not blow straight into the doors.

Farms with workers on site for weeks sometimes add sleeping space too. Our mobile sleeper bunkhouse rentals for North Valley farms bring 12 private bunks to a ranch yard, and they pair well with a bathroom unit on the same delivery.

Lake Oroville, the Feather River and Restroom Trailer Setups in Oroville

Oroville is the county seat, about 25 miles southeast of Chico, and it sits below the tallest dam in the United States. Lake Oroville behind it is the second-largest reservoir in California. The lake draws people with boats, campers and bass fishing teams most of the year, and the boat ramps and day-use areas run by California State Parks at the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area have rules on where trailers and vehicles can park. We work from the permit or the map the park gives you.

2-stall bathroom trailer on a sandy lakeshore beside a stack of green canoes, The Lavatory NorCal

The town’s biggest day is the Salmon Festival, held on the fourth Saturday in September in Historic Downtown Oroville and at the Feather River Fish Hatchery. It brings a car show, kayak tours, hatchery tours and thousands of visitors to streets and parking lots that were built for far fewer people. A 9-stall near the main food area plus an ADA plus 2 near the hatchery path is a common way to split a crowd like that. Bass tournaments at the lake follow a smaller pattern. A few hundred people gather for the weigh-in on a lot with no plumbing, and one portable restroom trailer near the ramp covers it.

Oroville stays busy. The main spillway and the emergency spillway at the dam were rebuilt after the 2017 crisis, and state crews still inspect and maintain the dam and its hatchery, along with the roads around both. County offices, schools and contractors call us for long-term units during remodels and road work. Lime Saddle, Loafer Creek and the Bidwell Canyon area each come with their own access roads and grades, so we check the drive before the truck leaves.

Restroom Trailers for Brewery Concerts, Speedway Races and Ballpark Weekends in Chico

Big crowds are common here. Sierra Nevada Brewing was founded here in 1979 and still runs its home brewery on the east side of the Highway 99 corridor, with concerts in its Big Room and outdoor shows on its festival field. Breweries, wineries and taprooms across Butte County hold release parties, fundraisers and live music on patios and lawns that were never planned for a few hundred extra guests.

3-stall portable bathroom trailer with three sets of railed steps set up at night on a North Valley jobsite yard, The Lavatory NorCal

At the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, the speedway season runs from spring into September on Friday and Saturday nights, with crowds of up to 7,000 fans. The big finish is the Gold Cup Race of Champions, a multi-day sprint car event that fills the stands and the pits. Pit crews, sponsors and fans in the far grandstand all want a short walk to a clean restroom, so we set luxury units near the pit gate and the VIP area and service them between nights. The same grounds host the Chico Concours car show in the fall and other big events through the year.

Over at Chico State, Nettleton Stadium seats about 4,100 for Wildcats baseball, and University Soccer Stadium seats about 2,500. Tournaments, camps and alumni games put far more people on those fields than the fixed restrooms can serve in a rush between innings or halves. A deluxe restroom trailer parked by the gate takes that pressure off. For the Pioneer Day parade, the July 4th parade downtown and Thursday street events, we place units on private lots or permitted curbs near the route.

Heat, Smoke, Fog and Frost: Planning a Luxury Restroom Trailer Around Chico Weather

Chico summers are long and hot. The average July high is about 95 degrees, the city recorded 117 in July 1972, and long runs of 100-degree afternoons are completely normal. When the temperature passes 100, the city opens a public cooling tent at Depot Park, and a trailer without powerful air conditioning would be miserable in that kind of heat. Ours run the AC early, before the first guest arrives, and the 9-stall carries two AC units for big crowds. We park in shade when the site allows it and plan power for the full cooling load.

Snow geese lifting off a winter wetland at Llano Seco south of Chico, an area served by The Lavatory NorCal

Then comes smoke. Wildfire seasons in the foothills sometimes leave the valley under a gray sky for days, and outdoor events still go on. Our trailers keep doors closed and air moving, which gives guests a clean break from the smoke. Fall evenings cool off fast, so the same thermostat that ran the AC at noon switches to heat by dark.

Winter is different. Tule fog can sit on the valley floor all morning, and strong storms soak lawns and dirt lots and push Big Chico Creek high. It is also the season of the Snow Goose Festival, held each January from a base at the Patrick Ranch Museum, with dozens of field trips to the refuges and flooded rice fields where millions of ducks and geese spend the winter. The Frost or Fog 10-mile race is held in late January too. For winter jobs we bring boards for soft ground, keep the heat on and leave the outside lights on through the gray afternoons.

Spring is short and pretty. Almond orchards bloom white in February, beehives line the rows for pollination, and the hills turn green before the long dry season. Wedding season and graduation parties start right after, and the mild days make it a good time to place a unit in a tight spot that would get too warm in August.

Emergency Bathroom Trailers for Fire, Flood and Power Shutoffs in Butte County

Disasters happen here. In February 2017, damage to the spillway at Oroville Dam led to the evacuation of about 188,000 people downstream, and many of them drove north to Chico. In September 2020, the North Complex Fire swept through Berry Creek and Feather Falls with almost no warning and killed 16 people. Power safety shutoffs hit the ridge and the canyons more than almost anywhere in the state. When the grid goes down, well pumps stop, and a home or a small business loses water along with the lights.

8-stall shower trailer with a fold-up awning over an outdoor sink area, The Lavatory NorCal

Call our 24/7 line. We keep units ready and can often be there within 1 to 2 hours, with rapid same-day deployment for shelters, base camps, staging yards and care homes that lose water. Every unit carries its own water and runs on a generator, so it works on day one. Our emergency restroom trailer rentals for Butte County disasters cover the first call. For people who stay out of their homes for weeks, we add hot-water mobile shower trailer rentals near Chico and temporary laundry trailer rentals for North Valley shelters, all on one delivery and one service plan.

We plan routes around closures. When Highway 32, the Skyway or Cohasset Road is shut, our trucks come in from the south on Highway 99 and stage equipment wherever the roads remain open. County offices, school districts, churches and relief groups can call us directly, and we keep units on site for as long as the need lasts.

Hospital, Road and Plant Projects That Keep a Temporary Restroom Trailer for Months

Chico keeps growing. Enloe Medical Center is the largest employer in Butte County, a 298-bed hospital with more than 3,000 staff, and its new Gonzales Comprehensive Cancer Center brings a big crew to the campus. The city is rebuilding Ceanothus Avenue near Pleasant Valley High School and a 1.6-mile stretch of East 20th Street, and Cal Water has been replacing old water mains in the neighborhoods near downtown. On the west side, the Chico Airport Business Industrial Park covers about 164 acres of warehouses, light industry and distribution space along Boeing Avenue and Ryan Avenue.

These jobs run long. A hospital wing under remodel can lose its staff restrooms for a whole phase. A school modernization closes a restroom block over the summer and sometimes into the fall term. A warehouse tenant fitting out a new building has dozens of trades on site before the plumbing passes inspection. For each one we set a service day by headcount, usually once or twice a week, and we move the unit when the work moves to another part of the site.

Plastic units are cheap to drop off. They are hard to live with for six months, since they bake in August and freeze in January, and nobody wants to wash their hands in one. A private bathroom trailer gives the same workers a clean, heated, air-conditioned room with running water every day of the job, and it tells inspectors and visitors that the site takes care of its people.

Three Typical Bathroom Trailer Rentals Around Chico, Start to Finish

No two jobs match. Most of our Chico area rentals still look a lot like one of these three examples, which we see again and again across Butte County every year.

ADA plus 2 bathroom trailer with its ramp set at the edge of a vineyard, The Lavatory NorCal

An almond huller near Durham during harvest

A huller running two shifts from late August into October adds dozens of seasonal workers and truck drivers to a yard with one small office bathroom. The manager books a 5-stall unit by the break tables and a 2-stall by the scale house. We level both on gravel, run power from a generator, and pump and restock twice a week. When the last loads come in, one call brings the truck back for pickup.

A new home build in Paradise

A builder framing a house on a cleared lot off Pentz Road orders a 2-stall for eight months. We set it near the driveway, run it on a small generator until the power is connected, and plug it into the house panel after that. Weekly service keeps it clean for every trade that comes through, and the builder adds a second lot nearby with one phone call.

A Saturday festival in downtown Oroville

A community group expecting several thousand visitors for a one-day festival books a 9-stall and an ADA plus 2. The trailers go in on Friday afternoon. We set the ramp on a flat sidewalk so wheelchairs can roll right in, and a service tech checks the tanks at midday. By Sunday morning both units are gone and the lot is clean.

Five-Star Reviews of Our Luxury Bathroom Trailers in the North Valley

Men's room in a 3-stall bathroom trailer with a urinal, toilet and counter, The Lavatory NorCal
★★★★★

“Very clean and perfect for our event. The delivery driver was very professional and put the trailer exactly where I asked, even though the spot was tight.”

CH Carol H.
★★★★★

“We had an outdoor concert at our home near Chico and added the luxury restroom trailer. Our guests could not believe how upscale it was. Thank you for such great service for our special night. We highly recommend them.”

RP Randi P.
★★★★★

“The team is always polite, professional and easy to work with, and the restrooms are clean, well kept and ready to use every time. You can tell they take pride in what they do, and that is why I keep coming back.”

MP Mason P.
★★★★★

“Planning events at remote spots up in the hills means I need vendors who will travel long distances and show up on time. This company has been that for me for years. Professional, hardworking and kind every single time.”

TB Tara B.
★★★★★

“These trailers are very spacious and comfortable. It feels like a home bathroom, very clean and cozy. We will definitely book again for the next family party.”

FC Fernando C.
★★★★★

“Professional customer service and great communication on delivery day. The restrooms were clean and our guests loved them. I will order again for our next event in Butte County.”

EJ Everardo J.
★★★★★

“I was thoroughly impressed from start to finish. We had a big gathering on a rural property, and the planning, delivery and pickup were all handled with real care. The trailer was spotless the whole time.”

JF Juan F.

Booking a Temporary Bathroom Trailer in Chico, Step by Step

  1. Call or ask for a free quote. Share the address, the dates, how many people and how long the unit will stay. Our line is open 24/7.
  2. We size it. We pick the trailer, check power and water, and look over the photos you send of your gate, lane and parking spot.
  3. We deliver and level it. Our driver backs it in, levels it, sets the steps or ramp, connects power and water and tests each toilet and sink.
  4. We service it. On multi-day events and long jobs we pump the tank, refill the fresh water and restock supplies on a set schedule.
  5. We haul it out. We pick up on the day and hour you choose and leave the site as clean as we found it.
2-stall bathroom trailer with women's and men's steps set on a home driveway, The Lavatory NorCal

You never have to rent a generator, hire a pump truck or find a cleaner on your own. We own every trailer we rent, and our own people handle delivery, setup, service and pickup from start to finish. The price on your quote is the price you pay, with no hidden fees added at the end.

Chico and Butte County Restroom Trailer Rental Questions

Private room with a urinal, sink and toilet inside an 8-stall bathroom trailer, The Lavatory NorCal

Can you get a trailer up the Skyway to a home site in Paradise or Magalia?

Yes. We deliver on the ridge every week, so send us a photo of the lot and the driveway and tell us whether the electrical service is live yet. If it is not, we bring a generator and swap to the house panel once the meter is set.

Will orchard dust during harvest get into the trailer?

We park away from the main dust path when we can and keep the doors closed between uses. Each service visit includes a full clean of floors, counters and fixtures, so a dusty week of shaking and sweeping does not build up inside.

How many units does a harvest crew need?

Count the workers on the biggest shift. California’s field sanitation rule calls for a toilet and a hand-washing spot for every 20 workers within a short walk of the work. A 2-stall covers a small crew, and a 5-stall or two units in different spots covers a large one.

Can a trailer go near the boat ramps at Lake Oroville?

Often, yes, with the right permit. State Parks sets where trailers can park at the ramps and day-use areas. Get the event permit first and send us the approved site map, and we will plan the route and the spot from it.

Do the trailers stay cool on a 105-degree day in Chico?

Yes. Every unit has its own air conditioning, and the 9-stall carries two separate units. We turn the cooling on several hours before guests arrive and park in available shade whenever the site allows it.

What happens to a trailer during a power shutoff?

Each unit carries its own fresh water and holding tanks, so it keeps working. If the outlet goes dead, we bring a generator to keep lights, pumps and the heat or AC running until power is back.

Can I rent a restroom trailer for the whole length of a long project?

Yes. Many of our Butte County units stay out for months on builds, remodels and plant projects. We set a weekly or twice-weekly service day, and you can extend with a phone call when the job runs long.

Can you bring several trailers to the fairgrounds for a race weekend?

Yes. For large crowds we spread units out so nobody walks too far, often a 9-stall near the main seating area and a smaller unit near the pits, and we service every unit overnight between race days.

Do you also rent shower and laundry trailers in the Chico area?

Yes. We rent shower trailers, an 8-station laundry trailer and a 12-station bunkhouse sleeper, and we can deliver and service them with your bathroom unit on one schedule.

Reserve a Luxury Bathroom Trailer for Chico and the North Valley Today

5-stall restroom trailer with lit men's and women's doors at night, The Lavatory NorCal

From a harvest yard in Durham to a home build in Paradise or a race night at the fairgrounds, The Lavatory NorCal has a clean, climate-controlled trailer ready for Chico today. Call (209) 202-3741 any hour for same-day delivery, or request a free quote and get a written answer fast.