Porta Potties · Dumpsters · Storage Containers — Upper Darby & Delaware County, Delaware County
Porta Potty, Dumpster & Storage Container Rental in Upper Darby & Delaware County
Delaware County starts at the city line and runs from the rowhome and twin blocks of Upper Darby, Lansdowne and Clifton Heights out through the single-family streets of Drexel Hill, Havertown and Springfield to the county seat at Media and the bigger lots of Broomall. The inner townships work like Philadelphia neighborhoods, with no driveways and a dumpster that has to sit in the street under a township permit; the outer ones give you a driveway and a yard. Every municipality in the county has its own code and its own office, and Upper Darby's is the most specific. We deliver porta potties, roll-off dumpsters and storage containers across all of it, on one quote and one invoice, with the right township's rules worked into the plan before the truck rolls.
Where We Work in Delaware County
Upper Darby: 69th Street, Stonehurst & Highland Park
The county's densest township, with the 69th Street commercial district turning over storefronts and block after block of brick rows and twins being rehabbed. A box in the street needs the township's Licenses and Inspection permit; a porta potty goes on the sidewalk or inside the shell.
Drexel Hill & Havertown
Twins and singles on modest lots with driveways, where a 20 yard box fits in the drive and a 10 foot container beside the garage. Havertown is Haverford Township, with its own rules for its own streets.
Lansdowne, Clifton Heights & Yeadon
The small boroughs along the city line, each with its own council and code, with Victorian-era houses and apartment buildings being brought back and rowhome blocks that put the box at the curb.
Springfield, Media & Broomall
The outer suburbs: Springfield's shopping corridor and postwar streets, Media's courthouse district and its State Street storefronts, and Marple Township's big lots in Broomall, where the driveway is the placement and the only question is the approach.
Baltimore Pike & the Blue Route Corridor
The shopping centers, car dealers and office buildings along Baltimore Pike and near the Blue Route interchanges, with parking-lot placements, a property manager's hours and a state road out front that nothing can sit on.
The Work That Keeps Delco Busy
Rowhome & Twin Rehabs
Upper Darby, Lansdowne and the inner boroughs are being rehabbed one house at a time by investors and first-time buyers. A 20 yard box at the curb under the township permit, a unit for the crew, and a schedule that gets the box off the block fast.
Additions & Driveway Jobs
Drexel Hill, Havertown, Springfield and Broomall: kitchens, additions, roof tear-offs and basement finishes with a box in the driveway and a container by the garage, no street permit needed.
Commercial Turnovers
69th Street, Baltimore Pike and Media's downtown, where a storefront fit-out needs a short box behind the building and a container for fixtures arriving ahead of the floor.
Upper Darby's Permit, and Why Every Delco Town Is Different
Upper Darby Township's code is specific about a box in the street. Anyone using a dumpster, open-top container or portable storage container on a public street needs a permit from the township's Department of Licenses and Inspection first, with the owner, the location, the size and the dates on the application. The container has to carry reflectors or fluorescent material on all four sides where traffic can see them, or no permit is issued; it can only sit where a vehicle could legally park; it can't create a hazard for cars or pedestrians; and if it takes a metered space, the applicant pays the meter rental for the meters it puts out of service. The permit covers the actual days of use up to 30 days, with one more 30-day permit available, and up to 60 days total on a written request with cause to the Director of Licenses and Inspection. On private property the township allows a temporary dumpster or storage container for up to six months, or for the length of a construction permit when the box is tied to one. That's Upper Darby. Haverford, Springfield and Marple Townships, Media, Lansdowne, Clifton Heights and Yeadon Boroughs each have their own code, their own office and their own clock; Darby Township, for one, limits a box on a public street to seven days at a time and asks for a certificate of insurance naming the township. Baltimore Pike, West Chester Pike, Lansdowne Avenue, Township Line Road and the other state routes are PennDOT's, so nothing sits in their right-of-way under any local permit. Tell us the address and we'll tell you whose rules apply and whether the lot avoids them. See Dumpster Rental in Philadelphia for sizes, and add a porta potty and a storage container on the same quote.
The Inner Townships: City Rules Without the City
Upper Darby, Lansdowne, Clifton Heights and Yeadon were built as streetcar suburbs, and their housing stock is the city's: brick rows and twins on narrow lots, front steps onto the sidewalk, parking in the street, and a rear alley that may or may not take a truck. The job is a gut rehab or a flip, and the placement problem is Philadelphia's. The box goes in a parking space in front of the house, sized to the space, which means a 10 or a 20 and never a 30, with reflective material on every side because the township's code requires it and because a box in a dark street without it is how someone's bumper gets caught. It stays for the demolition and leaves the week the box is full.
The porta potty sits on the sidewalk against the house or in a front yard where there is one, then moves inside the shell once the first floor is open, with a path kept clear from the street for the service truck's hose. A rear alley with room for the truck is the better spot where it exists, out of the neighbors' sight and off the sidewalk. Containers on these blocks are rare: two parking spaces for a month is more than the street has to give, so storage stays in the house behind a locked door and the container goes on the jobs with a lot.
On a block like this the thing that goes wrong is always the same, a box set without the permit in front of a neighbor who photographs it. Get the township's paperwork first, post it where it can be seen from the street, and the job runs quiet.
Driveway Country: Drexel Hill to Broomall
West of Upper Darby's rows the lots open up. Drexel Hill and Havertown are twins and singles with driveways; Springfield and Broomall are postwar colonials and split-levels on quarter- and half-acre lots; and the work is additions, kitchens, roof tear-offs and whole-house renovations with a crew for months. A 20 yard box in the driveway and a 10 or 20 foot container beside the garage is the standard order, and nothing on the lot needs a street permit from any of these townships. What needs planning is the approach: a roll-off truck has to back straight to the spot and raise its bed, so a tree limb over the drive, a steep apron, a gate or a retaining wall at the entrance can stop the delivery. Walk the route from the street to the spot before the delivery date and tell us what's in the way.
Havertown deserves its own note because people assume it's Upper Darby. It's Haverford Township, a separate municipality with its own code, offices and rules for its own streets, and Township Line Road is the boundary. A job on one side of the road is under a different government than a job on the other, and the permit question gets answered differently. We check the address against the township line before we quote, and we'd rather tell you which office to call than guess.
Media, the Courthouse and Events
Media is the county seat, a borough with a State Street downtown of storefronts and offices around the courthouse, and the renovation and conversion work that goes with it: upper floors coming back into use, restaurants replacing banks, offices becoming apartments. Those jobs have loading zones and rear lots instead of driveways, so the box is a short rental timed to the demolition and placed where the borough and the landlord allow, and the container, when there's room, sits in a rear lot. Media's own code governs its streets, and the borough's calendar of State Street events brings crowds downtown through the year.
Delaware County's event work runs from those borough street festivals to township fairs, school and parish carnivals, runs on the Blue Route trails and in the county parks, and the colleges in the county's west. Each needs units in clusters with an accessible unit in every cluster, hand wash stations by the food, and a service plan for anything that runs a full day. Our How Many Porta Potties Do I Need guide has the planning table; send the headcount and the hours and we'll size it. The organizer handles the municipality's event approvals; we handle the units and the cleanup box.
What We Deliver in Upper Darby & Delaware County
- Porta Potty Rental in PhiladelphiaStandard and deluxe porta potties, ADA-accessible units, hand wash stations and luxury restroom trailers for the ground floor, plus high-rise units and holding tanks for the upper floors and the office trailer, all on weekly service.
- Dumpster Rental in Philadelphia10, 20, 30 and 40 yard roll-off dumpsters for demolition, gut rehabs, roofing, cleanouts and new construction, with heavy-debris boxes for concrete and brick, swaps on call, and the rental days and weight allowance stated on every quote.
- Storage Container Rental in Philadelphia10, 20, 40 and 48 foot steel shipping containers for job site tools, materials, fixtures and office overflow, set on the ground where you point, locked and dry, with shelving and lighting on request, rented by the month and picked up when the job is done.
Upper Darby & Delaware County FAQ
Do I need a permit for a dumpster in Upper Darby?
In the street, yes: a permit from the township's Department of Licenses and Inspection before the box goes down, with reflectors on all four sides, placement only where a car could legally park, and a 30-day term with one renewal. On your own lot, the township allows a temporary box for up to six months without a street permit.
Is Havertown the same as Upper Darby?
No. Havertown is Haverford Township, a separate municipality with its own code and rules for its own streets. Township Line Road is the boundary, and which side of it the job is on decides whose office handles any street placement.
What size dumpster fits on an Upper Darby rowhome street?
A 10 or 20 yard box, which takes about one parking space. A 30 is too long for most blocks. If the job has concrete or brick and light debris both, a 10 for the heavy and a 20 for the rest beats one overloaded box.
Do you cover Media, Springfield and Broomall?
Yes. The outer townships and boroughs are on our routes, and their driveways and lots make placement simple. Each has its own code, so a box in a street there is a question for that municipality, and we'll tell you which one.
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