St. Louis Porta Pros rents storage containers by the month, with pricing starting around $100 for a standard box and running toward $250 depending on size and site conditions. Most contractors and homeowners keep one for a full renovation cycle. Delivery is scheduled around your site, not the other way around.
The two workhorses are the 20ft storage container and the 40ft storage container. The 20 footer suits a kitchen remodel, a roofing job, or a homeowner clearing a garage before home renovation porta potty work starts on the rest of the house. The 40 footer handles a full jobsite's worth of tools, fixtures and materials, and it pairs well with a roll-off dumpster rental when a project generates both trash and stuff worth keeping. If you are not sure which box fits, our storage container rental team can walk the site with you before delivery, same as we do for construction site services across St. Louis.
Pricing depends on size, length of rental and how far the delivery truck has to travel. Here is what a standard month-to-month rental looks like next to other site equipment customers often rent alongside it.
| item | duration | typical price |
|---|---|---|
| storage container | month | $125 |
| dumpster | month | $108 |
| standard porta potty | month | $200 |
| delivery fee | month | $172 |
Full detail on ranges and what drives the price up or down lives on our storage container rental cost page. If you are comparing against a dumpster rental cost or a porta potty monthly rental for a mixed job, run the numbers side by side before you commit, since a longer rental should never cost less per week than a short one.
A portable storage container comes to you. A self storage unit means loading a truck, driving across St. Louis, and unloading again, twice, every time you need something. With a rental storage container sitting in your driveway or on your jobsite, tools and materials are an arm's reach away. That matters most on active builds where crews are in and out all day pulling fixtures, or where a mobile office trailer rental sits next to the container so the whole operation stays in one spot instead of scattered across town. Homeowners doing a renovation like the same convenience: the container sits at the curb or in the yard for the whole project, then it leaves when the job is done, and you never load a rented truck at all.
St. Louis Porta Pros delivers containers across the metro, and drive distance affects the delivery fee within the bands on our storage container rental cost page. University City sits 7.9 miles northwest of St. Louis, Webster Groves is 8.6 miles southwest, Kirkwood is 12.5 miles west, and Florissant is 15.4 miles north. Farther out, Chesterfield runs 19.2 miles west and St. Peters sits 27.0 miles northwest, both still inside our regular routes. Granite City, 12.1 miles northeast, and Belleville, 18.8 miles southeast, are also on our delivery map on the Illinois side. If your address isn't listed by name, check our service areas page or porta potty rental in St. Louis for the full coverage map, since we run the same trucks for containers, temporary fence rental and portable restroom rental jobs.
A pod-style storage container is weatherproof, lockable and built to hold furniture, tools or inventory for weeks or months. A roll-off dumpster is open-top and meant for debris that's leaving the site, not coming back. Confusing the two on a construction bid is common, so if your project needs both, ask about scheduling a 10 yard dumpster rental or 20 yard dumpster rental for waste alongside a storage container for materials. Some contractors add a 30 yard dumpster rental or 40 yard dumpster rental for a full teardown, then keep a storage box on site the whole time for anything worth saving. Delivery specs matter here too: a roll-off truck needs about 60 feet of straight clearance behind it to drop the box, so plan container and dumpster placement together rather than adding one after the other and running out of room. Details on box footprints are on our dumpster sizes and dimensions page.
Placement of a storage container in a driveway or on private property usually does not trigger the same review as placement in the public right of way, but that placement needs confirming with the city before delivery. St. Louis Porta Pros can flag likely issues based on where the container sits, but we don't guess at code numbers we haven't verified for your specific street. The same caution applies to dumpster permit requirements and to porta potty permit requirements: if the unit sits at the curb or blocks a sidewalk, check with the city first. For jobsites already coordinating temporary power pole or light tower rental equipment, permitting is often already part of the conversation, so folding in a storage container question at the same time saves a call later.
Get a firm answer on ground surface before the truck shows up. A gravel pad or concrete driveway holds a loaded container fine; soft grass or a slope can cause problems once the box is full. Measure your access point, since delivery trucks need clearance similar to what a roll-off dumpster rental requires, and tight alleys or low tree limbs in older St. Louis neighborhoods can turn away a truck that would fit a driveway. If your job also needs sanitation, a porta john rental or standard porta potty rental delivered the same day keeps one trip instead of two, and if the crew needs to wash up after coating or sealant work, OSHA 1926.51(f)(1) requires washing facilities for that kind of exposure specifically, which is where a handwashing station rental or portable sink rental earns its keep. Ask about locks, too: most containers ship with a lockbox for a standard padlock, which matters if the site is unattended overnight.
A standard container runs in the range on our storage container rental cost page, generally starting around $100 and climbing toward $250 for larger boxes or longer commitments. Delivery adds a separate fee based on distance and site access, so ask for both numbers together before booking.
Yes. Most St. Louis Porta Pros storage rentals run month to month, which suits short renovations as well as year-long construction projects. There's no requirement to commit past 30 days, and you can extend before the term ends if the job runs long.
A 20 foot container handles most single-room renovations and holds furniture, boxed items and tools without crowding. Larger whole-house projects, especially ones also using a construction dumpster rental, often need the 40 foot option instead.
Usually not for private driveways, but placement near the street or sidewalk needs confirming with the city, since right-of-way rules vary by block and by neighborhood. St. Louis Porta Pros can flag likely concerns but won't guess at code details not yet verified.
Yes, standard containers are built to keep out rain and seal against moisture, which is why they work for tools, furniture and paperwork left onsite for weeks. For climate-sensitive items, ask about container condition and door seals at booking, especially heading into a St. Louis winter.
Yes. St. Louis Porta Pros delivers storage container rental across St. Louis and the surrounding metro, with same-day and next-day drop-off available on most orders.
Pricing depends on the unit and how long you need it. See our cost breakdown and request a free quote for an exact figure.
Standard rentals include scheduled service — a pump-out, a clean, a restock and fresh deodorizer. Busy or hot-weather sites can be serviced more often.
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