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Equipped units · Mobile welfare units · Project duration
Welfare units for hire on UK construction sites
Compare welfare cabin hire for the spaces your teams need, from mobile units to a group of static cabins. Match the facilities to the workforce, then include hire charges, delivery, servicing and collection for the full project duration.
Which configuration should you hire?
Specify the number of people on site at the same time, the intended uses and the facilities already available. The supplier will then be able to propose the layout and corresponding equipment.
Modules to assemble
To combine offices, changing rooms, rest and eating areas and toilets, request the complete layout. Ask for the offloading, assembly, access and connections to be quoted.
An additional site cabin
If the site already has certain facilities, describe them. You can request an additional office or toilets depending on the need to cover.
Get a hire price for a working welfare arrangement
No UK hire sample is published on this page. Agree the facilities, dates and servicing before comparing rates; an advertised number of seats is not a full welfare specification.
Equipment
Specify the exact units, usable facilities, fittings and capacity for the proposed workforce and working hours.
Ready for use
Include delivery, offloading, supports, assembly, water and drainage arrangements, electricity and commissioning before work starts.
Throughout the project
Price cleaning, consumables, tank emptying and water replenishment, maintenance, emergency replacement and final collection.
Ask for the charge period, VAT, minimum hire, extension and notice terms, and every delivery or collection charge. Commercial hire terms do not change the requirement to provide suitable welfare from the start and throughout the work.
Request an itemised quotationGive dates, not just a number of months
Provide a desired delivery date and an expected end date. The hire company must specify how this period will be charged.
Short-term site
Ask about the minimum charge and fixed delivery and collection costs. Using the unit for just a few days may still involve a longer billing period: ask the hire company to confirm this.
Several months
Ask for the entire period to be priced using the rate corresponding to your hire length. Specify the frequency of required services, such as emptying or maintenance.
Uncertain end date
Ask for a base hire period and the price of an extension. Ensure the notice period and the procedure for confirming the new date or arranging collection are stated.
The minimum billed hire period is a commercial condition. It is separate from the duty to provide welfare on short projects. Ask for delivery and commissioning before work begins, and maintain provision until the work ends.
Four answers to get before booking
Have these points included in the quote or the hire conditions.
When do hire charges start?
Have the billing start date and its link with delivery or handover stated. Confirm the minimum charge and the rule for a partial month.
What happens if the project lasts longer?
Ask for the extension rate, notice period and confirmation procedure. Check whether a change in duration affects the original rate.
How is collection organised?
Have it specified who requests collection, the lead time and the date hire charges stop. Check lorry access and preparation of the modules.
What charges may remain at return?
Have cleaning, draining, dismantling and reinstatement itemised. Ask about the rules for returning the security deposit and insurance conditions.
At delivery, keep a condition report.
Record with the supplier the condition of the modules, furniture and equipment delivered. Keep photos, any reservations and delivery documents. At collection, have the return condition and services carried out noted.
What the hired unit must actually provide
For construction work, these provisions come from CDM 2015 Schedule 2 in England, Wales and Scotland, and CDM 2016 Schedule 3 in Northern Ireland. Plan them before work starts and keep them available throughout the work.
Toilets that remain accessible and usable
Provide sufficient suitable toilets in readily accessible places. Keep them and their rooms clean, ventilated and lit so far as reasonably practicable. Separate rooms for men and women are required unless each toilet is in its own room that locks from the inside.
Include in the specification: Confirm the number and layout, safe routes, toilet paper, sanitary waste arrangements, cleaning and servicing. A weekly emptying visit does not replace cleaning between visits.
Legal provisions: paragraph 1 of GB Schedule 2 / NI Schedule 3.
Washing with hot and cold, or warm, water
Washing facilities belong beside toilets and near required changing rooms. They must include clean hot and cold, or warm, water, with running water so far as reasonably practicable, cleaning products and a way to dry. Provide showers where the work or health risks require them.
Include in the specification: Choose a basin large enough for hands, face and forearms. Specify the heater, water supply and replenishment, soap and towels or dryers. Hand sanitiser alone is not a replacement for suitable washing facilities. Keep washing separate from eating and rest areas where hazardous substances could contaminate food.
Legal provisions: paragraph 2 of GB Schedule 2 / NI Schedule 3.
Rest, meals and boiling water
Provide accessible rest rooms or areas with enough tables and seats with backs for simultaneous users, arrangements to prepare and eat meals, and a way to boil water. Maintain an appropriate temperature. Provide for pregnant or nursing workers to rest lying down where necessary.
Include in the specification: Agree break-time occupancy, food preparation, heating and ventilation. Keep the space clean and free of stored plant, tools and materials; an office label alone does not make a cabin a suitable rest area.
Legal provisions: paragraph 5 of GB Schedule 2 / NI Schedule 3.
Use HSE's checks to plan toilets and washing and changing, drinking water and rest. For Northern Ireland, check who is responsible under HSENI's guidance.
Check welfare at handover and throughout the hire
Before anyone starts
Connect or fill the water supply; test hot or warm washing water, lighting, heating and toilets. Confirm drinking water, soap, drying materials, toilet paper and the rest area are ready.
While the site is running
Name the person who checks supplies and cleanliness, books tank services, responds to faults and updates provision as the workforce or work changes.
During relocation or collection
Keep replacement facilities available while units are disconnected, moved or removed. Welfare remains necessary during mobilisation and demobilisation.
Agree who provides drinking water, changing, secure clothing storage and drying, and showers where required. If the hired unit covers only some of these needs, identify the other available facilities in the site arrangements.
Who is responsible for what during the hire?
A clear list of services helps you prepare the site and compare quotes.
Before delivery
Location and supports approved, lorry access, lifting, assembly and connections. Divide the tasks between your team and the supplier.
During use
Maintenance, cleaning, breakdown assistance, water and energy. If tanks are fitted, specify filling, emptying, access and frequency of visits.
Before collection
Furniture inventoried, cleaning and emptying in accordance with the contract, disconnection and dismantling assigned to the planned contractors. Maintain the required access for collection.
Are you planning to reuse the modules?
Also get a quote for purchase, then add transfers, storage and maintenance. Compare both solutions based on the actual uses planned, with the same equipment.
A standard hire and a finance agreement with purchase option involve different conditions. A monthly amount alone is not enough to compare them: check duration, any deposit, services and purchase price.
Compare site welfare unit hire costs and purchase budgetsHave the equipment for your site confirmed
Describe the number of people, uses and working conditions. A commercial capacity or the mention 'equipped' does not by itself describe all the necessary facilities.
See benchmarks for site facilitiesHave the hire costed up to collection.
Duration, workforce, equipment and site location: prepare your request to compare proposals. Free and without obligation.
Compare quotesQuestions about site welfare hire
What is the hire cost of a site welfare unit?
Ask for a dated quotation for the specific unit, period, delivery, commissioning, cleaning, servicing and collection. There is no verified UK welfare hire price sample on this page. Check VAT, the minimum billed period and extension charges.
Can you hire a site welfare unit for less than a month?
It depends on the hire company and the equipment. Ask for the minimum period billed and the exact dates covered by the quote. In the form, enter one month and then specify your actual duration in the request. Suitable welfare is still required on projects shorter than a month.
Is return transport included in the hire cost?
Check the quote: the hire cost alone does not indicate the cost of collection. Ask for a separate price for delivery, return, offloading, dismantling and return services. Also confirm the date on which the hire charges stop.
How can I extend a hire if the site runs late?
Check the notice period and procedure set out in the contract, then have the hire company confirm the new duration and its rate. Ask at quotation stage for the cost of an extension and any possible effect on the original rate.
Is a mobile welfare unit fully self-contained?
Not necessarily. A self-contained toilet does not prove that the rest of the installation is self-sufficient in water, electricity or heating. Ask about the equipment involved, the stated capacities and any filling or emptying services to be arranged.
Break down the budget
Compare hire prices and all items in the quote.
ReadHire a site office
Specify the workspace and the equipment required.
ReadHire toilets and washing facilities
Define the equipment and available services.
ReadUK welfare guidance reviewed on 28 September 2026. The directory prepares enquiries; the hire company confirms the equipment, services, current price and contract.