Nolan's Workforce Housing & Trailer Rentals
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20ft Sleeper Container (1 Bedroom)
A private insulated room for supervisors or long stays.
Starting from $2,195 / month
Preston, IA · Midwest
Preston, Iowa Workforce Housing Trailer Rentals with Laundry and Showers
For job sites in Preston, we rent remote workforce housing trailers, from shared bunk bed rooms to private supervisor rooms. As Life Support Service, we pair the housing with shower trailers, shower-restroom combination trailers, standalone restroom trailers, laundry trailers, mobile kitchen trailers, dishwashing trailers, and emergency refrigeration for the day a walk-in cooler fails. A remote build far from town, a season of resort staff, or a disaster recovery base: each is a reason to bring in temporary housing. Choose a weekly rental for a short job or a monthly lease for a season of work. Our customers are contractors, industrial and mining operations, utilities, agencies, correctional facilities, and resorts. Our team schedules delivery and setup around your site access and utilities. Send your dates to check availability and get a quote.
- Place
- Incorporated town
- Delivery quoted from
- Dubuque, IA
- Terms
- Weekly or monthly
Trailhead
Dispatch
Crew housing for Preston
Starting from $2,195 / month
- Weekly or monthly rental
- Calls answered 24/7
- Setup about 1 hour for housing and shower units
- Commercial and industrial sites only
- An inquiry doesn't reserve equipment; availability is confirmed for each project.
Rental units
Units we deliver to Preston
Build the camp around bunk bed sleeper trailers, then add shower trailers and laundry as the headcount grows; the starting rate in Preston matches every other town.
Rentals for Preston · 5 units
20ft Accommodation (Contractor)
A shared crew room with bunk beds for contractors.
Starting from $2,195 / month
20ft Shower Trailer (5-10 Individual Stalls) with Handwashing Sink
Five to ten individual shower stalls plus an outside handwashing station.
Price by quote
28ft Mobile Kitchen
More line and prep space with the same standard equipment set.
Starting from $4,995 / month
Before delivery
Three things to settle for Preston
Power
Each unit needs shore power or a generator sized for its heaters and air conditioning; we confirm the service before delivery.
Headcount and beds
Beds come first, then showers and laundry: OSHA's labor camp rule pairs one shower head per 10 persons with one laundry tray or tub per 30, so we size all three together.
Accessibility
For guests, patients, or staff who need an accessible stall in Preston, plan an ADA combo with a ramp; ramp setup takes 4 to 6 hours.
On the ground
Local planning notes for Preston
Five topics, always in this order. Sourced items link to their source; items without a local source are marked as general guidance.
Recovery after an outage in PrestonGeneral guidance
Most emergency calls start with water: a broken main, a flooded basement, or a boiler failure that leaves a school, plant, or care home without showers.
A trailer with its own tanks can run while utilities are restored.
Check the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management for declared emergencies and recovery resources.
Construction and crewsGeneral guidance
A long build in a small town usually runs longer than its first schedule, and the facilities have to last with it.
On a Preston job site, size restroom and shower stalls to the peak shift, not the day's total.
Major renovationGeneral guidance
When a school, hospital, hotel, or plant in Preston renovates its locker rooms or restrooms, a trailer parked by the door keeps the building open.
A shower-restroom combo near the work zone lets the rest of the building run normally until the new rooms open.
Getting equipment into Preston in an emergencyGeneral guidance
We have no published route from a disaster staging area to Preston's emergency-management hub to cite, so we don't show one.
During a declared emergency, follow the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management for road and access orders. Our own delivery to Preston is planned with you and quoted by distance from Dubuque, IA, about 35 straight-line miles to the north.
If roads to your site are restricted, tell us the open approach your site contact can confirm.
Preston rental prices
From our current price list: $2,195 per month for crew housing units and $2,495 per month for a shower-restroom combo, the same in Preston as in any other state.
What varies is delivery, quoted from Dubuque, IA, about 35 straight-line miles to the north, along with setup and pickup.
Why choose us
Why Preston crews choose our bunk bed sleeper trailers
People notice facilities most when they fail. Our bunk bed sleeper trailers are commercial units, and we pair them with delivery planning and a 24/7 line so crews and guests in Preston can count on them for the whole rental.
Accelerated Deployment
Once availability is confirmed we schedule delivery around your access and utilities; setup takes about 1 hour once on site with utilities ready (kitchen and dish trailers about 5 hours).
24/7 Emergency Service
Call any hour when a storm, flood, or failed water heater displaces a crew or takes showers offline; we check what can reach Preston.
End-to-End Project Support
We help size the bunk bed sleeper trailer, plan placement, water, power, and waste, and schedule pickup when the work ends.
Flexible Rental Solutions
Weekly rentals or monthly leases cover a weekend event, a renovation, or a season-long project.
Heavy-Duty Commercial Equipment
Commercial units with private locking stalls, hot and cold water, and ADA layouts built for daily crew use.
Experienced Logistics Coordination
We plan the route in, the placement pad, and the service schedule, and gps tracking possible on request.
Trust
Why clients trust us
- Calls answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, emergencies included.
- Published starting rates, with delivery, setup, and pickup quoted for your address.
- We serve construction, industrial, healthcare, education, government, hospitality, and event customers.
- Setup in about an hour for most housing and shower units; stairs take 5 to 15 minutes and ramps 4 to 6 hours.
- Honest quotes: an inquiry doesn't reserve equipment, and availability is confirmed for each project.
Nearest pages
Nearest city and town pages
Service is nationwide, so the pages closest to Preston may be in another state. Miles are straight-line, not road miles.
Delivery area
Towns around Preston
These places sit within a short drive of Preston; distances are straight-line.
- Spragueville, IA · about 2 mi northwest
- Miles, IA · about 5 mi east
- Goose Lake, IA · about 6 mi south
- Charlotte, IA · about 7 mi southwest
- Springbrook, IA · about 9 mi northwest
- Andover, IA · about 10 mi southeast
- Delmar, IA · about 11 mi west
- Andrew, IA · about 12 mi northwest
Rental terms
How the rental works
Your Preston quote lists the unit, delivery, setup, and pickup together.
- Starting rates
- Bunk bed sleeper and accommodation units start from $2,195 per month and shower-restroom combinations from $2,495 per month: the lowest rates on our price list, which usually apply to leases longer than three months. Weekly and one-month rentals are quoted higher; ADA and standalone restroom units are priced by quote.
- Rental terms
- Weekly rentals or monthly leases.
- Hours
- Calls answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, emergencies included.
- Setup time
- About an hour for most housing, shower, and restroom units once utilities are ready; kitchen and dish trailers about 5 hours. Stairs: 5 to 15 minutes. Ramps: 4 to 6 hours.
- Delivery and GPS
- Starting rates are the same in Preston as everywhere we serve; delivery is quoted by distance from Dubuque, IA, about 35 straight-line miles to the north. GPS tracking possible on request.
- Who we rent to
- Commercial, institutional, and industrial sites only; we don't rent for residential use.
Guides
Planning guides
- Sizing a Remote Workforce Housing Camp: OSHA 1910.142 OSHA's temporary labor camp standard turned into a rental order: square feet per bed, bunk spacing, shower heads, toilets, and laundry tubs per person. It is written for energy, mining, and construction contractors and for agencies planning a remote man camp, so the order for bunk bed sleeper trailers, shower trailers, and laundry trailers matches the headcount before the first shift arrives.
- Colorado Workforce Housing Trailer Rental Guide What changes when a remote crew camp goes in at Colorado elevations: cold nights, winter access over passes, and small towns where one project can fill every room. It walks through bunk bed sleeper trailers, shower and laundry trailers, and mobile kitchens for Western Slope energy work, high-country mining, ski-town seasonal staff, and eastern plains projects, with the National Weather Service offices that cover each part of the state.
- Emergency Workforce Housing After a Wildfire or Flood A checklist for agencies, utilities, and contractors who need to house responders and recovery crews after a wildfire or flood. It covers the headcount, the site, utilities, and the order of trailers for a temporary camp of bunk bed sleepers, shower trailers, laundry, and kitchens, with Ready.gov and OSHA guidance on working safely through response and recovery.
Questions
Preston rental questions
Q1How do I size a remote crew camp?
OSHA's temporary labor camp rule (29 CFR 1910.142) is a useful baseline: at least 50 square feet of sleeping floor space per occupant, one shower head for every 10 persons, and one laundry tray or tub for every 30. Tell us the headcount and we size beds, showers, and laundry together.
Q2What rooms come in a sleeper trailer?
Our 20 ft units come as shared labor rooms with bunk beds, contractor rooms, private VIP rooms, and one- and two-bedroom sleeper containers. The exact bed layout is confirmed with your quote.
Q3Do you rent to homeowners?
No. We rent to commercial, institutional, and industrial sites only: contractors, operators, agencies, and facilities.
Q4What utilities does a camp need?
Power for every unit, plus fresh water and wastewater handling for showers, restrooms, laundry, and kitchens. Where the site has no hookups, ask about water tanks and generator power in your quote.
Sources
Where these facts come from
Official sources for planning a rental here. Links checked 2026-11-06.
- National Weather Service forecast for Preston, IACheck heat, wind, and freezing nights for the days a shower trailer will be on site.
- Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency ManagementState emergency management agency
- Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and LicensingState food licensing agency
- USA.gov: State GovernmentsDirectory of official state government websites.
Request a quote
Check availability in Preston
Share the address, the dates, and the crew size, and we reply with what's available and what it costs. Need it today? Call (888) 385-5513, answered 24/7.
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