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Erecting winter marquees isn’t the most glamorous of jobs but it can still be enjoyable. The key is to allow more time for each one (compared to peak summer times). Allowing more time for each marquee means: I’m aware I’m saying this from a warm comfortable indoor office but providing you are not in a […]

A walkway is used when you can’t butt the end of the marquee up against the house as in part i (posted 2 weeks ago). It might be the marquee has to go side on to the house or simply set back a bit. Walkways are very easy and simple things but here are some […]

The next category is weathering a marquee to a house that has to be positioned side-on and you don’t have the use of a walkway. It is much easier using a walkway (as I’ll write about next week) especially one of ours! But not everyone has one so sometimes you just have to make do […]

The easiest and indeed the best way to weather a house is by positioning the end of the marquee (the 4m or 6m side) against the building. This is because: Some other points: Thanks for reading, I’ll run through the other methods soon Spencer

In my past hiring life I erected marquees over swimming pools, sunken gardens, flowerbeds, ponds, rockeries, trees, statues, just about anything you can find in a garden we covered at one time or another. The result can be stunning but the method can be tricky. Some things to consider if you’re incorporating parts of a […]

No. Well that was a short blog.. This is a question I’m asked often by people planning a new marquee hire business and you can see where the confusion lies so probably requires a bit more explanation. A marquee is made up of A-frames, end A-frames (where all the joints are 3-way) and middle A-frames […]

There are lots of different materials used to cover marquees, here are some pros and cons of each: Canvas: Pros: Essential for use on traditional marquees, thick and tough material, good resistance to tearing Cons: Problem when wet, F/R issues I don’t claim to be an expert on using canvas for marquees as whenever we […]

With the recent bad weather in mind it’s sensible to mention how to deal with marquees in strong winds: Thanks for reading Spencer

No, a marquee is far more wind resistant with the sides on rather than off. For some reason there are many people who believe that leaving the sides off a marquee ‘lets the wind pass through’. I will try to explain below why this is not true and why leaving the sides off of a […]

Our DIY Marquees like most commercial quality ones can be erected on hard standing. There is the small issue of how to anchor the marquee down (answer: longer tie downs to a nearby soft surface, bolting or use heavy weights) but otherwise it is easily done. There is one small issue which you should make […]