September is usually the last busy marquee month of the season. If you’re still very busy through October and the Christmas market then you’re doing very well. There is a change to the way people use marquees during the winter though: In the main erecting winter marquees is a far more relaxed business than summer […]
Marquee Setup & Weather Advice
Practical advice on site preparation, anchoring techniques, and safely securing your marquee on various surfaces. Includes essential tips for managing wind, rain, snow, and heating.
Marquee Advice: Stacks of chairs in marquees
There is one wedding marquee we did that sticks out for several reasons. It was the largest wedding we were doing that year and a lot of work had gone on beforehand – many many site visits and alterations but it did promise to be quite a special marquee. Having been on site most of […]
Marquee heating tips
If there’s one thing that you want to get right it’s heating, if people are cold it’ll ruin their night no matter what the marquee looks like. So here are things to bear in mind with marquee heaters: It’s got to be said the ideal heaters are indirect ones, they’re large units that sit outside […]
How much heating does my marquee need?
Very simply one this, to raise a marquees temperature by 20degrees you require 1KW/3500BTU for 5 cubic metres. Some examples: Some things to point out: In short, I would always treat this number as a bare minimum, much better to have more heating than required so it can be turned down than risk having a […]
Putting up marquees and seasonal weather
Working outdoors as a marquee erector you become a little more conscious of the weather than most. As mentioned previously when helping to plan weddings I found it useful to take along a list of that years sunset times to help plan lighting etc. In my experience (obviously this is purely my experience with no […]
Marquee heating – How much fuel to supply
Even though the weather is still relatively mild any marquee hire will now be going out with heating. The question is how much fuel do you allow for and what is reasonable? As with many things it is best to preempt any potential head ache by telling the customer in advance. We would usually specify […]
Marquee heating information
Nearly all professional marquee hirers use diesel or gas powered heaters. When using one of these to heat a marquee personally I would always put a carbon monoxide tester in the marquee too. They’re cheap, easy to fit and give peace of mind to both you and the customer. Not only that it makes you […]
Marquee heaters and marquee heating
If there’s one thing that you want to get right it’s heating, if people are cold it’ll ruin their night no matter what the marquee looks like. So here are things to bear in mind with marquee heaters: Indirect heaters typically cost £1500 and hire out for £150-£200. Space heaters cost £100-£200 and hire out […]
Avoid using heaters when erecting a marquee
If you’re out erecting marquees at the moment then it’s a bit cold but you should avoid using heaters to warm you up, at least until the flooring is down. Putting marquees up in bad weather isn’t the greatest but we do work in an industry that means once the marquee’s up we’re effectively working […]
Avoid using heaters when erecting a marquee
If you’re out erecting marquees at the moment then it’s a bit cold but you should avoid using heaters to warm you up, at least until the flooring is down. Putting marquees up in bad weather isn’t the greatest but we do work in an industry that means once the marquee’s up we’re effectively working […]