There are basically five options for flooring a marquee: Wooden/suspended floor, carpet, matting, plastic tiling or breathable flooring (softex etc). The best finish is a wooden floor with new exhibition carpet on top, it’s also the most expensive. The worst in my opinion is breathable flooring as it allows condensation to build up. We once […]
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.
Coconut matting in marquees
Ever gone in to a marquee and the matting looks like the waves on an angry sea? Assuming it was laid correctly there’s actually a very simple reason. As mentioned in a previous post coconut matting is a very popular way of flooring marquees. Harder wearing and longer lasting than carpet, more attractive (in a […]
How to lay marquee carpet flooring or matting
Marquee flooring: As we’re now supplying carpet it makes sense to run through how to lay it in a marquee. First off you need to lay out a groundsheet or tarpaulin. Why? Well this stops any moisture coming up and prevents condensation building up. As I’ve mentioned/ranted previously I just don’t understand why anyone would […]
How to lay flooring in a marquee
This is how we and most of the marquee hire industry lay marquee flooring Any marquee flooring should have a non-breathable layer down underneath the main surface. This prevents the grass from giving off water vapour that will come back down as condensation and stops the surface getting muddy. Grass is tough stuff and covering […]
Erecting marquees on bumpy or uneven surfaces
In an ideal world all gardens would be level as bowling greens and have vehicular access right next door. In reality gardens come in all shapes and sizes and most of the time marquees are erected well away from car parking. Most garden surfaces can be covered one way or another but there are a […]
How to put up a marquee on hard standing
The easiest way to erect a marquee is on grass using a tie down kit to hold it in place but sometimes a marquee has to go up on hard surfaces. With our DIY Marquees (and indeed most quality marquees) this isn’t a problem as long as you fit groundbars. Groundbars don’t hold the marquee […]
How to put up marquees on uneven ground
This is a tricky one.. As a marquee erector our dream is to put marquees up on bowling greens that you can park your vehicle next to. You then come across a customer who’s dream is for you to convert their three-tiered sloped and bumpy garden in to a surface fit for a banquet. So […]
Advice for marquees in the snowy conditions
This one should be relatively short and sweet; just like snowfall in the UK! The first think you need to know is that no marquee however big or strong is designed for snow-loading. The weight of all that frozen water is just too much! The second thing you need to know is that there are […]
How long can a marquee stay up for?
This is a question I’m asked often – how long can a marquee stay up for? There are two parts to this -one is the structure, the other is the state of the ground. Marquees are only designed as temporary structures, if you have them up for a long time then certain precautions should be […]
Advice for marquees in strong winds
The UK is suffering from some strong winds and there comes a point as a marquee hire company when you have to consider if it is safe and sensible to continue with a hire. Hopefully in your terms and conditions of hire there is a Force Majeure clause covering you for events out of your […]