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 […]
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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 […]
Customers decorating your marquees
In the marquee hire trade it’s to be expected that sometimes people will want to decorate their marquees. The results can be stunning so there’s no problem there, the problems arrive when they’re not taken away properly afterwards. The sort of things you come across are: We had a note in our terms and conditions […]
How to keep marquee linings clean?
Realistically in the marquee hire industry there are some things you can get away with and some things you can’t. For example, if you haven’t had chance to clean a dirty marquee roof you can generally get away with it if you hide it with a lining. What you can’t get away with is a […]
How often should you clean a marquee?
The obvious answer is whenever it needs it so maybe a better question would be how often should you expect to clean a marquee. A marquee is far more likely to get dirty when being erected/dismantled rather than when it is actually up. If you’re careful when erecting and especially when dismantling the marquee then […]
How to clean a marquee – marquee cleaning advice
With most parts of the country suffering ‘a bit of rain’ recently cleaning your marquees suddenly shoots up your to-do list. And rightly so, storing your marquees away when wet ages them very quickly, especially windows. Firstly, there are two types of dirt you get on marquees For splashed on mud you need to get […]
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 […]
Marquee flooring: different types of marquee flooring
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 […]
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 […]