Traditional range of DIY Marquees are ideal for marquee hire companies
Marquees have always been a popular and sought-after option as an alternative to your regular venue hire options. This is mainly attributed to the unique sense of style which can be created when using a marquee as your preferred venue option. There is nothing quite like creating the specific ambiance, mood and atmosphere, as when you design and decorate your marquee venue, tailormade to your desires.
Notwithstanding the many great benefits of the marquee as the ultimate venue option, there are some aspects relating to the logistics of marquees that can leave some feeling unsure of whether the outcome is worth the effort. Stop and take a minute as we discuss some of the issues which may leave you feeling reluctant to opt for the marquee option.
- Its cold.
Yes, this is the UK and no one has ever claimed to have all the answers when it comes to the various weather-patterns resulting in our world-famous reputation for having 4 seasons in 1 day! Its true that using a marquee might leave you vulnerable to various elements however there is always an innovative solution to any element. So, you want to know how to heat your marquee, DIY Marquees would recommend setting up a powerful, indirect heater which will disperse heat through out the marquee. Situated at the entrance of the marquee facing towards the inside, your marquee will be cozy in a matter of minutes. For a larger marquee, add smaller indirect heaters at the corner and other such “dead” spaces where people are not mingling. That way you can prevent the cold from seeping in and keep your guest’s toasty.
- Not all terrains are made equal.
Anyone who has attended a glamourous event, hosted on a grassy terrain, knows how hard it can be to prevent your £1,245 Maisel 100 faux pearl-embellished, paper-thin stiletto Jimmy Choo heels from sinking into the grass below you, sending you tumbling into an embarrassing social faux-par! To ensure the ultimate comfort of your guests, you would want to place your marquee on a solid, even surface, but the question remains: How to anchor your marquee down on hard surfaces? Your traditional tie-downs will not work on a solid surface, so alternatives include bolting or drilling holes in the footplate, to which you can place straps to secure the marquee. Alternatively, use heavy weights, such as a concrete block, strapped directly to the marquee. No concrete blocks available, strap the marquee to a strategically placed car, or lead a strap through to a near-by grassy patch.
- Once size does not fit all
This concept apparently works in retail however we all know the truth is that there is no 1 solution or product which will suit everyone’s needs. Attempting to squeeze everyone into a one size fits all marquee, will not work. Luckily, DIY Marquees has the perfect solution to help customers to create a marquee perfect for their needs. From the size of the marquee, to the shape, space, function and location, visit the website’s Marquee Planner to create a replica to help you check all the boxes.
Marquees for all seasons – speak to DIY Marquees today!
Marquees in summertime … what could be a more romantic venue for the perfect outdoor celebration, from baby showers to wedding, anniversaries to work functions, there is nothing that quite matches the allure of a marquee venue. Moving into the Autumn the marquee hiring for sale business may well become a little slower, especially in the UK. But as Winter comes, there are many ways for marquees to remain the quintessential destination venue for celebrations. With a few clever additions and adjustments to your basic DIY Marquee and how you use it, business could bloom well into the colder months of the year.
DIY Marquees UK providers of marquees and accessories, which are designed especially to withstand the harsher seasons. With a variety of all year round, 4 season marquees available, there is definitely a marquee for all seasons. From traditional, romantic style marquees to green commercial marquees, Deluxe and Demi marquees, DIY Marquees boasts a spectacular array of features to fail-proof your marquee while ensuring the longevity of the marquee lives up to any UK Winter.
While it is common sense that some weather conditions simply mean that you cannot erect your marquee for fear of life and limb, DIY trusts that this same common sense will prevent clients from risking the integrity of these quality products. Floods, tycoons and other displays of Mother Nature’s greatness should never be taken lightly. However, a good solid rain fall never stopped a DIY marquee from standing tall and true which is mostly down to the superior quality of the products and materials which are used when creating our extensive range of marquees.
Why settle for 500gsm Rip-stop Duracoretex PVC when we can offer a 650gsm Rip-stop Duracoretex PVC Roofs and side panels for marquees with a roof top less than 90sqm. An excellent example of what we have on offer is the Deluxe Demi range which is excellent value for money and quality, for those who want the strongest, most durable and most impressive marquees. This specific is designed for easy use when standing against buildings or toilets. Wind-stop Velcro seals the panels securely preventing the cold from penetrating into the marquee, especially at night or late afternoon events where the weather may have turned. The core of our DIY marquees is a frame of steel pipe work preferred because of the superior strength of this material when compared to other popular materials used for marquee framework. Ground bars anchor the marquee with cross-bracing eaves providing that additional security against any Winter weather.
DIY Marquee experts can also offer you advice on how to set up your marquees in order to buffer against the weather and increase the innate strength of the marquee. We have a fabulous DIY Marquee Planner that conveniently helps you plan the sizes and layout of your marquee. Our Marquee Buyers Guide gives advice on everything you need to consider when buying a marquee.
Heating options to guard against the Winter chill and various lightening options, DIY Marquee professionals are happy to advise you on the best way to heat your marquee as well as the worst (and most dangerous) ways which must be avoided at all costs, so to ensure that safety always comes first. DIY Marquees now sells Indirect Marquee Heaters.
Our Green Marquees are excellent value for money
If you are in the business of hiring out marquees and know that now is the time to start thinking about providing the ultimate, alternate venue for company’s who are getting ready to show their employees their appreciation for all of their efforts throughout what has been a trying year. Those who are looking for a way to host their loyal clients, who have stood by their side through the thick and thin of the year and who are looking for an option which will accommodate people in small groups, where there is plenty of ventilation and space to allow for social distancing. DIY Green Marquees are the most versatile way for a company to hold many small events, while ensuring that there is no risk on those who will be attending the event. No doubt one of the easiest and most cost-effective yet able to accommodate all the usual needs which an end of year venue needs to offer, providing a way to put on a show to impress clients and employees alike.
DIY Marquees offer a variety of superior ranges of marquees, including the DIY Marquee green marquee, which has the capacity to meet your clients’ venue, needs to help them set up the event of the year. Hirers are encouraged to look at the online interactive marquee planner and check out the options that are available to help you to make your marquee a suitable venue with all of the trimmings. Not only are the marquees fully aligned to all of the health and safety requirements, in terms of the standards of material DIY Marquees use to construct their marquees, they also meet all legislative requirements and can be beautifully constructed to look like a fairy-tale Christmas. All it takes is a little extra attention to the electrics and you will be able to light your marquee up like a Christmas tree for the ultimate holiday feel. DIY Marquee is always looking for inspired and interactive ways to make the marquee experience easier and safer for the full lifespan of the marquee and will never leave hirers stuck for new ideas to make their marquee the most desirable and sought after venue.
DIY Marquee Electrical Courses offers 2 excellent options in terms of lighting solutions for marquees. A superior choice of lighting is offered as part of the marquee lighting packages, such as your ultimate marquee chandelier or the retro and classic style marquee festoons. Secondly, and something that is highly recommended for hirers, is to do your own marquee electrics so as to ensure the standards are always compliant and that should any emergency occur, there is always someone on site to assist with the repair. It does not take much lighting to make your marquee look particularly pretty but for those who what a little something more elaborate or complex, consider attending one of the electrics courses aimed specifically at those in the hiring industry. Light courses and PAT lighting course information is available online for those who are ready to take the next step.
DIY Marquees Raising Marquees to new Heights
According to the Cambridge dictionary, a marquee is a large tent used for eating and drinking at events held mainly outside that involve a lot of people. But for DIY Marquees, a marquee is defined as a lot more than that. For DIY Marquees, a marquee is an opportunity! A small, large, or medium tent with the purpose of eating and drinking in, yes, this is true. But a marquee offers something special to any event being held outside. Think about it… it's not often that being outside is a safe choice for any special day. With the weather sometimes more temperamental than a two-year-old, there is no real way of knowing what a day will bring, no matter what season you plan your event in. And this is not just something that happens in the UK, where we have a reputation for unpredictable weather… an outdoor event anywhere in the world is something someone plans with fingers crossed and hoping for the odds to be ever in their favour!
All the marquees that DIY Marquees supply is of the highest quality and we sell each and every one of our large variety of marquees with an unwritten guarantee that the odds will be ever in your favour when you use one of these marquees. This being said, we also acknowledge that sometimes there is a need for a marquee which offers a little something extra in terms of strength and quality. By quality, we don’t mean good or bad quality… we mean great or extra great, which is achieved with thicker, more durable materials. Designed for a tougher environment, and for frequent use, Premium DIY Marquees come in a range of sizes and all of which have the extra durability to ensure that there is no event for which the Premium DIY Marquees is not a match for, under any weather conditions possible. When designing these marquees, there was no advantage which was ignored in formulating their construction. Even very large marquees can be constructed with a Premium marquee as they have the strength to withstand any terrain or any awkward shape which may be needed to suit the specifics of your event.
Multi-purpose marquees like the Premium range of marquees will never disappoint. With a large range of marquee spare parts (replaceable joints, poles, and covers for 3, 4 and 6-meter marquees) which are available for purchase via the very interactive and information-packed website, there is literally nothing that a person could not do with one of these premium marquees which feature, 20-degree wind resistant roofs, 38mm steel piped frameworks with the option of additional ground bars, PVC side panels and roofs covers which are made from Duracotex (protective flexible material with industrial coatings) and which provide the durability and longevity which ensures the life-span of the DIY Premium range of marquees.
Use the interactive marquee planner to experiment with different layouts in the marquee or contact us with your requirements and we would be more than happy to put together some sample layouts for you.
DIY Marquees for sale
DIY Marquees range of marquees can be found on their interactive commercial website which allows the buyer access to all of the information that they would require in order to make the decision of buying and marquee or when looking for commercial marquees for sale. So good is the website, chock-a-block with vital information that the only thing you can’t do when visiting the website, is physically stand inside the marquee and admire your great choice in design!
Whether you are looking for something which is simply quick and easy to erect for multiple purposes, or if you are looking for the most deluxe and professional specific marquee for long lasting use and re-se, all of the features of each type of marquee is listed carefully for you on the website.
Important to know is that the quality of the material from which the marquees are made, no matter which type you choose, is the best quality that money can buy. Never does DIY Marquee advocate for less than satisfactory materials which may compromise the quality of your marquee. Prices will vary accordingly but the quality of the marquee will not. Roof and side panels made from either 500d gsm or 650gsm Rip-stop polyester with polyurethane coating ensures longevity in the material through multiple erections and sustaining in all types of weather conditions. Retardant to the ultimate conditions including fire due to the nature material which is flame retardant to BS5438 & BS7838 which for safety and security is a critical requirement.
All piping is made from Aluminium for both equal and unequal framework pipes. The major advantages of using aluminium is linked to the excellent properties which aluminium has which ensure excellent strength to weigh ratio, is corrosion resistant, non-toxic and recyclable all while providing electrical and thermal conductivity and light and heat reflectivity. Anything less than this multipurpose alloy would be insufficient for the purpose.
The commercial marquees for sale are ideal for marquee hire companies or for customers who have need of a much stronger marquee with added durable and flexibility than the Classic marquee range. This is a 4-season marquee suitable for year round use although added safeguards should be taken in snow and other extreme conditions. Size guides can vary greatly according to your needs and due to the variety of designs that a marquee can be created with. A good example would be a 6x12m marquee which can seat 70-80 people at round tables but if you are looking for the addition of a allow for buffet tables and/or a dance floor then the capacity for tables would be radically reduced. Extended or odd-shaped areas and shapes can be covered by connecting several marquees together. Which is why your marquee design is just as important as the form of the marquees and precisely why there is an interactive planner on the website along with videos to assist you with how to set up your marque once your purchase has been made.
Don’t forget to check out all of the accessories: lighting, flooring, doors and more which add another dimension to the look and functionality of the marquee.
How to stay ahead of the marquee game
As we embrace the slow change in season and slide into the downhill stretch towards the Christmas season, most vendors are shutting up shop for the year. Those who are still busy from the month of October through to the end of the year are doing well! However if you are slowing down, it just means that things will change somewhat in terms of what people are looking for as well as how the marquees need to be dealt with when erecting. If you understand the landscape and embrace the change, continuing through to the festive season will not cause any issues for your business.
Obviously with marquees being temporary structures, it is of great importance to your business that the marquee which you are using is designed to be extra durable and strong. No matter where or what time of year you use your marquee, these two aspects are what you will need to consider first and foremost. All the DIY marquees are cost-effective without compromising strength and durability to face all types of weather, protecting your investment and your patrons. The initial outlay for a marquee may appear to be considerable at face value yet the sheer number of choices that you have, ensures that you will certainly find the ideal value for money that you are looking for. Popular marquees can be found on the DIY marquee website. Take for example the traditional 9m by 18m 4 season marquee. Features include 500gsm Duracoretex PVC roof and sides which is wind protective and flame retardant. Made with 38mm & 50mm Steel pipes, this marquee is a steal from just £1800.00.
Commercial Demi marquees for sale are also frequent sellers. A 3m by 6m Demi Commercial marquees for sale is suitable for all seasons with the same 500gsm Duracoretex PVC roof and sides and is similarly flame retardant. With roof and eave braces, purlins and a ground bar and 38mm steel framework, this ideal marquee is selling from just £550. Consider purchasing a green commercial 4x6m marquee with the same specs as the commercial demi, for just £708.
Some tips that can assist you with your marquees as you head into the colder months can help like factoring the effect of the weather on your marquee. allowing for more time to put your marquee up as a result of higher winds and wetter days. It’s a good idea to place your marquees butted up against a permanent structure or well tied to any other permanent or stable structure. Use a walkway with sides if the winds really pick up, and ensure that they are secured fast so that they don’t flap into the passageway. Being colder with fewer daylight hours means you have may struggle more with the erection of your marquee in that you have less time and less dexterity in your hands, especially when you start needing gloves for the outdoors. Another thing to remember is to allow for more maintenance of your marquee. Cold weather, snow, and rain will mean that the marquee is damp or wet at the time when you take it down. You will need to ensure that the marquee is properly dried before you pack it away which can sometimes prove easier said than done, in on-going wet weather. Making sure that the marquee is dry before you pack away will ensure the longevity of all of the materials.
In the event of snow on the horizon, take a look at all of the options for heating that we recommend on the DIY website. A little hint on the heating would be to leave the heating on very low so as to prevent it building up on the roof. In heavy snow, you may want to consider placing wooden floors down, for 2 reasons: They will give your patrons a solid surface but 2. You are raising the height of the floor! This is a good albeit expensive solution especially when you are raising on soft ground which is prone to waterlogging or even on a hard surface where water may be likely to come back up and under the sides.
Green DIY Marquees
Is your company preparing to host an event that needs to truly impress your clients? Is your sales force in line for an incentive bonus to show them that they are well appreciated for meeting their sales targets? Is it time to celebrate the anniversary of your company? When it comes to treating your staff and clients, nothing could be as lackluster as holding your event in the office again. Show your best side and prepare an event that hasn’t been done before and really show your business partners what you are all about.
Wondering what the easiest and most cost-effective way of putting on a show to impress the rest is? Something original, dependable, while still offering flexibility? What about somewhere with a dance floor lit up with colourful lights and a DJ or even a live band? Yet something with enough space to provide a separate quiet space for guests who aren’t in the mood to put on their dancing shoes. Something that will let you go to town with all the bells and whistles and still provide a space that is warm and cosy, without costing your company all the profit you have just accrued during the year!
DIY Marquees offers the most superior range of marquees, including Green commercial grade marquees with the capacity to attain all of your functional needs for the event of the year. If you are wondering how to make a marquee the ultimate function location, go along to the website and take a look at the multitude of options which are available to you both in terms of the marquee itself, its size, dimensions and structure as well as all of the accessories that DIY Marquees offer to ensure that the marquee you choose has all of the components that you need. The website will show you to the interactive marquee planner which allows you to play around with the style, size and features of the marquee that will suit you best. Once you have decided, click on your option to choose the extras that you will need. Extras include roof linings, roof walls and curtain linings, roof, wall, curtain and swag linings, and carpet flooring, white and retro festoons or chandelier lighting and door frames. Chose online and immediately receive the cost and add to your cart.
Now that the marquee and accessories have been chosen, the questions is: how do you the power your marquee to accommodate the DJ, food and drinks, lighting, not to mention how to ensure that you can provide heating to the marquee. Simple ways to power your marquee which can all be done safely are either to try running extensions leads run from a main building to the marquee, making sure to over the leads so that guests and staff do not accidentally trip on them. Remember to run the leads from behind the marquee where possible. Or, you can establish a large mains supply which can be temporarily connected from a building to the marquee (electrician required) or use a generator. All options will allow you to light up your function successfully.
DIY Marquee range include Commercial Marquees
When it comes to the area of design, it is an important concept to balance both the form and function of your product in order to reach the desired purpose for which the product is being commissioned. When designing with function in mind, it means that all practical parameters and limitations of the product are quantified prior to the start of the design process, ensuring that the finished product meets all of the requirements in order to satisfy its function. While designing with a focus on form means encompassing all aspects regarding the look and feel of the finished product. When DIY Marquees designs a marquee, DIY Marquees takes into account every aspect of both form and function in order to ensure that the marquees they design, meet the customers’ expectations. DIY Marquees provide durability, strength and versatility all while guaranteeing absolute value for money.
With years of experience in the industry, as well as selling marquees fit for function, DIY Marquees knows exactly how to help you find the best marquee matched to your needs. DIY Marquees has, over the years, helped thousands of customers to decide what type of marquee would best suit their needs and which of the accessories will work for their specific type of marquees. Planning the design of the marquees ahead of time can significantly aid the decision–making process which is why DIY Marquees has a unique marquee interactive planner which can be found on the website. Simple and easy to use, the planner is a convenient tool which allows customers to try out each and every variation of placement, size and type as well as play around with features and accessories.
DIY is a proud supplier of a extensive variety of types of marquees for every possible function or event. The full DIY Marquee range includes DIY Party Tents and Classic, Premium, Professional, Commercial and Commercial and Delux Demi marquees. DIY is pleased to announce the DIY New Range Marquee Sizes in their Commercial Marquee range which offer excellent value for money. The Commercial range of marquees is an all year round range of marquees best suited to anyone interested in sustained, frequent purposing of the marquee. The Commercial marquee is designed with strength in mind so the frame does include the tough 38mm framework, along with ground bars for added strength, eave braces which prevent the roof cover from stretching as well as gable up-rights to allow for several panels at the end of the marquee rather than just one large panel. Meaning that there is more opportunity for customisation in terms of end walls and windows and makes the marquee significantly more wind resistant. The perfect blend of form and function in one excellent product.
New sizes include:
Dependable and long-lasting as a result of the strength of the design, the DIY Commercial range is unquestionably one of the most superior marquees available in the industry.
Party tents and demi DIY marquees
Famous for raising marquees to greater heights, DIY Marquees is the supplier of the largest range of fixed size marquees, across the UK and guarantees that they can offer you a marquee perfectly suited for all occasions, for private to commercial use. Marquees are well-known for their functional versatility and have stood the test of time and provided a suitable alternative to permanent structures. It is because of the flexibility in size, shape and height that a marquee can offer, that makes them especially adaptable to suit the specific occasion for which they are required. Add to that the many additional features and accessories that are available to you to use and you have literally the ability to take a [blank] canvas and make it your purpose-built, dream –design with all the required bells and whistles.
DIY Marquee has an extensive range of Deluxe DIY Marquee for sale. Various types, from traditional Party tents and demi DIY marquees, to Classic, Commercial, Delux and Premium marquees all for excellent value for money.
DIY marquees know what marquee is best suited for which occasion and particularly for the time of year which you will be holding your event. Using their years of knowledge and experience, there is no scenario for which they are unable to provide relevant extras you need to ensure that your marquee is both fit for function and form. For example, knowing which degree pitch of roof is more wind resistant. Or why envelope roofs are stronger than carport style and why 2 meter end panels are more wind resistant.
Extras range from safety and functional features to features made to ensure comfort.
It is very important to be mindful of Health and safety aspects when it comes time to erect your marquee and set it up for the event. DIY marquees ensure that the 650gsm rip-stop Duracoretex PVC rooftops and side panels is the premium material to use for marquees. Both flame resistant and windproof, with Velcro sealed sides, means these marquees are designed for your safety first. Other aspects to consider cover, using the correct thickness of piping for the steel frameworks and ground bars combined with marquee roof and sides design, which all together guarantees an incident free event in inclement weather.
DIY marquees have a number of comfort features and accessories which will transform the marquee from merely top-and-sides to a veritable castle, if that should be your wish, including Marquee branding. Walkways for connecting marques to buildings, ivory-coloured flat or pleated roof linings and wall or curtain linings; indirect marquee heating; lighting options such as chandeliers and festoons will set the mood and create a special ambiance. Create porches in your marquee with gable pieces; choose specific flooring packages designed for ease of laying, made from new carpet and available in red, green or honey beige; partitions to section off specific areas of your marquee from others. Choose to separate your catering area from the dance area or create a pause room for comfortable quiet discussions which the festivities continue alongside. All these features are to transform your standard marquee into party central or elegance galore.
How to easily erect your Marquee
With Summer-time approaching, outdoor events are the motif of the season. Around the country, people are enjoying the benefits of longer and warmer days through their involvement in all kinds of outdoor activity. Not that the British have ever been put off by a little snow and sleet by any means, after all life does go on come rain or shine. But since its ‘shine” we have at the moment, grab the opportunity to make hay while the sun shines!
If you are looking for a purpose designed and manufactured marquee, complete with all the trimmings, for this season’s outdoor event, then the search stops at DIY Marquees. Since the opening of their doors, DIY Marquees have been successfully running their business as one of the premier marquee companies in the UK as a result of their experience in the industry. So when you are weighing up the benefits of using a marquee for your summer ball as opposed to your other alternatives, there are more ways than one in which this company has already gone out of their way to assist you. Take a look at the website which is jam-packed with list of choices for you to consider when making your decision. The choices are expansive and there is something for everyone preparing for any event. Not only does the company provide every range, type and shape of marquee, but their attention to detail when it comes to the additional requirements is unmatched in the industry. From safety features to accessories designed to finish the marquee off, making it look like it was custom-made just for you … rest assured that it has been exactly that. The staff at DIY Marquee will engage with you from the moment that you made your direct or indirect enquiry. Looking at the website, any prospective client will realise that there are things which they did not know about marquees, which DIY have already not only thought about, but have already prepared the perfect solution for you.
Make use of the interactive website planner, to select and experiment with DIY marquee dance floor in various positions until you are 100% satisfied at the lay-out, specifically catered to the number of guests you will be entertaining. Wondering how to erect your marquee and have questions as to how long it will take, how many people you will need to help you to erect your marquee, or where the best position for your chosen marquee-style, would be? Rest assured that you will have access to all of the information that you need to ensure that you are ready to go when the party day arrives. DIY Marquees makes sure that you know just how easy it is how to erect your DIY marquee within minutes of visiting the website which has guides, articles, videos and more, all of which are literally created to make your life easier by making sure you have all of the information that you need to ensure that you are ready to go when the party day arrives.