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Marquee Advice Articles:

• 4x6m or 6x4m marquee?
• How 4m commercial diy marquees are so strong
• How to anchor your marquee down on hard surfaces
• How to choose where to erect your marquee
• How to connect your marquee to a house
• How to easily make formal or informal seating arrangements
• How to have fantastic starlight effect without fantastic prices
• How to heat your marquee
• How to join marquees using a gutter
• How to run power to your marquee
• Marquee dance floor options
• Marquee lining terminology
• Marquee terminology and jargon
• PE, Poly/PVC, 500d, PVC What does it all mean?
• The flexibility of interchangeable sides
• The strength of eave braces
• Tips for wedding marquees
• Tips for evening party marquees
• Tips for daytime party marquees
• What is Duracoretex™ PVC?
• Why 2m end panels are more wind-resistant
• Why a 20degree pitch roof is more wind-resistant
• Why envelope roofs are stronger than carport style
• Reality Check: 3.7m vs 3m marquee height
• Reality Check: Breathable vs Non-breathable marquee flooring
• Reality Check: Galvanised vs powder coated marquee framework
• Reality Check: Stitching vs Welding material together in marquee roofs
• Case study: Joanne wants to hold an informal wedding in a field
• Case study: Brian owns a pub that isn't large enough to hold weddings
• Can I use a DIY marquee as a smoking shelter?
• Erecting marquees on hard standing
• Should i remove the sides of my marquee in strong winds
• Best practices in windy conditions
• Best materials for marquees
• Can you make two 6x6m marquees from one 6x12m marquee
• Erecting marquees over obstacles
• Weathering a marquee to a house part 1
• Weathering a marquee to a house part 2
• Weathering a marquee to a house part 3
• Winter marquees take longer to build
• Eave braces
• Anchoring a marquee down - the ground matters
• Positioning windows in a marquee
• Space required in a marquee
• Different types of top table
• Marquees in strong winds
• Can you have a marquee wedding on a budget
• How long can a marquee stay up for?
• Do I need a license for my marquee wedding or event?
• Marquee PVC can stretch over time

• Erecting marquees on uneven surfaces
• Laying a marquee floor
• how to lay marquee carpet flooring or matting
• Coconut matting
• Types of marquee flooring
• Avoid using heaters when erecting a marquee

Marquee Cleaing Advice

• How to clean a marquee
• How often should you clean a marquee?
• Marquee linings: keeping them clean
• Customers decorating your marquees

Marquee heating advice

• Marquee heating information
• How much fuel to suppply
• Seasonal Weather
• How much heating does my marquee need?
• Marquee heating tips

Dance floor advice

• How big a dance floor do I need?
• Stacking, storing and transporting marquee dance floors
• how to lay a marquee dance floor
• Marquees on sand

Marquee seating advice

• How much space is needed for a place setting
• Theatre style seating in marquee weddings
• Different top tables in marquee weddings
• Forgotten things to allow for in marquee weddings

Marquee Electrical/Power advice

• Marquees: Who provides the power?
• Problems with power to a marquee
• Marquee lighting and electrical courses
• marquee electrical problem

Marquee DJ Areas

• DJ Areas

Marquee Linings Advice

• Why are most marquee linings ivory?
• How to look after marquee linings
• Marquee linings tip
• Dirty marquee linings
• Non-damaging way of getting a fixing on a marquee lining
• Fairy lights in marquees
• Marquee swags and pelmets - there's a knack

Marquee Wedding Advice

• Flowers in marquees
• Can you have a marquee wedding on a budget
• Tips for weddings
• Planning a greeting drinks area
• How big a marquee do i need
• Stacks of chairs in marquees

Winter Marquee Advice

• Marquees in the winter
• Case study: Mr Jones wants to cover as much of his garden with marquees as possible

Transporting Marquees

• So you've decided to start a marquee hire company?

Party Tents

• Party Tents or Marquees
• Party Tents use powder coating, marquees are galvanised

Marquee Insurance

• First steps to marquee hire
• Marquee hire insurance and terms & Conditions

Advertising Marquee Hire

• Advertising
• New marquee hire websites and stock photos
• Signwriting vehicles
• Wedding fairs
• Natural lisitings on google vs pay-per-click

Site visits

• Tips for site visits
• Make a good impression on marquee site visits
• Example site visit: Dave and jenny's garden party
• Example site visit: Dave and jenny's garden party part 2
• Erecting marquees over obstacles
• When to call-off cancel or postpone a marquee booking
• Connecting marquees to a building
• The art of negotiation

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

• Getting your marquee website up the search rankings (part 1)
• Getting your marquee website up the search rankings (part 2)
• What to name your marquee hire business
• Every marquee hirer should be using google
• SEO for your marquee hire website
• Google Alerts

VAT (Value Added TAX)

• Marquee hire and VAT

Marquee Websites

• Get a website up pronto
• Keep your website updated
• Marquee website tip
• What area do you cover

Starting out

• Advice on starting a marquee hire business
• Before starting a marquee hire business
• DIY Marquees guide to marquee hire
• Get payments up front for a secure business

Toilet hire

• Toilet hire

Health and safety

• Fire safety in marquees
• Marquee hire companies and PAT testing
• Marquee hire health and safety
• Remind customers of their responsibilities

Terms and conditions

• Anchoring marquees down
• Checklist for completed marquees
• Marquee site visits and surveys
• Out of hours marquee cover
• Putting up marquees when the customer's not there

Marquee hire

• Marquee forums
• There's already a large marquee hire business in my area
• Marquee pricing
• Marquee hire success
• Marquee catering partitions
• Marquee hirers suggestion to reduce stress
• Checklist for completed marquees
• What's needed in the toolbox of a marquee hirer
• Different styles of management on site with marquees
• Marquee Tools
• Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity
• Tampering with marquees in your absence
• Marquee storage
• Use loading lists to avoid frustration
• Show customers exactly what they might be hiring
• Erecting Aluminium frame marquees
• Attitiudes to customers on site
• Negotiating, haggling and just being rude
• Different marquee customers look for different things
• Essential items for your van
• Business plans
• Marquee site visits part 1
• Marquee site visits part 2
• Marquee site visits part 3
• Marquee site visits part 4
• Budgeting, a bit like accountants, dull but important
• I want to set-up a marquee hire business
• Where's the bar?
• First impressions count
• Planning a greeting drinks area
• What area do you cover?
• Out of hours marquee cover
• How much is my marquee hire business worth?
• Starting a marquee hire business: research
• Commission: green, bribe or a part of business
• Know your USP
• Starting a marquee hire company: choosing a name
• Marquee hire business during the winter
• The marquee hire season
• My suggested approach to running a marquee hire business
• Where to store your marquees
• Look after your back
• Keep your marquee advertising local
• What budget do you need to start a marquee hire business
• What's stopping you start up a business
• Presenting your marquee hire quotations
• The most important thing about marquee hire
• Getting yourself known

Guest Articles

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