How to lay a marquee dance floor

Nearly all marquee dance floors go together in the same manner using a brick type pattern for strength:

Plan the position of the dance floor carefully. Often you can decide which way to lay the boards (across or down the marquee). If you think the customer might want to increase or decrease the size of dance floor at a later stage then orientate the boards accordingly. So you only have to add or remove rows rather than lifting the whole floor to alter the size.
Lay the first two or three rows of boards down and then stop: check the dance floor is square and going to fit in line with your desired position.
Ensure there are no gaps between the boards, once the whole dance floor is laid it is very difficult to go back and change it
Similarly pack up the boards as each row is laid to avoid any bouncy gaps underneath. It is a nightmare trying to pack up a bouncy dance floor once all the boards are laid
Once all boards are down it is time to lay the edging. Firstly put the sides of the edging on – this is laid in the same way as the boards. So if the last row put down was big-big-small then your edging should be laid as small-big-big to continue the brick pattern
Once both sides are fitted any corner pieces of edging can be put in and the gaps at both ends filled using the remaining edging.
If you’re a bit short of edging then leave it off on the side facing the DJ/Band
All of this may seem common knowledge but to others it could prove interesting. I remember going on site to find one lad so frustrated with the hour that he’d spent trying to edge a dance floor that he was in the middle of hacksawing a piece down to fit. Once I’d shown him how it was supposed to fit blood pressures were lowered and the hacksaw was put back in the van!

All of this may seem common knowledge but to others it could prove interesting. I remember going on site to find one lad so frustrated with the hour that he’d spent trying to edge a dance floor that he was in the middle of hacksawing a piece down to fit. Once I’d shown him how it was supposed to fit blood pressures were lowered and the hacksaw was put back in the van!

Thanks for reading

Spencer