Choose Your Perfect Marquee
Discover Differences and Benefits Across Our Ranges
We at DIY Marquees have designed a range of different marquees to suit a variety of purposes. Here is a brief overview to help you find the best marquee for your particular requirements or scroll down for the table comparing the different features we offer:
| Classic Range | Premium Range | Traditional Range | Commercial Range | Professional Range | Deluxe Range | |
| Roof and Sides | ||||||
Roof material | 500gsm Duracoretex PVC | 650gsm Duracoretex PVC | 500gsm Duracoretex PVC | 500gsm Duracoretex PVC | 650gsm Duracoretex PVC | 650gsm Duracoretex PVC |
| Side panel material | 380gsm Duracoretex PVC | 650gsm Duracoretex PVC | 500gsm Duracoretex PVC | 500gsm Duracoretex PVC | 650gsm Duracoretex PVC | 650gsm Duracoretex PVC |
| Flame Retardant to BS5438 & BS7837 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| End panels | One-panel | One-panel | One-panel | Multi-panel | Three-panel | Three-panel |
| Zipped entrances | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Rain skirts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Windstop velcro sealed sides | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Heavy duty bungees | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Heavy duty eyelets | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Welded seams | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Window style | True Georgian | True Georgian | True Georgian | True Georgian | True Georgian | True Georgian |
| Roof edge | Wave-drape | Wave-drape | Straight | Wave-drape | Wave-drape | Wave-drape |
| Framework | ||||||
| Frame material | Steel | Steel | Steel | Steel | Steel | Steel |
| Frame diameter | 42mm | 42mm | 38mm/50/75mm | 42mm | 42mm | 54mm |
| Galvanised finish | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Eave height | 2m | 2m | 2m | 2m | 2m | 2.3m |
| Vertical sides | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Ground bars | Optional | Optional | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Roof braces | ✔ (6m) | ✔ (6m) | x | ✔ (4&6m) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Intermediate purlin | ✔ (6m) | ✔ (6m) | x | ✔ (4&6m) | ✔ | ✔ |
| Simplex Design | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | No |
| Gable uprights | x | x | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Leg braces | x | x | x | x | x | ✔ |
| Features | ||||||
| Unbranded | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2-season, 3-season or 4-season marquee | 3 | 3 | 3/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Suitable for marquee hire | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Interchangeable side panels | x | x | ✔ | ✔(4&6m) | ✔ | ✔ |
| 12 months manufacturers warranty | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Linings available | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Can connect to similar marquees | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Able to purchase extension bays in future | ✔ | ✔ | x | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Spares available | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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Advice Articles
How to connect your marquee to a house
There are usually two ways of connecting a marquee to a house:
1) butting the marquee directly up to the house so guests walk straight from one in to the other or
2) using a walkway to connect the two together.
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Should I remove the sides of my marquee in strong winds?
No, a marquee is far more wind resistant with the sides on rather than off. For some reason there are many people who believe that leaving the sides off a marquee ‘lets the wind pass through’. I will try to explain below why this is not true and why leaving the sides off of a marquee actually makes it far more susceptible to the wind than leaving the sides on.
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How to anchor your marquee down on hard surfaces
Heavy weights: Using heavy weights strapped to a marquee is the most popular method for anchoring marquees down on hard surfaces. Any heavy weight should be strapped directly to the marquee, try and avoid using straps down to a weight a short distance away from the marquee in case the weight moves and the strap can loosen. There are a number of different weighting options.
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Best Practices in windy conditons
- (obviously) make sure the marquee is well anchored down. Tie down kits are good, additional stakes over groundbars and/or fixing down to buildings even better.
- The side of a marquee is more wind resistant than an end. Wind hitting the end of a marquee is blowing against a flat surface, when it hits the side there is the slope of the roof allowing the wind to pass over the top.
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How long can a marquee stay up for?
Marquees are only designed as temporary structures, if you have them up for a long time then certain precautions should be taken. Checking it regularly for signs of wear & tear, checking the strength of bungees, making sure there is no water or snow gathering on the roof, not leaving it up in extreme weather conditions. All common sense stuff really.
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