{"id":10404,"date":"2025-11-19T14:33:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/?p=10404"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:33:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:33:37","slug":"how-to-anchor-your-marquee-down-on-hard-surfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/how-to-anchor-your-marquee-down-on-hard-surfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"How to anchor your marquee down on hard surfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DIY Marquees are effectively strong boxes so erecting them on hard surfaces is not a problem but they do need anchoring down. The usual method for anchoring a marquee is using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/diymarquees.co.uk\/marquee-tie-downs.php\"><u>tie downs<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;but this isn&#8217;t always suitable, especially on hard surfaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bolting:<\/strong>&nbsp;On some hard surfaces you can bolt the marquee down to the ground, there are holes in the footplates for this though it is often stronger to drill in an eye-bolt fixing 1-2m away from the sides of the marquee and use straps similar to the ones used in tie down kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heavy weights:<\/strong>&nbsp;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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Water butts &#8211; light to carry on and off site but make sure you have access to a hose pipe on site and avoid using them long term due to the risk of standing water and legionnaires disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concrete blocks (or other heavy material)- excellent for weighting down a marquee but heavy to move around<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vehicles &#8211; if the marquee is only going to be up for a short time (an exhibition for example) then marquees are often strapped down to vehicles. Ensure you attach to a secure fixing that won&#8217;t cause any damage to the vehicle though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively a combination of different methods can be used, you might be able to use tie downs to a nearby grass area on one side of a marquee and heavy weights on another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong>&nbsp;The metal weights used to anchor down gazebos (generally horse shoe shaped) are not heavy enough to anchor down a commercial marquee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every site is different and so the responsibility of ensuring the marquee is sufficiently anchored down always lies with the people erecting the marquee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are always happy to offer more customised advice for your event, please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/diymarquees.co.uk\/contact-diy-marquees.php\"><u>contact us<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;giving a few details of the event you are planning (type of event, space available, number of guests and diagrams\/photographs of the site if possible) and we will be more than happy to advise on your options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to use or quote any part of this article please contact us for permission or licencing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIY Marquees are effectively strong boxes so erecting them on hard surfaces is not a problem but they do need anchoring down. The usual method for anchoring a marquee is using&nbsp;tie downs&nbsp;but this isn&#8217;t always suitable, especially on hard surfaces. Bolting:&nbsp;On some hard surfaces you can bolt the marquee down to the ground, there are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}