{"id":10726,"date":"2025-11-20T11:18:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/?p=10726"},"modified":"2025-11-20T11:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:18:31","slug":"whats-needed-in-the-toolbox-of-a-marquee-hirer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/whats-needed-in-the-toolbox-of-a-marquee-hirer\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s needed in the toolbox of a marquee hirer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At an enjoyable meeting over the weekend I was asked what should be in the toolbox\/van of a marquee hirer. What\u2019s the typical equipment you should set yourself up with?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously we can supply most of these but they are reasonably standard equipment available in many places:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Snips\/wire cutters. Essential for cutting down cable ties used to attach linings and lighting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spare cable ties \u2013 used for linings and lighting and 101 other uses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaffa Tape \u2013 ideally in white. Just avoid the temptation to temporarily patch PVC using gaffa tape \u2013 when it comes to permanently patching the adhesive the tape leaves prevents the glue\/weld from giving a good bond.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A repair kit is always useful just in case.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carpet cutting knife (stanley) or similar, hammer, toolbelt &amp; nails<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Detachable eyelets are useful<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sledgehammer &amp; goggles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stake puller of some kind make life a lot easier than trying to loosen stakes with a sledgehammer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steps \u2013 commercial grade, shorter than 2m to work under the eaves but giving a safe working height of 3m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some offcuts of wood \u2013 useful for chocking tables in transport, supporting the odd footplate that\u2019s in a slight dip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hacksaw \u2013 just in case (incredibly rarely required)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gas spanner \u2013 if you use gas heaters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Funnel \u2013 if you use diesel heaters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pair of spanners (if using bolted together marquee like our deluxe range)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vacuum cleaner or leaf blower \u2013 whatever you use to clean the floor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Washing up liquid, cloth &amp; bowl \u2013 for giving the marquee and any equipment a once over<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baby-wipes \u2013 some people use these to ensure clean hands before fitting any marquee linings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hard hats \u2013 it\u2019s debatable as our marquees are mostly assembled on the ground whether they are classed as lifting over head height and therefore require hard hats. From experience I can say that you come across as a much more professional outfit if you wear hard hats until the structure is complete so I view it as good practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t need all of these initially, some you may never require but having most of these in your van\/toolbox will make day to day life running a marquee hire business a lot easier. It will also save dashes to local DIY stores to get whatever tool you\u2019re missing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spencer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At an enjoyable meeting over the weekend I was asked what should be in the toolbox\/van of a marquee hirer. What\u2019s the typical equipment you should set yourself up with? Obviously we can supply most of these but they are reasonably standard equipment available in many places: You wouldn\u2019t need all of these initially, some [&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-10726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10726","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=10726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}