DIY Marquees raising marquees to greater heights
by theadmin on Jan.07, 2014, under DIY Marquee
Expert advice from DIY Marquees your number one specialists in DIY marquees for sale
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.
The diagram above shows how the wind passes over a marquee and how any wind going in to the marquee gathers and lifts the roof up. The best way to avoid this is simply to have the sides on the marquee facing the wind and have the marquee well anchored down.
Please note that this article is dealing with marquees in strong winds but not extreme weather. Marquees should not be left erected in extreme weather conditions.
The people who advocate taking the sides off in strong winds believe that the above scenario is best solved by removing the remaining side panels, thus allowing the wind to pass harmlessly through the other side of the marquee. It doesn’t. There are two factors in play if the sides are off.
i. Wind building up under the marquee roof – this still happens even if that other side is taken off. Don’t believe me? Try walking across a field in windy conditions with an umbrella – by taking the sides off your marquee you’re turning it in to one very large umbrella.
ii. Lift being created by the wind that DOES pass through the marquee:
This shows the wind passing over or through the roof only marquee. The wind passing over the top of the marquee has much further to travel so has to go faster to keep up. This may ring some bells for those who stayed awake during Physics lessons:
The reason a wing attains lift is by the air passing over the top at a greater speed than underneath and so the differing pressures caused creates lift.
A marquee roof isn’t as aerodynamic as a wing but a lifting force will still be created, not only that but the steeper the roof the more force there will be – another reason for having a20degree roof/3m apex on 6m marquees as discussed last week.
This post isn’t intended as scare-mongering, it is purely aimed at dispelling a myth. At DIY Marquees we try to encourage all of the marquee hire companies we help to follow best practices:
- Ensure the marquees are well anchored down, that means tie down kits as a minimum.
- Leave the walls on any side likely to face strong winds (have the entrance on a different side)
- Never take all of the sides off a marquee in strong winds
- Know your marquees limitations -if Michael Fish states there definitely won’t be a hurricane then resign yourself that the marquee has to come down (this is rare, it happened once in the 10+ years I ran a hire business).
Thanks for reading, diymarquees.co.uk appreciate your feedback which is gratefully received.
RUMM Energy Management Solutions & Savings – In partnership with RPC
by theadmin on Jan.05, 2014, under Business, Energy Management
The RPC Group is Europe’s leading manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging. With just under 50 autonomous sites in 12 countries, the company employs in excess of 6,500 people.
RUMM was asked to investigate energy usage at RPC’s Llantrisant plant and provide solutions and suggestions for reducing the annual energy bill.
Following the completion of the aM&T system, where 17 meters were installed across the site, a benchmarking exercise then took place in order to ascertain where energy was being used and equally where it was being used non-efficiently. (energy management UK)
RUMM and RPC then engaged in an energy management partnership to achieve savings. This included regular weekly meetings to discuss options that could save the company money.
Site analysis was carried out based on production output, SEC and this was benchmarked to reduce consumption.
As a result of the measures put in place, energy consumption in the first 5 months dropped from 1354528 kWh to 1131995 kWh, with specific energy consumption reducing by 14%. This equated to a £120k saving in the first year alone.
dblo Associates professional architects London
by theadmin on Jan.05, 2014, under Architects, Business
Crash Patrons have the opportunity to get their hands dirty by helping the homeless.
Are you in the construction or property industry and looking for a fantastic worthy charity to support? Have a look at CRASH for homeless people. With the recession more and more people are finding themselves in the unfortunate and desperate situation of being left homeless. Often its an entire family including children and with the extremely bad weather in the UK at the moment its not only the cold they have to contend with it’s the rain and floods.
Every little helps, dblo Associates residential architects London and commercial architects London have pledged to support this amazing charity. Get behind office architects London and lets all make a difference.
Cutting edge technology from Knowall IT
by theadmin on Oct.31, 2013, under IT Support
WHAT IS SWYX?
The Leading Unified Communications Product in Europe, with cutting edge technology, SWYX is head and shoulders above any other VOIP solution on the market. With some exclusive added benefits SWYX is fast becoming the market leader is the world.
Swyx provides the most advanced software-based IP telephony system on the market. Using your existing IP (internet protocol) network and Microsoft® Server, Swyx offers you all the functionality of a traditional telephony system with so much more, including integrating voice with email and fax; while also allowing you to take full advantage of all the benefits of business-class VoIP.
Knowall IT has been providing Swyx Telephony and Swyx support since 2003. Knowall IT has become experts in Swyx and we offer Swyx Support contracts very similar to our other IT Support contracts.
Speak to Knowall today about their FULL IT SUPPORT LONDON and IT SUPPORT LONDON and how they can assist with all your IT requirements.
Enhance love, intimacy and sexuality
by theadmin on Oct.30, 2013, under Alternative Therapy, Health, Health & Beauty
Tantra, an ancient eastern science, which included sexuality and spirituality as a doorway to ecstasy, creation, healing and enlightenment. Tantra was born in India around 5000 BC, through the sacred union of Hindu god Shiva, pure “Consciousness” and his consort, the goddess Shakti, pure “Energy”.
Tantric Journey with Mal Weerarante is a an awakening and healing process based on this ancient science to help:
- Enhance love, intimacy and sexuality
- Improve relationships
- Heal your body, mind and spirit
Recent research has shown that tantric practices contribute to balance the left and right hemispheres of the brain and enhance the production of endorphins, making people more relaxed, healthy, and happy reducing tension and stress.
To help you decide whether to go ahead with the Tantric Journey, try and answer some of the following questions.
- Have you ever felt incomplete during sex because your partner has already “landed” before you have even had a chance to “take off”?
- Have you ever glimpsed an ecstatic moment in love and later felt that you did not know the way back?
- Have you ever wished to be touched at the core of your being, yet felt afraid to open your self up and be vulnerable?
- Have you ever felt bored with sex in a long-term relationship and found yourself wishing you could capture the passion that used to make sex between you so exciting?
- Whilst making love or just afterwards, have you ever wondered: Isn’t there more to sex, than this?
If you have answered, “yes” to any one of theses questions, you sense intuitively, the value of taking part in the Tantric Journey.
Enjoy the work you do and have the life you desire
by theadmin on Oct.30, 2013, under Companion Service
What makes a great male escort?
The key to being in the companion escort industry is presentation. You don’t need to be Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie! However it’s important to always present yourself well on paper, in pictures and particularly in person – put your best foot forward! Read this great article on how to keep your skin looking fresh, healthy and clear.
Look fresh, well groomed and presentable with good manners and an ever ready smile and soon you will find that it’s the most natural thing in the world to become a male escort.
If you have ever needed to rent a friend or find a suitable person to accompany you on a date then you will know how important it is to making sure that person fits in and is well groomed.
No need for bad manners, vulgar language or poor eating habits, brush up on your general knowledge and be part of a group of people who work and have fun at the same time.
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Year end function purchase a party tent
by theadmin on Oct.30, 2013, under DIY Marquee
How to erect a marquee on hard standing?
The easiest way to erect a marquee is on grass using a tie down kit to hold it in place but sometimes a marquee has to go up on hard surfaces. With our DIY Marquees heavy duty marquees for sale (and indeed most quality marquees) this isn’t a problem as long as you fit groundbars. Groundbars don’t hold the marquee down but they do make it more rigid – imagine the marquee as a box, securing the bottom line makes it a much stronger and more rigid box.
When erecting a marquee on hard standing:
Look around the site, if the marquee is to be erected on a patio often there are flower beds or other soft surfaces to gain anchoring points from and just use longer tie downs.
Assuming there is no existing anchoring point the remaining options are heavy weights or drilling in to the ground.
Drilling is usually only an option on car parks or old tennis courts (be sure to fill the holes afterwards with an appropriate filler).
Concrete blocks or sand bags can be used as weights but my preference is water butts. These are light to carry round but you only fill them up once they are strapped to the marquee (this does rely on having a hosepipe on site).
When using weights strap them directly to the marquee, having them a distance away just gives the weight room to drag slightly and then it’s lost most of its use.
Click here for many other marquees and Party tents for sale
DIY Marquees your one stop marquee shop
by theadmin on Oct.29, 2013, under DIY Marquee
Thank you to everyone who visited us at The Showmans Show last week. For those that didn’t make it we displayed one of our new pop-up marquee for sale including linings, we also had a new pagoda style marquee that will be a standard stock item next year. We’re confident both will prove popular and really add something to the marquee hire industry.
The Show itself was again very quiet, personally I think a change to Fri/Sat would really help increase visitors. I know ourselves and many other suppliers will be monitoring the leads generated carefully as it’s becoming increasingly difficult to justify the large expenses incurred. 
As an erector of smaller marquees it is always a joy to see what can be achieved in larger structures, some of the two story marquees are very very impressive. Saying that I wouldn’t like to put them up!
Thanks for reading.
IBS Ltd offer you a comprehensive solutions for wet and dry spillage
by theadmin on Oct.29, 2013, under Blowers, Industrial
FVP 25 Portable Heavy Duty High Performance Industrial Vacuum Loader.
Able to collect a range of materials including fine particles through to aggregates up to 50 mm in size, the unit has a maximum loading rate of 3 tons per hour over 40 meters or further if utilised with a vacuum interceptor skip and fixed pipework system.
The FVP 25 has been designed for :
High performance industrial vacuums
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- Utilises an energy saving electric motor on soft start (running on a 32A power
supply) and a high quality tri-lobe positive displacement vacuum pump - Quiet operation
- Excellent filtration
- Utilises an energy saving electric motor on soft start (running on a 32A power
Build quality and reliability
- Very robust – exceeds that of our competitors whilst remaining very cost effective
- Low running and maintenance costs
Versatility
- Unlike our competitors machines the FVP25 is suitable for wet and dry materials and sludges
- Super flexible hose and a selection of vacuum tools are available
Adaptability
- The FVP25 can be used to power a centralised vacuum system
to feed material back into the process or for bagging purposes.
Portability
- The unit has 1 cubic meter integral tipping skip
Productivity
- The FVP25 can be supplied with an additional 1 cubic meter fork lift
intercept sealed skip, bottom dump intercept hopper or filter hopper.
Larger skips are also available
Free vacuum loader health check from IBS
by theadmin on Oct.28, 2013, under Blowers, Industrial
IBS offer a wide range of industrial vacuums with world renowned experts in Industrial Vacuum Loader and Industrial Vacuum Services. Such as this: FVP 25 Portable Heavy Duty High Performance Industrial Vacuum Loader. This incredible piece of equipment is able to collect a range of materials including fine particles through to aggregates up to 50 mm in size, the unit has a maximum loading rate of 3 tons per hour over 40 meters or further if utilised with a vacuum interceptor skip and fixed pipework system.
IBS offer a no obligation site survey; allow them to assist you by offering units for trial purposes. This is a great service and offer by IBS. They supply units on short or long term hire, contract hire or lease.
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