Hiring heaters for marquees does not just involve renting heaters for weddings and parties, etc., held in marquees; heater hire for marquees can also include the leasing of heaters for larger, semi-permanent marquee structures used for exhibitions, art shows, book fairs, fashion shows, trade shows and other big events.

An art show can attract as many as 30,000 people over a five-day period. If attendees are cold; they will leave early, not return the next day, and are unlikely to attend future events run by the art show’s organisers; renting heaters that are perfect for the marquee’s size, expected attendance and location, is the ideal safeguard against that happening.

About Marquee Events Businesses

A marquee company will offer marquees of different styles and sizes, as well as marquee linings, marquee floorings, and even themed marquees too. The marquee company will keep a stock of all these materials at their warehouse or storage facility. What they generally hire-in is lighting, furniture, dance floors, and heating.

In the UK, the marquee business will always remain somewhat seasonal but without hired heaters, owners and managers simply could not trade effectively.

Indirect-Fired Heating is Most Suitable

Marquees require fume-free heaters – indirect-fired rented portable heaters that have the capacity to adequately heat a marquee built to hold thousands of people (or are small enough not to overwhelm with too-warm air a one or two-hundred strong wedding reception gathering).

Indirect-fired heaters are reliable, highly-efficient and sophisticated heaters that are most suitable for places where there is limited ventilation: marquees, exhibition halls, shops, showrooms, food preparation areas, factories… virtually anywhere people need to keep warm. Indirect-fired heaters will deliver adequate volumes of clean, dry, fume-free heat, safely and economically.

Discrete, hired marquee heaters that guests will not even see

Rented heaters for marquees are often thermostat-controllable heaters that are positioned outside of the actual marquee itself, with the warm air being brought in through ducting – the heating can be controlled from inside the marquee, but the heater itself cannot be seen by guests or hosts. This also allows organisers and attendees to make the most of the space inside the marquee.

Preparation is key – site surveys

Through adopting a practical, hands-on approach to meeting on-site marquee heating challenges, specialists in portable heater hire will include a full site survey to establish exactly the right rented marquee heaters needed for each job. They will assess: the size of the space and how accessible it is for delivery of equipment, duct length required (how far the heater can be placed from the marquee), the number of attendees expected, what temperature must be maintained, power supply, Health and Safety factors, risk assessment, and of course, budget.

Ideal temperatures for marquees vary of course, depending upon marquee size, attendance, time of year… For a wedding reception at a small marquee, where 150-250 people are invited, 65°F (18.33°C) is generally regarded as a comfortable temperature for attendees.

Given the unpredictability of the British weather, having a contingency plan in place for heating is more than just common sense - it’s a necessity for anyone planning to hire a marquee or involved in the temporary structures industry.