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Bell tents, whether for personal use or for your glamping business, are typically set-up on ground that you are able to stake into or on decks for long-term set-up. But you may come across a situation when you would like to temporarily set up a bell tent indoors, or you need to display your tent on concrete (or other hard surface) without the option to stake pegs into the ground or attaching to hooks and posts on a deck. Is this possible? Oh yes it is.
We had to figure this out with our own business for clients who wanted an indoor rental (such as the photo below) and also for trade shows where we need to display tents indoors. With some trial and error and some light engineering, not only is this possible, but it is actually quite simple!
Before getting into the instructions, keep in mind that this would be for a temporary indoor set-up. Anything long term would need to be engineered in a way that will better hold the integrity of the tent over time - as this set-up won't keep a bell tent up in heavy winds.
Your bell tent has about 12-14 stake points (depending on size) around the base of the floor as well as for the main guy-line ropes. The following process allows you to cleanly hook the floor stake points as well as the main guy-lines on to one, combined anchor point. It is inexpensive, easily adjustable, and we have found is the best solution.
The above will provide the cleanest look and the most aesthetically pleasing set-up. However here are some other options that will still work. The key is to make sure that your weights are at least 35 lbs. each. Feel free to get creative and mix and match the below alternatives at various points where you may be more or less inclined for each to be easily seen.
When using the above items you will need to create a way to hold the floor in place as each can hold the main guy-lines, but will be too far away from the tent to hold the floor loops. To help hold the floor in place you should plan to add items internally around wall of the tent to help hold the floor in place and reduce wrinkling.
Check out this video clip showing our tent at an event.
One huge benefit of using our bell tents is that our wall poles help to keep the walls straight! So feel free to grab one of our bell tents for your next event!
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