Diy canopy weights tent

Staking your favorite canopy tent into the grass is an easy task. But if you need to assemble your tent on concrete, you'll have to figure out how to weigh it down so the canopy doesn't blow away. Fortunately, you have multiple options for...

Your show tent that is! When doing an outdoor show with a tent weights are pretty much a necessity. Unless you want your tent to become airborne - possibly ruining your work, other people's work and risking injury to yourself and others, weight your tent! There are a lot of options out there for weighting the legs of your tent. Some people purchase tent weight bags or make their own with sand. Others haul empty water cooler bottles that they fill with water. Since I wasn't sure that water…

These are the finished product! Component #1 Component #2 Component #4 Last year I posted these instructions, thought they might be of interest to some of our newer members, or some who missed it the first time. Here's what I used: 1 10" piece of 4" schedule 40 PVC, cut into 4 equal pieces 2 80# bags of Sackrete. 8 test caps, 4 with 3/8" holes in top 4 eyebolts, 3/8" diameter, 8" long, with nuts (add washers if you wish) After you cut the pipe into 4 pieces, put the test caps in one end and…

I wrote this some time back for another website ( www.thinkcrafts.com ), and am reposting today. Hence the "odd" reference to summer heat! ...

We review the best canopy weights and gazebo weights that are available to buy on todays market, sturdy and durable are what you need in this scenario.

This post first appeared in March of 2009. Tent weights are such an important item we are running this post once again. Thanks Nordea for this great tutorial. ed There are many must-haves for vending at an outdoor market. A tent is one of them, especially during the uncertain weather that comes in March and April. New Yorkers got such a surprise last week after waking up to snow on the first day of Spring! Weighing down the tent is so important. Last year, I used various methods to anchor my…

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Back in 2009, I did my first outdoor juried art show. Besides being super-excited I finally got in after trying futility for 5 years, I felt a moment of panic. There was so much I had to do! Purcha…

by Staci Louise Smith So I had my last show of the year last weekend (my last outdoor art show that is). The weekend was supposed to be gorgeous, but windy. Gusts up to 30MPH. I was a wreck leading up to the show. It is in a huge field with little to no cover or things to break the wind. :sigh: Anyhow, I have a pretty wind proof display. I do almost all outdoor shows, and our springs and falls here in northeast PA are certainly unpredictable. I have done some REALLY windy shows. I have seen…