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SETUP
INSTRUCTIONS FOR
Square Marquees
ERECTING
YOUR MARQUEE: There is no doubt that you will develop your own routine for
erecting your marquee with time. This should, however, help for the first
time.
Select everything you think you might
need plus a hammer to drive stakes. Remember that the most important thing
to have at this point is two understanding friends with a great deal of
patience and three pairs of arms.
Find a level spot. Lay the roof flat
on the ground in the position and place you would like it when set up.
Place one perimeter pole in any corner grommet location by slipping the
steel pin through the grommet. Place two guy line loops over the steel pin.
Stand the pole up, lifting the corner of the roof. Stake the two guy lines
using two large stakes. Using the rope tensioners adjust the lines to be
taught. Walk to an adjacent corner. While pulling tight on the tent’s
eave place a pole in the corner grommet, guy lines over the pin and stake.
Repeat at the remaining two corners making sure the eaves are tight and the
corners are square. Place your main pole steel pin through the grommet in
the center of the roof. Walk the pole up into position. Now is the time to
make sure everything is square. Adjust your guy lines and stakes if
necessary. Using the remainder of your components place a pole, guy line
and large stake at each grommet location.
HANGING WALLS: You will find (at
least) two wall sections for your tent. Your doors will overlap by one full
panel. Standing outside the poles and starting at the center of the body
snap the door panel in place. Continue to hang the walls by snapping each
hook into place until you arrive at the rear of the tent. Hang the second
wall panel by overlapping the rear door and snapping each hook into place
until you arrive back at the front. You should now have two overlapping
doors and all of your wall seams are in line with all of your roof seams.
If you have added doors to the design your walls will hang in the same
manner but with different door locations.
Stake your walls. Cotton canvas will
shrink when wet and your walls will creep up and be shorter. You will save
time by not staking your walls but you will not have the same size tent you
purchased after a very short time! Use the smaller stakes to stake your
walls to the ground.
Step back and take a look. Everything
should be nice and tight. If it isn’t, look to see if all of your
guylines and seams line up and that all of your ropes are pulled out far
enough. This is nothing more than a three dimensional geometry problem. You
did great in geometry class. You’ll figure it out!
Pole
Instructions
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