subject: How To Avoid Tent Rental Disasters [print this page] For outdoor events, tents are often the choice for location. It gives you the feeling of being out in the open yet secured indoors. People, however, are not ignorant about the horror stories of some events that took place in tents. Some tents collapse while some are involved in fire accidents. Here are some reasons why tent accidents happen and how it can be avoided.
One major reason why tents can collapse is due to poor installation. You should always make sure that the tents are secured in its foundation. If a tent is put up early on before the event starts, at the morning of the event, check the foundations carefully. Make sure that everything is stable. If the tent has been set up beforehand and then on the night before the event rain sets in, check the roofing of the tent for accumulated water.
Have the crew of the tent rental company check the power line of the surrounding vicinity. In South Carolina, a tent went into flames because the tent touched a low hanging power line. People were injured in an accident that could have been avoided with careful planning and installation.
Always check the weather forecast when the event is getting near. You can take care of the rain but strong winds are dangerous for a tent structure. Tent rentals California has will not set up a tent knowing there is a storm up ahead.
There is one type of unique tent not usually available in tent rentals Los Angeles has known as the bubble canopy. One known disaster including a bubble canopy happened during one event of the Dallas Cowboys. Their tent collapsed due to very strong winds in the area.
The wind really is the number one enemy of any tent rental Los Angeles has. You can hide your tent between two houses, you can have it in short height to ward off the gust of wind but strong winds will eventually prevail. If you want a tent that can stand this weather, you have to rent a saddle span tent. This tent is not staked on the ground so it has higher chance of surviving.
