6m Bamboo poles

Priced £6.50 each these come in sets of 10 poles. Please note: although poles are packed to minimise any chance of damage we cannot be held responsible for any breakages that occur in transit. It’s a good idea to order a few spares to cover the eventuality of a couple of split poles.

Care of poles

Bamboo poles are a magnificent example of mother nature’s design skills. The combination of lightness, strength and flexibility inherent in their structure is quite remarkable. However, once they have been cut they need to be stored carefully. Storge in direct sunlight is the worst problem. The air inside the chambers heats up rapidly and can expand bursting the chambers and causing splits. If transporting the poles on a long journey, on a roof rack, on a hot day it may be worth covering the poles with a light coloured tarp. Always get the poles off the roof and under the vehicle at the earliest opportunity on a hot day. Apparently you can drill a tiny breather hole in each chamber to avoid these problems but we haven’t got around to testing this yet.

The ends are particularly prone to crushing and should be taped smoothly with gaffer tape or, better still, a gloss finish heat shrink plastic.

We bind small splits with tightly wound gaffer. Seems to help and at least you can’t see the split:-)

When rigging the poles pad any areas of contact between poles and metal. Pipe insulation foam from plumbers supplies is great for this

Steel Sleeves

We supply 3ft galvanised steel sleeves for rigging the flags. These need to be knocked 18’ into the ground, ideally with a post hammer with a wooden insert. We use a 6” length sawn from a suitable diameter oak branch and trimmed to a snug fit. A second 6” length may be useful to knock the sleeve deeper into soft ground.

Boom Arms

These let banners flags fly in low wind conditions. They are made from galvanised steel and cost £14.50 each.

Hire is a lot less hassle...

As you can probably begin to gather
storing, transporting, rigging, monitoring,
de-rigging and upkeep of flags and poles is a bit more work than it first appears.

We have excellent working relationships with many customers who have commissioned flags with us. We rig with our poles and keep an eye on the flags during the event (the wind being a fearsome, powerful beast on occaision...)

We then clean,repair and store the flags ready for the next event. We have an aimiable, hardworking crew, who bring various additional talents and performance skills with them.
Once we get to know your event we
can offer all kinds of other delightful décor items as an all-in package.

Less hassle...

more hammock time.

Let us worry about it - watch this instead...

Contact us to discuss your requirements.