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The above DFS arch was installed at the Milton Keynes branch.

Also see our awesome arch in Kettering 30.04.16.

Dorset DFS Arch

Update: 12th September 2015.

Here’s this weeks DFS arch in Christchurch, Dorset. Another 8am setup in time for the Lord Mayor and ribbon cutting:

Dorset Arch

I wanted to test this system again as we are using it next Saturday in Edinburgh. This time I decided to promote my neighbours shop as I wanted to see how sturdy it is when using 6 poles – remember it comes with 7 poles so you can go even bigger. Last weeks arch was built with 5 poles.

Again I inflated 11″ Qualatex balloons down sized to 8.25″ so they were nice and soft and can stand a battering. It took 53 clusters of 4 to cover so thats 212 balloons (Obviously if you inflate to a larger size or use 16″ it will use less).

I needed help putting this up – lucky my neighbour Harvey was more than happy to lend a hand. If you were in a space with no traffic or people you could do it on your own. The first base slotted in easy as you can see in the below vine. The second pole was really difficult to slot on, I had a real battle with it and I think I may have damaged the end of the rod (I’ll check at the end of the day when I take it down).

I should have paid more attention to the warning message that came with the poles (but I guess that’s why I’m testing the thing):

pole-messageEventually I worked out that the base was too far away. I dragged it nearer to the first base and because the pole became more vertical it slotted on easy and I wrapped my dacron line around the bottom 5 clusters (I had tied the line under the washer/bolt on the base plate). Once it was attached I moved the base back to the original position and it was fine.

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