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INSTALLATION  TIPS PARTY TENT AWNING CANOPY AND
DOME TENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR MOST TENTS   emsevoldog

See Section 1  .  GABLE ROOF TENTS.

See Section 2  DOME ROOF TENTS.

 

Party Tent City .com Tent, Awnings, Canopies Dome Tents Home Page.                                                                   713-467-3025 WELCOME TO PARTY TENT CITY. COM . We sell new Discount Canopy, Party Tents, Awnings, Camping Tents, & Church Revival tents. For sale are Patio Awning, Portable Garages, Economical Temporary Storage Shelters, Party Canopies and  Tents to Rental Companies. We also sell  White, Silver Tarpaulins, Patriotic 'Red - White - Blue" Tarps, Mesh Cloth, Shade Cloth, Canopy Kits, Storage Tent, Dome Tents and Awnings. Our canopy kits prices include standard heavy duty rectangular tarps. Fire retardant and Flame Retardant Tarpaulins are sold at a premium in limited sizes.  We sell a modular quality tent kit at a fair price. 10x10 can be expanded to a 40x60 with nothing wasted except the tarp. We have hundreds of sizes like  6x8, 10x10, 10x20, 20x20, 20x30,  20x40, 30x30, 30x40, 40x40, 40x50, 40x60 & 50x50. This canopy kit does NOT include the 1" steel  10' EMT electrical conduit pipe you purchase in your city. It is too heavy to ship. Because of recent changes in  the price of  international steel you have to call all home convenience and electrical hardware and supply houses to get the best price. We have not increased our price in 4 years.  We do NOT rent tents but we do sell to rental vendors. At our low price  why rent a tent? Most orders are shipped the same day Fed Ex Ground. Phone calls and faxes take priority over e-mail. Call me now.  Brian Nelson 713-467-3025. By the way this big  tent, awning, and canopy directory style website  includes AdWords  or "Sponsored Links" or "Advertisements."  We have put  our competitors at the very top of the page. If they have tents, canopies or awnings to better fit your needs, go for it.. You may find our price as the lowest. We have not raised our price in 4 years.  Before you click on their ad, BOOKMARK this page in your FAVORITES to easily find www.Party Tent City.com  again. We are not affiliated with these advertisers. We do NOT advertise on their site. We are very unique in our modular products. All the parts of a Party Tent City . com  10x10 Tent Can be used in a 40x60 with nothing wasted.  Hey There- We are famous! Thanks to J-WalkBlog.com  at http://j-walkblog.com/blog/comments/D14072_0_1_0_C/   we are considered  "The Worlds Worst Website"  Some people find this site beyond their surfing capacity.  I encourage you to call me when you get  the least bit confused. You can always buy from the advertisers on the top of the page because they have a prettier websites. We have the modular tents in-stock at prices you can afford. We give you information about everything:  Photos, Diagrams, Part Pictures, Customer Photos, Problems, Testimonials.  There are no surprises. Some customers spend hours on this site. It is your choice. I hope you at least call me. Brian 713-467-3025 Click on my picture below for a hidden surprise. Do you  speak a foreign language? Click below for Informational Letter: :   Please let me know if these foreign languages are helpful to you.  Spanish/Espanol Info Letter   German/Deutsch Info Letter   French/Français  Info Letter  Italian/Italiano Info Letter Portuguese Info Letter. Click here to use new machine translation technology (BETA)  Italian, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese. Click here for Installation Instructions are at 53/99 .   Click here for Photos are at 57/99  Click Here for a Unique Time and Date Clock.                     emsevoldog  6-11-04

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Print  these 7 pages of  the 26 tips on erecting your tent. Most of these instructions are for gable tents. Bring extra copies of this and your PTC tent diagram for all of your friendly party going helpers. Have someone volunteer to be the leader.  Bring refreshments, chips and sun screen. Make a party of this  fun occasion. 2 heads are better than one. See below this box for PARTY TENT CITY INSTALLATION  TIPS AND   INSTRUCTIONS FOR MOST PARTY TENT GABLE ROOF TENTS. When you are done, color code everything as you may forget how you accomplished this task in the first place. Here is when you should  consider a DOME tent . 1.If you have a need to have the tent up for a long time, consider a DOME tent. 2. If you have a lot of wind, consider a DOME tent. 3. If you have a lot of rain, consider a DOME tent. 4.  If you will not be at the tent if you develop ponding from a tarp not pulled super tight, consider a DOME tent.  5. If you are in area where you will have a snow load consider a DOME tent. 6. If you need a lot of height more than 10 ft. consider a DOME tent. 7. If you need more clear span width than  20 ft. consider a DOME tent.

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Print the first 7 pages here to take with you  to use on a  GABLE ROOF tent installation site.   Try this site for more photos:  http://SurplusCitySales.com/partytentcity/installation.html   Section 1. ASSEMBLY INFORMATION GABLE TENTS. Skill Level required to assemble this tent:   3.5 on a 10 scale. It is sort of like  putting together parts from an erector set which is a little harder than Legos.  It is easier than programming your VCR  for most people. 1. TARPS: Tarps are sold as a cut size. The printed  finished size 'foot print' is always  about 1 to 3% smaller than the cut size. Allow for tarp frame width reduction when using peak hardware . 2. TOOLS NEEDED: Screw driver or big nail, hammer, hack saw,  step ladder or chair, patience, logical  thinking, a good friend and a cell phone to call Brian 713-467-3025 when you reach the end of your rope.  3. INVENTORY: Check to see that all of  the boxes in the shipment have arrived including the tarp, the hardware, the foot pads and the bungees. The boxes will be marked 2 of 3 etc.  Some cushioning will be provided in the box to prevent the parts from  poking through the sides of the box. If you are short a connector it will be shipped by the same carrier that was used on the order. It will not be sent by air. Order your tent well in advance and  inspect it completely immediately on arrival. Check your diagram to be sure how many fittings are being shipped in your order. Many parts look almost the same.  All fittings have a identifying sticker tag which will match a point on the diagram that will come with your tent.  If you have lost your diagram you should be able to find one on the Party Tent City. COM  web page. Locate the model you ordered in box 2 of 99.  Click on that  model you purchased and print out the diagram. 4. TARP SIZE: Open the tarp in a large clean flat area. Measure the tarp exactly.  Write the exact size on all the corners of the tarp with arrows pointing the direction of the size. Even If it is  a square tarp use a felt pen to make an arrow and a size so you will  use it correctly in building your tent.  The cut or ordered size can be about 1-3% larger that the finished size. A square tarp will not be exactly square. Tarps made overseas are not  priced as you would for surgical steel. Measure it even if it has a printed size. 99.9% of the time the finished size printed is NOT what you get. The manufacturer will only be in the  ballpark. Your frame needs to be exactly built to the size of your tarp. Your hardware is adjustable down to an fraction of an inch by cutting the pipe and using the expandable space within the connector fitting. The tarp is not adjustable unless you  buy a grommet kit for $9.00. We do NOT open new tarps and measure them prior to shipping. 4a. PIPE: Cutting the pipe is basically a matter of  mathematics but can be done by trial and error. Cut the pipe to fit the tarp with your tent. Usually you will be cutting most pieces of the pipe. If  you purchase an oversized tarp like a 24'  tarp on a 20 ft frame you  won't  have to cut a lot of the pipe in the trusses . Our $30 pipe vise and  pipe cutter set is a bargain and will save you a lot of time. It will  give you a clean cut that takes very little filing. If you are in Houston I can loan my you a pipe cutter and pipe vise for 5 days with a check deposit. If you buy a pipe cutter and pipe vise from me you can return it after you use it for a full product refund if you pay the shipping with no questions asked.   Most people find it such a bargain that they never take me up on this offer Insert the pipe into the peak corner   fittings. The side edge fittings will have a port where the support leg poles are inserted. 4b. BUILDING THE TRUSSES: The triangles are built around the size of the tarp and NOT the other way.  Build the roof triangle truss using the shortest distance of your tarp. The first piece you will lay out will be a peak end. You would normally deduct  4- 8 inches  from the total width of the tarp  and divide that number by two to determine your  pipe length to be cut for the length from the edge to the peak on a 20 ft wide  tent. Plan to have the tarp just touch the pipe unless  your tent has a valance in which case it would go over the edge of the top side pipe and be connected to the valance pipe about 8 inches down the side.  When everything looks square and straight tighten all locking bolts. You must plan for significant wind. Tarps can be come kites unless they are secured immediately. Secure the entire system to the ground with weights on each support pole. You can use 2 concrete blocks on top of the footpads and or ropes to the frame and secured to stakes driven diagonally into the ground.  If you are using weights also try to secure the frame to a tree, pole, fence,  building or other firm  structure at least on one corner to keep the tent from being an unstable structure.  5. TRUSS SIZES:  On the inside truss pipe you would deduct 8” instead of the 6” because  of  the way the pipe  meets the hardware tarp fitting.  If you are adding sides some of the tarp sections  will be hung with 6" ball bungees and the 9" will also be used  when going around the fittings or the corner. The tarp should just touch the edge of the pipe so the 6" ball bungees should be long enough. The bottom of the  right triangle horizontal to the ground  will be smaller than the roof part of the triangle. The last  piece you cut in the truss is the vertical strengthening piece that  is inside the  big triangle to make two right triangles. The size is determine by trial and error as you lay it out on the ground. Usually all pipe should be cut with the peak exactly in the center so that all of  the lower connections will line up. Assemble all of  your trusses side by side. ALL TRUSSES SHOULD BE IDENTICAL.  After this is done  you can assemble two trusses to make the first section of your tent. Keep several step ladders handy to rest the frame  if  you are short of help. 6.FITTINGS:  All fittings allow the pipe to be seated at different positions. Some fittings do not allow the pipe to go to the end. The fitting pipe may be welded over another pipe. Double check your measurements after you cut your pipe and adjust the pipe with the locking bolts. A little  shorter pipe allows you to move the pipe either way inside the fitting so it lines up identically. An exact cut pipe does not allow you any adjustment room. 7. THE TRUSS TRIANGLE. In a right triangle "A" squared  plus " B "squared = C squared. The tent angle is 12 degrees. The horizontal reinforcing pipe in the triangle will be shorter than the opposite roof  peak pipe in the triangle. Pipe can be adjusted in the fitting and secured in place with the locking bolt. If you are using an oversized tarp like a 20x 24 size on a 20 ft. frame you can seat the bottom part of the triangle all the way in but the upper part of  the triangle will not be inserted all the way into the end of the connector so as to extend the peak pipe longer than 10 ft by using the 3" of extra space in each port of each fitting. This is why you don't have to cut the pipe to make the length different if you purchased an oversized tarp. The connector helps make a 10 foot pipe actually about 10 1/2 feet so the bottom pipe does not have to be cut. If you do not have an oversized tarp this method will not work  so you will have to cut all the pipe sections in the truss. . 8.THE FIRST 2 TRUSSES. After all trusses (roof triangles) are built exactly the same, assemble the frame with the full 10 ft. expanding  sections between the trusses.  You can lay the first triangle flat on the ground and insert all of the 10 ft pipe in the open ports. Be sure your locking bolt is unscrewed so the pipe will seat against the end of the connector and not against the bolt hanging down. Lock the pipe down by tightening the eye bolt so the pipe doesn't fall out when you raise up the frame. When you tilt the structure over you will be able  to attach the 2nd truss. Lock these pipes by tightening the eye bolt now so it doesn't fall out when you raise it up.  9.  TRUSSES 3, 4, ETC.: When you  have the first 2 trusses connected and up you can inset the 10 ft sections of pipe in the completed section and then add the 3rd truss. Be sure the first two have weight on the foot pads to counter balance weight of the pipe until the 3rd section of the support legs. When you are ready to attach the last truss you  will have to be cut the 10 ft pipe so that the final edge of the  tarp just touches the pipe. Do this with a tape measure since you know the exact length of the tarp.   10. WHEN TO ATTACH THE TARP.  Only on 10 ft wide tents can you attach the tarp to the roof frame while it is on the ground. Adjust the frame with the locking bolts. Bolts should be snug.  Do NOT exert extra pressure on the bolts as it could strip them.  The tarp should be snug touching the frame and not stretched. The larger tents should be assembled with one section at a time placing the tarp over the  frame when the frame is completely built and re-measured to be sure that it will meet the pipe  exactly the way it should. 11. WIND: You want plenty of help so the wind doesn't grab the tent as a kite until you can get it locked down securely. Ropes can be used to  pull the tarp over the frame. Extra ladders of different sizes  on the work site are always helpful. Once you get the first section up you have to get to the top of the tent to tighten the locking bolt. 12. SUPPORT LEGS:  The support poles are usually  6.5 to 7.5 ft. unless you absolutely need a higher covered area. If you are using side tarps the support poles may have to be about 3 inches longer due to the position of the foot pad. A side tarp hardware usually goes just  above the top of the foot pad. The higher your support poles the more you expose your  tent to the wind.  All tiny pieces in the truss triangles can be the pieces left over from cutting the support legs. 13. NO FOOT PADS. When you want your side tarps to go all the way to the ground you have to order Not-Thru Valance fittings that allow  you to attach the side tarp to the  frame which sits on  the ground eliminating the need for  ordering the footpads. This is a little harder to install than a tent on foot pads because it has to be very exact. 14. ATTACHING FOOTPADS: Attach the foot pads to the poles before you attach the support legs to the frame. Position all support poles about where you will need them when you start to raise the frame. Insert the support pole into the down piece of the frame triangle. Lock the pipe down so it doesn't fall out when you raise it up. 15. COLOR CODING YOUR TENT:  Once you have finished putting your tarp canopy together mark  or color code all your pipe and fittings  with tape or a felt pen  so you can quickly reassemble the tarp the next time you use it. Ex. A goes with A. and BB goes with BB,  1 with 1,  etc. 16.ATTACHING THE TARP TO THE FRAME: When your frame is  rock solid you can tie ropes to the tarp and slide it over the  frame or hand it over using stepladders. If you have cut your pipe correctly  you should use mostly 6" ball bungees .  Use the 9” ball bungees when the tarp does not touch the pipe. 17.TAKING THE TENT DOWN. When you  are taking  the frame down it can be just as dangerous when you install it. Remove the tarp first and roll it up dry and clean.  Anticipate anything that may occur  when you remove support  leg from a support pole when you are disassembling  the tent. 19.  PIPE LENGTH.  When a customer first gets his tent  the question always comes up on how many of the 10 ft pipe have to be cut. In general most of them  have to be cut. Because not 2 tarps are exactly the same I will NOT be able to tell you how  long to cut the pipe. You will  cut a lot less pipe if you order an over sized tarp for a 20 ft wide tent. 22. WIDER TENT. If you are buying a tent with a valance or sides you can purchase a oversized tarp like a 24x20 on a 20x20 tent,  a 24'x30' tarp on a 20x30, and a 24x40 on a 20x40 tent, you  will have a larger footprint or over all size of the tent  Because the wider tarp will be used to make a valance without shrinking the size of your tent which occurs when you lose footprint size because of  A.  Tarps are not as big as they say they are. B. The 12 degree incline use up. C. The Valance uses up some of the tarp. The oversized tarp allows you to cut less pipe on  20 ft models. The oversized tarps 12 ft wide are also available for the 10 ft wide tent models. 23. SAME SIZE PIPE.  If you want the distance between your trusses to be all the same you can just cut the first truss to truss sections shorter and the last section longer making them all the same for easier reassembly. Color code and mark all pipe and connectors as soon as you have finished. 24.  VALANCES. Valances  are handy in that they slide up and down the support pipe and keep the top tarp tight.  A valance will make your tent stronger, look nicer and help you to keep the roof tarp adjusted taut. If your tarp is NOT taut and has a loose area where rain water may pocket it could bend the pipe and collapse the tent. .  If tarp is NOT taut you will have to refit the tarp to the frame so there is  very little chance of the roof  tarp pocketing water. 25. 4 SIDED VALANCE :  If you planned for a 4 sided valance, the section between the last two triangles 3 and 4 has to be cut so the over-hang is  EXACTLY  the  same as the side valance since  they use the same fitting. Be sure you understand this before attempting a 4 sided valance. A valance and sides will be assembled different from a tent without a valance. It is best to call me 713-467-3025  on assembly of a 4 sided valance. 26. PONDING. :One of the problems you  should really watch out for is a loose roof tarp. If the tarp is  not tight it  will pocket, pond water, collect and store water. If your tarp will be unattended and up for a long time we suggest you  purchase additional trusses so that the opportunity for the tent to pond water will be significantly reduced. This reduces the roof span area from a 10x10 space to a 5x10 space. This makes it about 3 times stronger.   These additional truss parts are available at a significantly  reduced price. We want you to not  have a problems with  accumulating rain.  You  do not have to have a supporting leg under the additional truss. It is recommended that as soon as you  are almost finished with the roof tarp that you take the garden house to the top of the tent and let water run down over the tarp. If it starts to collect and does not run off then you need to adjust the tent so the water does not collect on the roof of the tarp. Consider using a dome tent.  See the red box above or below. Consider color coding your pipe to make setting up your  tent the next time a lot easier. Color Code Everything. Click here for a photo. We sell 7 rolls of different colors of electrical tape for $10.00.

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Print the above  7 pages of 26 tips on erecting your  GABLE ROOF tent above.  Here is when you should  consider a DOME tent . 1.If you have a need to have the tent up for a long time, consider a DOME tent. 2. If you have a lot of wind, consider a DOME tent. 3. If you have a lot of rain, consider a DOME tent. 4.  If you will not be at the tent if you develop ponding from a tarp not pulled super tight, consider a DOME tent.  5. If you are in area where you will have a snow load consider a DOME tent. 6. If you need a lot of height more than 10 ft. consider a DOME tent. 7. If you need more clear span width than  20 ft. consider a DOME tent.

C  Section 2 PARTY TENT CITY INSTALLATION  TIPS AND TRICKS INSTRUCTIONS FOR MOST PARTY TENT DOME ROOF TENTS. CLICK HERE TO SEE NUMEROUS DOME TENT PHOTOS. CONTINUE TO CLICK ON THE UPPER RIGHT ARROW TO SEE THE NEXT COME IMAGE. A FEW WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURE. Many of these photos may be duplicates but hopefully you will get one or two ideas on how to assemble your tent. There is nothing like trial and error. I have tried to mention as many errors that I can to allow you  to make as few errors as possible..    ry this site for more photos:  http://SurplusCitySales.com/partytentcity/installation.html   PART A DOMES ASSEMBLY INFORMATION Dome TENTS. Skill Level required to assemble this tent:   4.5 on a 10 scale. I 1. TARPS: Tarps are sold as a cut size. The printed  finished size 'foot print' is always  about 1 to 3% smaller than the cut size. Allow for tarp frame width reduction when using peak hardware . 2. TOOLS NEEDED: Screw driver or big nail, hammer, hack saw,   several step ladder or chair, patience, logical  thinking, a good friend and a cell phone to call Brian 713-467-3025 when you reach the end of your rope.  3. INVENTORY: Check to see that all of  the boxes in the shipment have arrived including the tarp, the hardware and the bungees. The boxes will be marked 2 of 3 etc.  Some cushioning will be provided in the box to prevent the parts from  poking through the sides of the box. If you are short a connector it will be shipped by the same carrier that was used on the order. It will not be sent by air or priority unless you used that to ship your tent. Order your tent well in advance and  inspect it completely immediately on arrival. Check your diagram to be sure how many fittings are being shipped in your order. Many parts look almost the same.  All fittings have a identifying sticker tag which will match a point on the diagram that will come with your tent.      4. TARP SIZE: Open the tarp in a large clean flat area. Measure the tarp exactly.  With a felt tipped pen write the exact size on all the corners of the tarp with arrows pointing the direction of the size. Even If it is  a square tarp use a felt pen to make an arrow and a size so you will  use it correctly in building your tent.  The cut or ordered size can be about 1-3% larger that the finished size. A square tarp will not be exactly square. Tarps made overseas are not  priced as you would for surgical steel. Measure it even if it has a printed size. 99.9% of the time the finished size printed is NOT what you get. The manufacturer will only be in the  ballpark. Your frame needs to be exactly built to the size of your tarp. Your hardware is adjustable down to an fraction of an inch by cutting the pipe and using the expandable space within the connector fitting. The tarp is not adjustable unless you buy a grommet kit for $9.00. We do NOT open new tarps and measure them prior to shipping. 5. PIPE: Cutting the pipe is basically a matter of  mathematics but can be done by trial and error. Cut the pipe to fit the tarp with your tent. Usually you will be cutting most pieces of the pipe.   Our $30 pipe vise and  pipe cutter set is a bargain and will save you a lot of time. It will  give you a clean cut that takes very little filing. If you are in Houston I can loan my you a pipe cutter and pipe vise for 5 days with a check deposit. If you buy a pipe cutter and pipe vise, you can return.  What happens is that most people find it such a bargain that they never take me up on it after you use it for a full product refund  The side edge fittings will have a port where the support leg poles are inserted. 6. BUILDING THE TRUSSES: The triangles are built around the size of the tarp and NOT the other way.     Plan to have the tarp just touch the pipe. When everything looks square and straight tighten all locking bolts. You must plan for significant wind.     7. TRUSS SIZES:     The size is determine by trial and error as you lay it out on the ground. Usually all pipe should be cut with the peak exactly in the center so that all of  the lower connections will line up. Assemble all of  your trusses side by side. ALL TRUSSES SHOULD BE IDENTICAL.  After this is done  you can assemble two trusses to make the first section of your tent. Keep several step ladders handy to rest the frame  if  you are short of help. 8.FITTINGS:  All fittings allow the pipe to be seated at different positions. Some fittings do not allow the pipe to go to the end. The fitting pipe may be welded over another pipe. Double check your measurements after you cut your pipe and adjust the pipe with the locking bolts. A little  shorter pipe allows you to move the pipe either way inside the fitting so it lines up identically. An exact cut pipe does not allow you any adjustment room.  9.  THE FINAL TRUSS  When you are ready to attach the last truss you  will have to be cut the pipe so that the final edge of the  tarp just touches the pipe.   10. WHEN TO ATTACH THE TARP. B   Before you attach your tarp check to see that all bolts are snug.  Do NOT exert extra pressure on the bolts as it could strip them. This will make the locking bolt useless because the over tightening of the bolt messes up the threads and the nut has to be retapped.  The tarp should be snug touching the frame and not stretched. The larger tents should be assembled with one section at a time placing the tarp over the  frame when the frame is completely built and re-measured to be sure that it will meet the pipe exactly the way it should. 11. WIND: You want plenty of help so the wind doesn't grab the tent as a kite until you can get it locked down securely. Ropes can be used to  pull the tarp over the frame. Extra ladders of different sizes  on the work site are always helpful.  12. COLOR CODING YOUR TENT:  Once you have finished putting your tarp canopy together mark  or color code all your pipe and fittings  with tape or a felt pen  so you can quickly reassemble the tarp the next time you use it. Ex. A goes with A. and BB goes with BB,  1 with 1,  etc. 13. .ATTACHING THE TARP TO THE FRAME: When your frame is  rock solid you can tie ropes to the tarp and slide it over the  frame or hand it over using stepladders. If you have cut your pipe correctly  you should use mostly 6" ball bungees .  Use the 9” ball bungees when the tarp does not touch the pipe. 14.TAKING THE TENT DOWN. When you  are taking  the frame down it can be just as dangerous when you install it. Remove the tarp first and roll it up dry and clean.  Anticipate anything that may occur  when you remove support  leg from a support pole when you are disassembling  the tent. 15.  PIPE LENGTH.  When a customer first gets his tent  the question always comes up on how many of the 10 ft pipe have to be cut. In general most of them  have to be cut. Because no 2 tarps are exactly the same I will NOT be able to tell you how  long to cut the pipe.      16. COLOR CODING YOUR  PIPE Color code and mark all pipe and connectors as soon as you have finished BEFORE you put your tarp on the tent.  I sell a set of  8 rolls of electrical tape  of many different colors for $ 10 .   17. . If your tarp is NOT taut and has a loose area where rain water may pocket it  collecting water could bend the pipe and collapse the tent. .  If tarp is NOT taut you will have to refit the tarp to the frame so there is  very little chance of the roof tarp pocketing water. 18. PONDING. :One of the problems you  should really watch out for is a loose roof tarp. If the tarp is  not tight it  will pocket, pond water, collect and store water. If your tarp will be unattended and up for a long time we suggest you  purchase additional trusses so that the opportunity for the tent to pond water will be significantly reduced. We want you to not  have a problems with  accumulating rain.  Consider color coding your pipe to make setting up your  tent the next time a lot easier. Color Code Everything. Click here for a photo. We sell 7 rolls of different colors of electrical tape for $ 10.00.  PART B, DOMES The below letter was drafted for John who purchased a dome tent using a 40X40 Tarp. The foot print of the tent will be about 26X39 FT. Your tarp if  was a 40x40 would be different. Note that you have a  lot of variables that can be adjusted by changing the pipe length on different segments of the truss. In this case we try to maximize the use of the pipe which requires that you cut the pipe to the size that would be an efficient to use of the 10 ft length. The height of the dome and the width of the dome with the same size tarp can be varied so that you wont have a lot of pipe left over.  You efficiently use the pipe by changing the space between the pipe.  "John,   You will need 11 trusses  use 6 pieces of pipe each.  The pipe  can only  be purchased in lengths  that are 10ft long. So you will need   66 pieces of pipe( 11x6 ) The large part of the piece cut will be the 76 inches to build the trusses  and the piece that is left over is used between the trusses connecting the trusses together. The truss sections between the connectors would be about 76 inches. This number will be decided when you  measure your tarp and determine how much top surface you are going to need. It could be that you would need to cut the sections 74" or 78" because of the actual size of the tarp. Assume your tarp was 38 ft or 456 inches. Divide 456 by 6 which would be about 76". Then you would use the cut off 44 inches left over  to connect trusses to trusses. There should be a minimum of wasted pipe.  The last leg of the truss to truss will be a little less than 44 inches due to the size of the tarp. The 44" length makes the tent stronger than if it were 60" which is a 10 ft. (120 " ) pipe cut in half.  At the final countdown the sections 1 and 6 of the truss will be cut so that the tarp just  touches the bottom pipe.  Assemble your first 2 trusses as a group on the ground and then raising it up where you will attached each piece of pipe one at a time. You will need ladders to lean the structure on and another ladder to climb up to the top to install the pipe and the connecters to the structure. The excess pieces of  the last truss can be used  for the inside on the SH  sign holders  to double up for a future end cap enclosure piece. These  inside pipe lengths give you something to tie the end of the  tarp to as you wrap it around the  end of the tarp.    The sign holders will slide on the outside truss sections.  One eye bolt can be removed for easier wrapping the  tarp around the last truss.  A 40X40 TARP is  NOT EXACT AND is  ALWAYS  SMALLER THAN THE posted cut size. Once you measure it use a felt pen to  draw dimensional sizes with arrows  for proper future use. This is very important.  You don’t want to be trying to figure why the tarp no longer fits if you connect the wrong side of the tarp to the  frame.  The  truss sections from connector to connector can be adjusted after measuring the tarp on arrival and the distance between  trusses can be decided at that time for economical use of the pipe.  As more trusses are added after you build your first truss  the structure  will want to pancake. Therefore…… drive stopping stakes into the ground at the maximum distance  that you want your  skid pipe  (bottom row of pipe resting on the ground ) to stop at which will be on row 1 and 7 of the  frame. This will prevent the truss from squatting.    If you can not drive a hold back stopping stake in the ground position a very heavy object should be place on the ground next to the pipe at the prescribed distance.  Mark the ground.  The dome  will move silently wider and wider and you will wonder why your frame is pointing downhill. The last truss and the first truss should be parallel. Use several people to push the frame back to the  preferred position.  When you have finished everything color code your pipe and connectors for easier future use.  This will also help to be sure that all pipe is seated for a sturdy assembly. Call me with any questions.  Brian Nelson  713-467-3025." PART C DOMES    Additional Dome installation information.  The outside trusses will measure differently than  the inner trusses because  the connector allows the pipe to go all the way to the end. To adjust for this you have to back up your pipe before tightening your locking bolt to be sure that your squares are rectangles with square corners.  Once you have the two trusses assembled together on the ground you can raise  it up stabilizing its position by allowing  the bottom row of fittings and pipe to butt up against the stopping stakes driven into the ground.  If you don't do this the frame will want to squat  or spread out and flatten. Your dome will be sloping downhill and you will wonder what you did wrong. If you purchased hardware and tarps to enclose the half circle end of the tent with pie shaped tarp pieces be sure you install the SH Sign Holder double FCA's on the outside 6 lengths of pipes with the extra pipe holder on the inside with the eyebolts facing toward the ground so it does not poke through the  tarp if you point them toward the  outside.  Next you can insert the pipes going from truss to truss.  Then you can assemble  the truss only  on a very flat surface  and tighten the locking bolts that hold the  pipe going from connector to connector. By using ladders or another person you can fit the arched truss to connect with the  truss to truss pipes that are sticking out from the already installed section.  If you have ordered  the optional valance fitting the FLb's and the FTb's  for one side remember to install  these on your trusses.  These fittings will slide up and down on your truss frame and allow you to easily tighten the tarp without having to re-cut the pipe. When you continue to build more and more completed squares on the dome frame always measure to see that you squares are the same size at the adjoining square. If they are not  you may need to use a rubber mallet ( which we sell)  to get them to the size they need to be and then tightening the locking bolt so they don't move back to the wrong size that they were before you adjusted them.   Sections within the truss may be different sizes because you may want your foot print to be wider or narrower or taller or shorter.  Changing  of one  size requires that you change other sizes because the overall length must still meet the size of the tarp which is a fixed distance.    The pipe between the last two trusses may be shorter or longer to allow you to have your tarp fit the frame exactly. If you are enclosing the entire structure tent you have to remember to allow for the wrap over area to fasten the tarp to the sign-holder hardware.   Because there are so many different kinds of things that you may want to do or that appear to be going wrong  I encourage you to call me when you have a problem. I will only be able to speak to one  leader of the tent assembly crew. He can call me initially after taking a complete inventory of the parts,  reading all available information and studying the the diagrams. If you purchased a dome tent and have  any installation  tips and tricks please send them to me.  I can post them here  to help others. . Send them to  bnelson@partytentcity.com . Thanks.  Brian Nelson

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Party Tent City .com Tent, Awnings, Canopies Dome Tents Home Page.                                                                   713-467-3025 WELCOME TO PARTY TENT CITY. COM . We sell new Discount Canopy, Party Tents, Awnings, Camping Tents, & Church Revival tents. For sale are Patio Awning, Portable Garages, Economical Temporary Storage Shelters, Party Canopies and  Tents to Rental Companies. We also sell  White, Silver Tarpaulins, Patriotic 'Red - White - Blue" Tarps, Mesh Cloth, Shade Cloth, Canopy Kits, Storage Tent, Dome Tents and Awnings. Our canopy kits prices include standard heavy duty rectangular tarps. Fire retardant and Flame Retardant Tarpaulins are sold at a premium in limited sizes.  We sell a modular quality tent kit at a fair price. 10x10 can be expanded to a 40x60 with nothing wasted except the tarp. We have hundreds of sizes like  6x8, 10x10, 10x20, 20x20, 20x30,  20x40, 30x30, 30x40, 40x40, 40x50, 40x60 & 50x50. This canopy kit does NOT include the 1" steel  10' EMT electrical conduit pipe you purchase in your city. It is too heavy to ship. Because of recent changes in  the price of  international steel you have to call all home convenience and electrical hardware and supply houses to get the best price. We have not increased our price in 4 years.  We do NOT rent tents but we do sell to rental vendors. At our low price  why rent a tent? Most orders are shipped the same day Fed Ex Ground. Phone calls and faxes take priority over e-mail. Call me now.  Brian Nelson 713-467-3025. By the way this big  tent, awning, and canopy directory style website  includes AdWords  or "Sponsored Links" or "Advertisements."  We have put  our competitors at the very top of the page. If they have tents, canopies or awnings to better fit your needs, go for it.. You may find our price as the lowest. We have not raised our price in 4 years.  Before you click on their ad, BOOKMARK this page in your FAVORITES to easily find www.Party Tent City.com  again. We are not affiliated with these advertisers. We do NOT advertise on their site. We are very unique in our modular products. All the parts of a Party Tent City . com  10x10 Tent Can be used in a 40x60 with nothing wasted.  Hey There- We are famous! Thanks to J-WalkBlog.com  at http://j-walkblog.com/blog/comments/D14072_0_1_0_C/   we are considered  "The Worlds Worst Website"  Some people find this site beyond their surfing capacity.  I encourage you to call me when you get  the least bit confused. You can always buy from the advertisers on the top of the page because they have a prettier websites. We have the modular tents in-stock at prices you can afford. We give you information about everything:  Photos, Diagrams, Part Pictures, Customer Photos, Problems, Testimonials.  There are no surprises. Some customers spend hours on this site. It is your choice. I hope you at least call me. Brian 713-467-3025 Click on my picture below for a hidden surprise. Do you  speak a foreign language? Click below for Informational Letter: :   Please let me know if these foreign languages are helpful to you.  Spanish/Espanol Info Letter   German/Deutsch Info Letter   French/Français  Info Letter  Italian/Italiano Info Letter Portuguese Info Letter. Click here to use new machine translation technology (BETA)  Italian, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese. Click here for Installation Instructions are at 53/99 .   Click here for Photos are at 57/99  Click Here for a Unique Time and Date Clock.                     emsevoldog  6-11-04

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