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Stanchion Accessories and Sandbags
The pieces that finish a setup: a frame that turns a post into a sign, a stand for where there is no post and the weight that keeps a run standing.
Sign Topper
A frame on a slotted collar that drops over the head of a belt post you are already renting. It puts the instruction at eye level in the lane it belongs to, so when the layout moves the signage moves with it instead of staying behind on a board.
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| Insert size | 8.5 × 11 in (letter) |
|---|---|
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape |
| Mounting | Slotted collar over the head of a belt post |
| Finish | Black or chrome, matched to the post it sits on |
| Printed insert | You supply it — any office or print-shop sheet fits |
| Needs | A belt post; it does not stand on its own |
Adjustable Sign Stand
The same frame on a post of its own, weighted at the base. It goes where there is no queue to attach to — beside a registration desk, at the junction in a lobby where guests pick a direction, in a doorway carrying an instruction, next to an activation nobody has found yet.
Height range, frame window, base diameter and weight are listed on its own page: Adjustable Sign Stand rentals.
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| Insert size | 8.5 × 11 in (letter) |
|---|---|
| Orientation | Portrait or landscape, the same either way up |
| Standing | Freestanding on a weighted disc base |
| Frame height | Reading height, held on a single upright |
| Printed insert | You supply it, the same letter-size sheet the topper takes |
| Needs | Nothing — it is its own support |
Sandbags
Ballast with straps on it. The nylon straps are what make them useful in more than one place: the same bags fasten to a barricade foot and to a tent leg, so the count you order covers whichever part of the site turns out to need holding down.
Weighting a marquee rather than a steel run? The same bag is listed under the tents as tent sandbag rentals.
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| Weight | 25 lb each |
|---|---|
| Colour | Black |
| Material | Water-resistant, so it can sit out through an evening |
| Straps | Nylon, for fastening to a barricade foot or a tent leg |
| Handles | A carrying handle on each bag |
| Used for | Ballasting a barricade run, a tent or anything the wind can move |
What they are good at
Six jobs the small items do.
Labelling a queue that has split
Two lanes off one door — one ticket type, one everyone else — is where an unlabelled queue costs staff the whole arrival.
Marking the head of a registration line
A panel at the front of the run so guests can see where the line starts from the other side of a foyer, instead of joining it at whichever end they happened to arrive at.
Wayfinding at a lobby junction
A lift landing, a corridor split, a doorway into the wrong room. A stand carries the instruction on its own, so a route can be signed where there were never any posts.
Sponsor and branded panels
The simplest way to get artwork along a queue run without bringing in extra furniture, because every frame sits on a post that is already part of the layout.
Instructions at a door
Entry conditions, a closed entrance, a redirect to another building. A freestanding frame does that without anything being taped to the glass.
Holding a run down outdoors
Weight at the feet keeps a barricade line standing on a smooth surface or open ground. It is also the difference between a printed scrim lying flat against the steel and acting as a sail all evening.