Rope Stanchions
Chrome Rope Stanchion Rentals
Rent polished chrome rope posts for buildings made of glass and steel, each carrying a 5 ft rope in one of three silver-capped colours.
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Specifications
Three rope colours and that is not an oversight.
End caps are matched to the post, so this one comes with the silver-capped ropes and only those: red, navy or black. A gold-capped rope will physically clip onto a chrome post and it looks exactly like what it is — hardware from another set, at the height everybody is looking. Settle the colour inside the three before the floor plan is signed off rather than after.
| Height | 89 cm (35 in) |
|---|---|
| Rope length | 5 ft (1.52 m) |
| Working spacing | About 4 ft between posts, set by the drop of the rope |
| Rope colour | Three — red, navy and black, all on silver end caps |
| Post finish | Polished chrome, post and base |
| Post top | Ball finial |
| Rope fixing | Carabiner clip at each end |
In action
Chrome on the street.
The silver-capped set
Choose from the three ropes this finish takes.
Red 
Navy 
Black
What it is good at
Six places the polished post is the right one.
Shopfront and pavement entrances
On a street, at a doorway, along the edge of a runner. Chrome holds daylight and stays legible from the far side of the road, which is where the people you are directing are standing.
Glass-and-steel lobbies
A modern building already has cool metal in its door frames, lift surrounds and handrails. Chrome joins that; warm gold reads as something brought in for the day.
Press walls and photo areas
Where the equipment is in shot on purpose, a bright vertical either side of a backdrop frames it — as long as the room has light for it to catch.
Showroom and vehicle displays
Around a car, a plinth or a launch piece under lighting built to make metal look like metal, which is the one condition this finish is at its best in.
Retail and mall activations
A short roped run inside a centre or a flagship, where the post has to look like fixtures rather than like something borrowed for the weekend.
Beside chrome belt posts
When one event has a moving queue at one end and a held line at the other, keeping both in the same metal is what makes the floor read as one setup.
The usual add-on
A navy runner under a chrome line.
Navy is the colour that sits most easily under this finish: cool floor, cool metal, one decision rather than two. Red works under chrome as well and plenty of arrivals want it — a premiere or an awards night is expected to have a red carpet whatever the posts are made of. Take navy as the default here and red when the event asks for it. Both come in a range of ready-cut lengths, with a made-to-measure cut available on top of that for an extra charge.
See carpet runners