Arches, Drops & Races
This balloon drop for the Gazprom Christmas party was hung from the lighting truss at Old Billingsgate Market. This made life easy as the trussing was dropped down to head height and allowed us to hang without scaffolding or ladders. When inflating large numbers of air filled balloons on site we’d always rather work with […]
These ‘Wicked’ balloons are printed 2 sides on 12″ Metallic Emerald balloons. We’ve supplied these every Halloween or as milestone events for the long running theatre production in Victoria, London. We also inflate and rig them up in the rafters for that spectacular grand finale drop. The mile stone events include – 5, 6 , 7 […]
This is what happens to an outdoor balloon arch when it really rains. This arch was built with the aeropole system and as water is heavy the poles are not built to carry that much weight. There is a simple solution, use less poles. If you use 4 or 5 poles the arch is substantially […]
99p Stores wanted something special to attract a buzz when they opened they’re 250th store in Northampton. We installing this Yellow & Sapphire air filled arch and built the 250 numbers using Aluminium Rod. The arch is made with air filled balloons on a flexible carbon frame. The 5″ balloons used in the number sculptures were […]
SPAR retail promotional arch in Worcester. This was the first occasion we discovered that heavy rain will stop the gaffa tape from sticking to the carbon frame. We used a frame and bases on this one to protect against high winds….. and wet weather. As we were travelling to the store twice in 1 day […]
5 Arches on frames installed in a Birmingham park before 8am. We used tent pegs to secure the bases and a carbon frame with air filled balloons. Each arch consisted of 240 balloons, half of these were inflated on the previous day and we used 2 vans to transport them. As the event was in […]
Today we installed another theatre drop at Bloomsbury Theatre, London. This was a smaller 400 drop for a comedy show and I included a few larger 16″ White to add a bit of fun. We followed the usual procedure, dropping the net from the balcony for easy filling and then pulling it up into position. […]
These 34″ letters and numbers are fantastic as signage or birthday milestone. The numbers are available for £10 in Silver. When creating a word we charge extra for arranging or hanging the letters. It’s also necessary to have a backup of spare letters incase a faulty letter deflates. We don’t stock every letter in every […]
When The Haywood Gallery wanted a space filled with balloons for a 4 month period we thought it sounded like fun. We were building a work of art in a gallery, for people to walk though. However, over the time period keeping the space filled and clean was not easy. The original spec was simple, […]
Charity ball decoration at Edgbaston Cricket Ground. As this arch was inside and only required to last one day we helium filled it to save a 2nd journey collecting the frame. Table decs in Black & Gold with a prismatic Gold star to top.
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: I wanted to test this system again as we […]
Finally took delivery of the new AeroPole balloon arch system and as it’s a windy Saturday in Birmingham I thought I’d put it to test. The first thing that seems strange about the poles is a single pole on it’s own is not very flexible: Slot a few together and suddenly they seem really bendy […]