Heating & cooling hire
Indirect heaters and climate kit for marquees October to April. Delivered, set up and collected by suppliers who cover your patch.
Marquee heater hire typically costs £150 to £300 per weekend for a 25kW indirect diesel heater, which heats around 100 sqm of lined marquee. October to April marquee events should include heating by default. Indirect heaters sit outside the marquee and duct warm air in, so no fumes.
Marquees are canvas: whatever the forecast promises, evening temperature is what guests remember. The trade default is the indirect diesel heater: the burner sits outside the marquee and pushes clean warm air through ducting, with a thermostat inside. Sizing runs about 25kW per 100 sqm of lined marquee, more for unlined canvas or open sides.
Patio heaters cover doorway smoking areas and outdoor bars rather than the main space. At the other end of the calendar, summer corporate events in glasshouse-style structures occasionally need the reverse: air movers and evaporative coolers.
PLANNING RATIOMarquee events from October to April should budget heating by default. Rough sizing: 25kW of indirect heat per 100 sqm of lined marquee.
What it costs
| Item | Typical guide price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indirect diesel 25kW, weekend | £150–£300 | + fuel |
| Indirect diesel 50kW, weekend | £250–£450 | |
| Electric fan heater 3kW | £25–£60 | |
| Patio heater | £40–£80 |
Guide prices exclude VAT and vary with season, region and site access. Quotes from suppliers are always the real number.
Heating & cooling hire across the launch corridor
Local pages for every corridor town, with the same honest ratios and local site knowledge.
Heating & cooling hire: questions organisers ask
How many heaters does a wedding marquee need?
One 25kW indirect heater per 100 sqm of lined marquee is the standard starting point: a 120-guest marquee (around 170 sqm) typically takes one 50kW or two 25kW units with thermostats. Cold snaps and open sides push it up.
Are marquee heaters safe?
Indirect units are the safe standard: combustion happens outside the structure and only clean warm air is ducted in. What matters on site is fuel storage away from guests and ducting runs that no one trips over: both are the supplier’s bread and butter.
