Victoria, British Columbia
Stanchions in Victoria
Stanchions, velvet ropes, red carpet and sign frames to buy or to rent, delivered across Greater Victoria and up the island.
What an island order needs
The right number, plus the honest margin.
On the mainland a few posts short is a phone call. Here it is a sailing, so the sensible order carries a small deliberate surplus rather than an exact count, and it carries the spares that a two day event would otherwise send somebody back across the water for. That is not upselling — it is cheaper than the alternative and we would rather say it in advance.
A margin on the count
A handful of posts more than the plan needs. On a crossing they cost very little; being short costs a day.
Spare belts, not spare posts
The part that fails on site is the belt. One or two spare cassettes travel flat and answer most of what goes wrong.
Everything on one manifest
Posts, ropes, frames, printed items and the carts. Split orders are what get separated at a terminal.
Where we deliver
Greater Victoria, and up the island.
Deliveries cover Greater Victoria and reach up the island as far as the booking justifies. The schedule is built around a sailing rather than around a driving time, which is the practical difference between here and anywhere on the mainland: the window is fixed by somebody else, and an order that misses it waits.
- Victoria
- Saanich
- Oak Bay
- Esquimalt
- Langford
- Colwood
- Sidney
- Sooke
- Duncan
- Nanaimo
Orders go where the island holds its events:
- the conference centre in the inner harbour
- the legislative precinct and its grounds
- the harbour hotels and their ballrooms
- the arena and the halls in the west shore
- the university and college campuses
- the airport terminal at Sidney
Give us the date the equipment has to be on site rather than the date of the event. Those are different days here more often than they are anywhere else on our map.
Getting the count right first time
Measure twice, because there is no second van.
The three things that make an island count go wrong are always the same. Corners get missed, because they are drawn as a line on a plan and built as a post. Entry and exit get counted as part of a run when they need their own. And the surplus gets trimmed out of the order at the last minute by somebody being careful with a budget, which is the false economy that costs the sailing.
Count corners separately
Every turn is a post that cannot be spaced at full belt length. Missing them is the commonest shortfall there is.
Ends are not middles
The first and last post of a run do a different job and often need a different base. They are two items, not two more of the same.
Keep the margin
The surplus is the cheapest insurance in the order and the first thing anyone cuts. On this route it is the last thing that should go.
Worth asking
What an island booking asks.
- What happens if we are a few posts short on the day?
- That is the question this whole page exists to answer, and honestly: not much can be done quickly. The usual mainland fix is another van within the hour and it is not available across water. It is why we suggest ordering a small margin rather than an exact count.
- How far ahead does the equipment need to leave?
- Earlier than the event, and how much earlier depends on the sailing rather than on us. Tell us the date it has to be standing in the room rather than the date of the event itself, and the schedule is built backwards from there.
- Do you deliver beyond Greater Victoria?
- Up the island, depending on the booking. The crossing is the fixed part of the journey and the drive at the far end is the variable one, so a destination further north is a question of the order rather than a flat no.
- Should we keep spares on site?
- A couple of spare belt cassettes, yes. They travel flat, they weigh almost nothing, and the belt is the only part likely to fail during an event. Spare posts are rarely worth the space; spare belts nearly always are.
- Can the order be split across two crossings?
- It can, and it is worth avoiding where possible. Anything split has to be reconciled at both ends, and the part that is late is invariably the part the build starts with. One manifest is the simplest way to arrive complete.
Ask for a quote
Tell us the date the Victoria order has to be on the island.
Add what you need with the Buy or Rent button on each product, then open the order and say how many and where. You get a written quote back with the options laid out. Delivery, setup and collection are quoted on their own lines, so you can take them or leave them.