📸 Starter bay, additional bay, end bay [frame tents, clear span & traditional pole tents]

Examples of a starter bay, additional bay and end bay

Metal work and PVC components

Lining components

Flooring components

Frequently asked questions?

Q. Why is there an end bay? Why not just use additional bays? 

A. For certain products like steel sub-frame flooring and hip lining, specific components go into the each bay type.

For example;

Sub frame flooring has these specific components for each bay.

• Starter Bay: Starter bay main beam, starter bay mid beam.
• Additional Bay: Additional bay main beam, additional bay mid beam.
• End Bay: End bay main beam, end bay mid beam

You can see this in the image above.

Hip lining

• Starter Bay: Hip lining end
• Additional Bay: Lining roof
• End Bay: Hip lining end

You can see this in the image above.

To manage stock correctly for both these products you need to factor in the end bay. Which is why we have the notion of an end bay.

Q. What about for metal structural components and PVC?

A. In most case there is no need for an end bay to correctly count metal structural and PVC components. For these products the end bay should replicate the components and QTY's used in the additional bay. The starter bay should include enough components to create a complete tent. So for example a 9x3m starter bay should include the gable legs and gable pvc.

Component	Starter Bay	Additional Bay	End Bay
Legs	4	2	2
Roof beams	4	2	2
Gable legs	2	0	0
Gable PVC	2	0	0
Walls	8	2	2
Ground Rails	8	2	2
Other components....	...	...	...

In the table below you can see the starter bay includes the components to make a complete tent. 

Q. In what order are bays added?

A. 1x starter bay is added first. Next is 1x end bay. The the additional bays are added incrementally. 

You can see this in the table below. 

Bay	9x3m / 30x10ft	9x6m / 30x20ft	9x9m / 30x30ft	9x12m / 30x40ft	9x15m / 30x50ft
Starter Bay	1	1	1	1	1
Additional Bay	0	0	1	2	3
End Bay	0	1	1	1	1