1. Enquiry and quote
Quotes are issued within 48 hours of an enquiry, based on the site, dates and scope.
The questions asked at this stage are the ones that decide feasibility: where, when, indoors or out, how long, branded or themed, and who is staffing the door.
2. Site check
We confirm footprint, headroom, ground, power and the load-in route before the date is worked up.
Where a site visit is not practical, that check is done from dimensioned plans and photographs. What matters is that nothing structural is discovered on install morning.
3. Theme, dressing and artwork
The theme is fixed and any printed branding is produced — the stage with the real lead time.
Working lead time for a fully branded install is four to six weeks. Unbranded seasonal dressing moves faster, but the same principle applies: decisions here unlock everything downstream.
4. Install day
Around two to three hours, outside trading or event hours, on the access route the venue allocated.
Route and positioning
Kit is trolleyed in and the globe is positioned before inflation, so the footprint and queue side are set against the real space rather than the plan.
Inflation, ballast and dressing
The blower inflates the structure and runs continuously while it stands. Ballast is set according to the surface and setting, then the internal scene is dressed and the snow medium loaded.
Cables, check and handover
Cable runs are managed — matted and signed outdoors — and a functional check is completed before the venue takes handover.
5. Crewed operation
Groups are brought forward in short timed sessions, roughly one every three minutes, with snow swept and reused between them.
The operators' job is unglamorous and decisive: keep the slot board honest, keep group sizes to the session, keep the medium circulating cleanly, and stand the globe down if conditions outdoors require it.
- ❄Standard operation is two GlobeHire operational staff, with additional crew arranged for break cover, extended hours, split shifts or particular event requirements
- ❄On multi-day installations the snow is refreshed daily and topped up where necessary
- ❄Contaminated snow is removed, and disposed of through organic-waste recycling where appropriate
6. De-rig
Strike happens outside operating hours on the same access route, leaving the pitch as found.
Because the medium is dry and reused, there is no liquid clean-up. The pitch is swept and handed back.
7. After the event
The useful review is throughput against forecast, and anything the site taught us for next time.
Recurring venues benefit most from this: once a pitch, route and power point are proven, a return booking is a much shorter conversation.