Portable Stage Tips: Eliminate Those Annoying Creaks
After assembling your portable stage, you might notice it sometimes emits creaks or cracking sounds when in use. This can be quite disconcerting, especially if your performance requires complete silence. Fortunately, there’s a simple and cost-free solution to this problem.
When setting up portable stages, it’s not uncommon for them to produce unsettling noises as you walk across them. Some stage modules are more prone to creaking than others. The last thing you want during a quiet performance is a noisy stage.
To address this, watch below our portable staging video, which demonstrates a few easy techniques involving simple lifts and taps. These actions help the stage settle into its proper seated position. Given the numerous moving parts in portable staging, it sometimes needs a bit of encouragement to fully settle.
By performing these straightforward lifts and taps, you can ensure the stage is securely seated, eliminating those bothersome creaks and cracks.
Author
NexGen Staging Limited is a UK portable stage manufacturer. Founded and Owned by Nathan Griffin. Nathan started in the staging industry selling Revostage in 2004. He left to form NexGen Staging in 2016 and has since supplied over 2000 portable stages to end users across the UK and Europe. Nathan’s passion for Portable Stage innovations have brought many additional features over the years, most recently the use of “lock free” staging using Magnetic technology instead. This innovative invention by Griffin has lead to lighter and easier to handle stage platform modules, making portable stages easier and quicker to assemble.