Maintaining Portable Staging: A Comprehensive Guide to Maximizing Lifespan and Ensuring Long-Term Value
When investing in a portable stage, factors such as price, quality, and functionality are crucial. However, maintaining portable staging is often overlooked, leading to unexpected costs and inconveniences over time.
In this comprehensive guide, we delve into essential maintenance practices, common issues, and solutions to ensure your portable stage remains a worthwhile long-term investment.
1. The Importance of Regular Maintenance for Portable Stages
Regular maintenance isn’t just about prolonging the lifespan of your stage; it’s also about ensuring safety and maintaining a professional appearance. Neglecting maintenance can lead to costly repairs or even complete replacement.
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Why Regular Maintenance Matters:
- Extends the life of your portable stage
- Reduces repair expenses
- Maintains performance and safety standards
2. Tackling Lock and Cam Issues
Challenges with Locks and Cams: Portable stages, such as those from Revostage, Ultralight, Alustage, and Intellistage, often use complex locks and cams as part of their assembly. These components can deteriorate over time, rendering the platform unusable if not maintained properly.
This means that if the locks fail, the entire platform becomes unusable until fixed. Some staging manufacturers only offer a return to base refurbishment option, making it a costly and time-consuming process. At NexGen, we have eliminated locks from our deck platforms and replaced them with a magnetic system, which lasts.
We’ve also added a velour carpet or an ABS tough surface finish to ensure a lifetime of value for our customers.
3. Maintaining and Replacing Staging Legs
Common Issues with Staging Legs: Riser leg tubes can suffer damage during use or storage. This is a common issue across brands, but it can be managed with proper handling. Also the NexGen system is a lot easier to replace these riser parts than others.
Best Practices:
- Store legs in protective trolleys or cases to prevent denting or bending.
- Inspect legs for signs of damage regularly to address issues before they escalate.
Why NexGen Leads the Way: The NexGen system simplifies the replacement process, making it easier and more cost-effective to swap out damaged legs.
4. Effective Storage Solutions for Portable Stages
Storage plays a crucial role in maintaining portable staging. Without suitable storage solutions, components can wear out prematurely.
Recommendations for Safe Storage:
Make sure to ask for storage boxes, trolleys or flight cases, when purchasing your staging. Additionally, replacing riser rods and blocks can become a costly and frequent maintenance task.
5. Managing Valance Fasteners for Longevity
Valance fasteners are another pain point for staging maintenance. These fasteners can be expensive and need to be replaced frequently, especially in schools where children often pull on the valance skirting, causing the fasteners to dislodge. This not only looks unprofessional but also adds up to the overall maintenance costs over time.
At NexGen, as well as standard cloth valance, we offer hardboard fascia, which is more durable, cost-effective, and gives a clean and professional finish.
6. Final Tips for Maintaining Portable Staging Lifespan
In summary, when purchasing a portable stage, it is essential to consider the warranty and guarantees offered by the supplier, as well as asking questions about the lifespan of locks and other key components.
Remember that a cheap initial price may end up costing you more in the long run.
Don’t overlook the importance of maintenance when making your staging purchase to ensure a long-lasting and cost-effective investment.
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