Thread: Fast and easy temporary wall set up.

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My husband and I do a one night haunted house for our Church Halloween party each year. We have one or two days to set up over 1700 sq ft, so it has to go fast. We only have 2-3 hours for take down. We don't get tots so this is our big night that we look forward to. (Other than borrowing a friends porch on the real night) Thought I'd share how we set up our walls fast.



#10 cans with PVC poles cemented in. Once in place they are topped with a grid of PVC poles to hang curtains from and to secure the walls. We hang props from them as well, like the FC Clown.





This year we switched to LED lights and used 1x3's to mount the lights to. In the doll room we used a T so we could aim about 25 lights at the dolls. Each cross post has holes drilled every half inch so we could zip tie the lights on. If you look behind the sheer curtain you can see them.





Next year we hope to replace the curtains with a more fire retardant curtain. And have enough poles and to surround the rooms with out using plastic.

We also use about 27 doors for quick halls. The frames are velcro-ed on for quick removal and flat storage.








More pics in my albums on how it turned out.

very nice, sadly, trying to do this outside with the wonderful winds is impossible!

Thanks for sharing your set up Jmurdock. Always helpful to see how others construct their haunts and take ideas away.

Looked good by the way. Your framed pictures look terrific. Were those printed off and framed? Also curious how many people you usually get going through?

Originally Posted by Ghost of Spookie

Thanks for sharing your set up Jmurdock. Always helpful to see how others construct their haunts and take ideas away.

Looked good by the way. Your framed pictures look terrific. Were those printed off and framed? Also curious how many people you usually get going through?

Thanks, the pictures are from http://www.hauntedmemories.com/ The masks are from http://www.hauntedstudios.com/index.php

I'd say we got just over 200 this year and closer to 300 last year. Next year I'll keep better track. We're also going to hand out numbered passes for groups of 6 or less so people don't have to stand in line. They can just check the board to see when their number is coming up. People got tired of waiting this year and went back to the party. We put them through as fast as possible with out running into each other but then some felt rushed. It's funny, you get the ones who just want to go fast and have a good scare and then you have the ones who like to look at every detail. I think the passes will take care of both problems. We can slow the groups down with out long lines.

osenator - I wish this worked out doors too! I'd love to set it up at a friends. It's so much work for 2 hours one night.