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Are Tarps Waterproof? And How Useful are They Around the House?

Are tarps waterproof? That’s a very popular question, and it unfortunately doesn’t have a simple answer. With so many different styles of tarps on the market today, it’s frankly impossible to give this question a quick and easy response.

So here’s the short version: It depends on the tarp itself---

Hand Truck Basics: What is a Hand Truck and What Does it Do?

It’s moving day. All of your belongings are carefully stowed away in big cardboard boxes, ready to be loaded into the back of your rental truck. Your friend then turns to you and asks where the hand truck is. Wait, what? What is a hand truck?

You might know a hand truck by another name: a dolly. And---

Raising a Large Party Tent can be a Pain, but it Doesn’t Have to Be

Here at Party Tents Direct, we’re not big fans of small print. We try to make sure everyone who comes to us to buy a party tent understands the challenges they’ll face when they get it home. So making sure our customers know how to set up a large party tent is definitely important to us.

If you---

Driving Stakes in Cold Weather Doesn’t Need to be Difficult

Driving a tent stake into the ground seems like a fairly straightforward operation. Just hit the head of the stake with a sledgehammer---

The Tale of the Tape: Reusable Bags vs. Plastic Bags

On March 1st of 2020, New York State (where our company is headquartered) had a plastic bag ban go into effect. And when news of the plastic bag ban first broke, you’d think the world was about to end. Some people simply had no interest at all in trying reusable---