Chuppah Hire, Answered

Six to twelve months for a standard hire and nine to twelve for a bespoke commission. Peak UK wedding season is May to October and Sundays book first. Newer designs exist as a single structure, so one booking takes the date.

We do - always, with our own team, wherever the wedding is. We deliver, install, stay through the ceremony window and return to collect afterwards at whatever hour the venue requires.

Typically two to three hours, though it depends on the design and the venue's access window. For a full setup with stage, aisle and lighting we will want longer, and we agree it with your venue in advance.

Yes, throughout the United Kingdom - Hertfordshire, Essex, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff, Bournemouth and everywhere between. Travel is a factor in the quote, not in whether we come.

Our team is present through the ceremony window, so the answer is usually that we fix it before anyone notices. That is a large part of what you are hiring.

It is quoted per wedding rather than from a price list, because design, travel, venue access, install timing and any stage, aisle, lighting or PA all move the figure. Our cost guide explains what affects the price.

No - the carpeted stage, the step and the aisle carpet are separate items with any supplier. They are worth budgeting for: a chuppah on the flat in a large room means guests beyond the front rows see very little.

Yes, in our quotes. It is worth confirming with any supplier you compare us against, because retrieving a structure from a venue at 1am is a real cost and it belongs in the price.

Yes. Stages, aisles, lighting, PA, mechitza screens, dancefloors and light curtains can all be hired on their own.

Birch, because the poles branch and give a florist natural fixing points at every height; or white timber, because it disappears completely beneath a full covering. Our floristry guide covers this properly.

Yes. We engineer the supporting frame around the exact dimensions and weight of your tallit so it hangs correctly and carries no strain - which matters especially for heirloom pieces. See the Tallit Chuppah.

It depends on your ceiling height and how many people are standing beneath it. Broadly, 8ft suits synagogues and intimate rooms and 10ft suits ballrooms and high-ceilinged spaces. Send us the venue's dimensions and we will tell you.

Always, and we would ask to. We coordinate directly on fixing points, load and dressing times. A structure designed without reference to the floral plan is one the florist then has to fight.

Many of ours can, subject to a site assessment for ground conditions and wind. Birch and white timber are the most naturally suited to gardens. We would rather decline a booking than install something we are not confident about.

No. There is no prescribed colour, material or size - only that a covering is held above the couple on four supports, open at the sides. Black timber, gold and mirrored chuppahs are all equally valid.

The canopy under which a Jewish wedding takes place - a covering held up by four poles and open on all sides, representing the home the couple is building together. Read the full guide.

KHOO-pah, stress on the first syllable, with the guttural ch of loch. A softer HOO-pah is widely used and perfectly acceptable.

Traditionally four people close to the couple - grandparents, parents, siblings or close friends. Many modern chuppahs stand freely instead, and some couples do both: held for the processional, then set into stands.

Most commonly explained as remembrance of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem - that even at complete joy, loss is not forgotten. Other readings offered are the irreversibility of the moment and the fragility of a relationship. More on the traditions.

Some communities prefer it; many hold the ceremony indoors without issue. It is worth one conversation with your Rabbi rather than an assumption either way.