Cafe Barriers Buyers Guide

A cafe barrier system designed to define, divide or enclose outdoor or indoor areas. This is achieved with printed graphics or canvas banners attached to robust cross arms, which are supported by heavy duty posts. View our Cafe Barrier Layout Design Service.

With the increased popularity of alfresco dining and drinking, making use of your outdoor space has never been so important. It's an opportunity to appeal to a larger audience and invite people in.

Café Barrier Kits offer a flexible solution for defining your boundary area, whilst utilising your branding further. Creatively designed or colourful banners are eye-catching and help different premises stand out from the competition.

The most important thing to consider is where the kit is being used - indoors, outdoors, sheltered area, high traffic area, etc. Certain cafe barrier kits are more suited to specific areas. For example, exposed or high-traffic areas would require a heavier post and base. On the other hand, sheltered outdoor locations can use a lighter system. Outdoor areas can be affected by gusting winds so it is recommended that a suitable wind permeable barrier is used where necessary.

You also need to consider whether an Equality Act (formerly DDA) friendly cafe barrier kit is required. If so, the Primo kit with its wheelchair-friendly bases and lower cross arm is ideal. The shallow post bases allow the wheels of a wheelchair to easily roll over them, and the lower cross arm acts as a tapping rail for the visually impaired. The Standard Duo system also includes Equality act approved bottom rails.

Make sure to measure the total space you have available. Drawing a scale plan like the ones shown below will help you to visualise the set-up and calculate how many barriers you need.

To make things easier, why not take a look at our Pre-Designed Bundles? You can also use our free layout design form for expert help in designing your layout and a quick quotation.

This will come down to the span you are looking to cover, the system you are using and how you are looking to mount the system.

All of the systems have a 4-way bracket, meaning up to 4 rails can attach to one post. If you are looking to display banners individually, then you would need 2 posts per banner.

Our economy rails use a top rail and bungees to keep the banner taught. Our duo and premium system have top and bottom crossbars. With these systems, the rails are sold in pairs to display one banner. We also have wall brackets available to reduce the number of posts and save space in smaller areas.

The distance listed for cross arms refers to the distance between the centre of each post when the rail is used (rather than the length of the cross arm itself). I.e a 2000mm arm when attached to 2 posts would give a distance of 2000mm, from the centre of one post to the centre of the other post.

• Economy barriers - 1000mm, 1500mm and 2000mm
• Standard barriers - 1200mm, 1500mm and 1800mm
• Premium barriers - 1200mm, 1500mm and 2000mm

Unlike some suppliers, all of our cafe barriers are made from steel. This is either stainless or powder-coated depending on the system. The economy system includes a 1 year guarantee, the standard 2 years, and premium 3 year hardware guarantee.