Firework Buying Tips7554933
The 'standard' fireworks licence only permits a supplier to sell fireworks for a three week period before November 5th, a few days before New Year, Diwali and Chinese New Year.
If we deal with what to buy first, then the most essential factor to look for is that the fireworks comply with British Standard BS7114. This number must be printed on the box or firework, and shows that the product complies with strict security requirements. If you do not see this number, then leave nicely alone. These fireworks should not even be offered for sale, but sadly non compliant fireworks do still slip through the net.
Fireworks are divided into four categories, only two of which truly concern us right here. Category one is for such things as indoor fireworks, and category four is for professional show items, so most of what you see in the shops will be in categories two and three.
The main criteria for category two fireworks are that the fuse must burn for in between three and 13 seconds, and it must be viewed from at least five metres away. For category 3 the fuse is 5 to 15 seconds, and the viewing distance 25 metres. There are also criteria for debris fallout locations, but these are the primary defining criteria. You tend to get category two fireworks in the smaller sized display boxes, sold through mainstream suppliers' such as newsagents and supermarkets. The more spectacular category three items are generally sold as person items, and are generally to be discovered in much more specialist outlets.
One very easy, but quite reliable tip for gauging the worth and likely overall performance of a firework is to feel the weight of it. Usually speaking, the heavier a firework is, the much better show it will give you. This is by no means a hard and fast rule, but it is a extremely great rule of thumb.
Having been in the trade for 40 years now, I like to believe I have had a reasonable quantity of feed back on the topic of DIY firework displays, and the thing that crops up time and again is that most displays last for too lengthy, with too many 'same again' fireworks! The issue could so effortlessly be solved with a bit of forward planning. Rather of the usual situation, where six people all turn up with a small box of fireworks, extremely most likely from a non specialist outlet, that fizzle and phutt their way through a lacklustre display, why not collect an agreed quantity of money from each guest instead, and then go to a specialist retailer, and buy a few truly spectacular fireworks. Everybody will then see a shorter, but far much better show.
We now have a normal customer base, which entrust their spending budget to us each year, and rely us to construct a memorable display for them. Initially it might be difficult to persuade them to spend any exactly where in between £40 and £140 on one firework, but nearly with out exception, as soon as they have gone that route, they by no means look back!
