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Fitting Problem
I have some signs to fit to an area that Im not allowed to drill into. The signs need to go over some lintels which are metal and Im not allowed to fix directly to these. I can drill into the brickwork above but this means that the sign would only be fixed along the top edge which will not be adequate. Ive posted some pics to show what I mean, if anyone can come up with a solution Id really appreciate it otherwise Im going to have to come up with an alternative signage solution.
The signs to be fixed are approx 10′ x 1′ and some will have to be in two pieces as they are longer that 10′ The area they are to go in is the cream area above the windows.Sorry to post in this section but I needed to put some pics up
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Only thing i can think of Jayne is some fairly rigid framework
than you can fix onto the brick that drops down and then fix your signs to that.
It would have to be something like stainless steel,something with a bit of weight so there wouldn’t be a chance of it blowing about seeing as how it would only have a top fixing!! 😕 -
Jayne, I take it it’s the white bit that you are not allowed to make holes in. Do you know what it is made of? Is it some sort of brick or is it something VHB tape would stick to?
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Hmmm Ive thought of that but Im not sure how secure it would be, It could be my only option.
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Sky hooks spring to mind :lol1: what is the sign made of?
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Hi Martin, its render so would be pretty hard to stick VHB tape to. I had thought of fixing it from the top and then using something like grip fill to stck it to the render but it would be pretty messy and tricky to make it look good
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Ni Nick, the sign is to be made of 3mm Alupanel, what are sky hooks? Sounds interesting
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Jane
looking at the second picture, if the signage is to fill the lintel area you could fix to the piers at either end.
What material did you want to use?Peter
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If they are composite and only a foot deep them fixing at the top may be enough if you can put a small strip/block at each end into the brickwork where it protrudes to stop the ends of the board lifting.
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Can you screw at the top and use double sided tape, the top fixing will take the weight of the sign the tape just to hold it back.
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Or if you folded the alupanel top and bottom, put in a couple of uprights and mount using an ally angle fixed above the lintel it would be strong enough without bottom fixing.
Peter
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Hi Peter, after remeasuring is seems like all the signs will be in two pieces so I could at least fix one end to the pillars and the top, do you think this will hold it securely enough. My biggest problem will be the corner of the building over the door as the sign can only be fixed on the top there and no where else. Also the part that will sit under the road sign. This is going to be one of those nightmare jobs I can feel it in my bones lol :lol1:
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definitely a tray type sign with angle ali as peter said
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by looking at the front if the signs are 10′ you should be able to get them made as a single panel?
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Hi George, The rendered areas are 10′ 3" and the customer wants all the area covered so the sign would need to be in two pieces.
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Jayne, amari do 4000mm x 1500mm reynobond white panels off the shelf and deliver cut to size, so if you are flood coating or using white its possible to get these in one piece each
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Thanks George, that would make life alot easier, as I was going to get ivory alupanel, I think that maximum sign size is 4m
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