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  Mounting Stand-off letters on corrugated metal

  Posted by Colin Templeton on 10 May 2009 at 10:54

  Hi folks,

  We may have a job coming up which may involve fitting flat cut stand-off letters onto a corrugated metal surface. I.e. it has crests and troughs, thus some locators will fall over a crest, and some on a trough? If that makes sense.

  Anyway, we have done one before and never forseen the issue, so when fitting, we were cutting and moving locators to suit and it turned into a real nightmare.

  What methods of fitting could we use to ensure the sign fits well – I don’t want to lay dibond etc over the wall to create a flat surface to mount to
  as it will look terrible imo?

  Craig Bond replied 16 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Peter Normington

  Member

  10 May 2009 at 11:07

  I would use 2 strips of ally or baton painted a similar colour to the corrugated metal and get the standoffs positioned at the same distance apart on the letters as the strips.
  If you are buying the letters in most makers will also space the stand offs for you, the same as they do for cladding, but I guess it depends on the wide of the letters if this is viable

  Peter

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  Gordon Jones

  Member

  10 May 2009 at 19:12

  I buy my letters in, the company I use charge an extra 25% for attaching the lugs just were I want them, you simply give them the cladding measurements, never had a problem with this method

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  Craig Bond

  Member

  23 May 2009 at 23:17

  Hi Colin

  What I do in this particular situation is buy in my lettering and template and ask for the fixings to be supplied loose.

  I then measure the distance between the centres of the raised parts of cladding and draw the centres onto the template. Turn the template over and position your lettering (this will be in reverse), and with a straight edge matching to the centre lines you can then position your locaters. You know then where exactly to position your locaters. After glueing the locaters turn the template over again, position the letters on the template and press down hard which will mark the template exactly where you will need to be drilling.

  I have used this method for years for many job, OK it does take a bit of time up but you know that when you arrive on site to fit the job there will be no need to alter the position of fixings, when you are 20ft up a scaffold it is really the last thing you want to be doing!

  Hope this helps

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