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Tensioned cable displays
Can anyone recommend a supplier for the tensioned cable display systems with acrylic poster holders as used in many estate agents? Also any tips on fitting? Not done one before but have been asked to install one as part of a job for a new letting agent.
Thanks in advance.
John
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fairfield are possibly the best although maybe not the cheapest
http://www.fairfielddisplays.co.uk/
nice to work with all straightforward
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Thanks John I will give them a call.
John
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Some places listed on the tool bar as well John, just remember where you get them from as some of the panels differ a bit and it saves trying to remember where you got the last lot if they ask for some more at a latter date.
Different ways of fitting them so might be best to have a good look where they are to go before you decide which ones to buy.
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Pretty sure our friends over at ispi do them too at not too bad rates IIRC
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most kits come with fittings but more than often go bigger & deeper with fixings.
we use a lazer for accuracy before doing the window check the base and the ceiling where your fitting.
fitted a full window and the base was not secured to the floor as we tightened everything up it started to lift the base.
if you can make templates for spacing for the acrylics saves a lot of time on site.Derek
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As Derek rightly says, check the job over well and prepare, it can take longer than you imagine to string a few wires.
On my first task to put up 3 poster displays, had told the customer that they would be wall (top of windows actually) to floor fittings, got there customer changes mind, does not want wall to floor now wants ceiling to floor 😕
Fine I think just string through suspended ceiling into floor above, takes off first suspended tile- 😮 there was no visible ceiling; takes off another few, again, apart from an old door and a mattress up there, no ceiling to be found (probably about 8 ft above the false ceiling). Had to screw a big lump of wood to the wall above the suspended ceiling for the wires to attach.
A 1 hour supposed job (too little time budgeted for anyway) turned into an all day nightmare and a broken ceiling tile to be replaced.
John
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Resting a length of timber over the main supporting struts of a suspended ceiling is enough to take the strain in most cases. Don’t over tension the cables either, it’s surprising how much extra strain you can put on the fixings with just a couple of extra finger turns
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Thanks for the replies. These systems need to go wall-to-wall. It is an old building and one of them is going on a masonry wall, the other on plasterboard. I am thinking of going to site before they paint, and fixing some 25mm x 90mm PSE timber to the wall first, which can then be painted before I go back to fit the cable kits. I imagine this will definitely need to be done for the plasterboard wall and I may as well do it for the masonry wall as well as i can imagine 300 year old bricks turning to dust when I wind a hammer drill into them!
I have also been asked to fit some lights. I usually stay well clear of electrics, saying that they need to get their own electrician to install, but I am thinking of getting my electrician in for this one. Does anyone have any views on whether this would be a good/bad idea?
Thanks
John
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Hobday are the cheapest i’ve came across for run of the mill wires/pockets and fixings for acrylic displays 😀
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quote John Dorling:Thanks for the replies. These systems need to go wall-to-wall. It is an old building and one of them is going on a masonry wall, the other on plasterboard. I am thinking of going to site before they paint, and fixing some 25mm x 90mm PSE timber to the wall first, which can then be painted before I go back to fit the cable kits. I imagine this will definitely need to be done for the plasterboard wall and I may as well do it for the masonry wall as well as i can imagine 300 year old bricks turning to dust when I wind a hammer drill into them!I have also been asked to fit some lights. I usually stay well clear of electrics, saying that they need to get their own electrician to install, but I am thinking of getting my electrician in for this one. Does anyone have any views on whether this would be a good/bad idea?
Thanks
John
If you are worried about damage, use the drill with hammer action off. If it drills fine, you will get a better hole without too much noise and dust. Hammer action is only needed on tougher stone and brick work.
Make sure you get the wire spacing right as there is nothing worse than wires that are not parallel form end to end.
The plaster wall should be no problem, but if you are worried about accuracy on the stone wall, drill a much larger hole that you can fit/bond a wooden dowel into, this will allow you to precisely place the fixings as the mounting foot will be large enough to cover the dowel.
A laser level line is a must have to sped the job up, you can pick a descent one (horizontal/vertical)up for about £100
Suppliers – iSpy, Fairfields, Mid-West Display, PineTree display, plus numerous fleabay suppliers…….
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