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15mtr Banner Problem
Hi Guy’s, I recently went down south to fit a 15mtr x 4.2 Banner onto a plasterboard hoarding, gave a quote before going etc for the two man team.
When we arrived our client kindly told me that their client would not pay the amount we asked for. This was a downer, as we had just traveled 5 hours from Glasgow. My attitude was to invoice them for the amount we had agreed either way, and see what happens. The company I do this work for has a man on site at every job to over see it, At the end of the night he signed off the job and we all left for home. The following day I was emailed some photos from the company we were doing the job for highlighting some very large creases that had appeared, and they were not too happy. When we started fixing this banner we explained to OUR client that the banner would settle and that it was not a good idea to pull to heavy on it as it would rip the fixings from the plaster (screws and washers).
We now have to go back down south to rectify these issues, has anyone else had a problem like this regarding fixing onto plasterboard and the client telling them, when you turn up for the job, your price has been slashed by £200.00. and if so what did you do, or what would you do ?Thanks
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is this an internal job?
does the banner have hems? -
Hello Rob, Yes its an internal fix within a shopping Mall and it does have hems.
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you dont need to go right into it but can you explain how you did it?
i did one in braehead shopping centre… must have been about 20 metres by 10ft deep in one go… was a while ago now but we had no hems. we also did not fix directly to plasterboard.
we run wooden tile batons right along the top and bottom of the wall. baton is about .75 inch thick by 1.5 inch deep. we screwed them to the wall with wide threaded screws to tap into plaster without threading. however, the screws were 1.5 inch long so it would pass through the pasterboard and catch the timber framing behind as there is always timber frame at top and bottom so no guess work.
you then have a guy at top and bottom unwiding as another has staple gun pinning as you move along.
this should be done JUST TO TAKE THE WAIT initially and only along the top. once unwound in full.. back to start and start stapling whilst both guys pull the banner a little taught. but realistically the banner wait should do the most of the work. very easy once you follow the proceedure.the purpose of the tile batons is to give you a secure quick fixing but also to hold the entire banner just off the wall to prevent the wall imperfections showing. in the end you should have a sort of drum skin effect.
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We started by lifting the top of the banner up and securing it to the plaster board, I should say at this point that there were no batons behind the board at the top!!, we let the banner hang on its own steam, and then pulled down on it to secure the bottom, then we worked on the sides, finally fixed a wooden skirting on the bottom and sides with a 20mm baton on the top to hide the eyelets. I have been told by another fitter that this install would have worked better if there was not a hem on the banner, but I don’t know. I have fixed quite a few banners to walls and such like, and never had this problem. It did look great when we left it, or our client would not have signed it off.
It always happens to the job that is hundreds of miles away,Thanks Rob I appreciate your input
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