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Advice needed on sign frames
Morning all,
I really need some "hand holding" with this as I’ve never involved myself with sign frames before!
We have a large palisade security fence at the front of the unit and would like to install a couple of large signs. I’ve tried dibond straight to the fence but it looks a bit slap dash!
I could fix the top and bottom sections to the fence but do the corners come with plates to secure them? I wont have a problem fixing the top and bottom to the vertical panels but wont be able to guarantee the position for the 2 ends.
Also….. I seem to remember that you had to install hanging strips on the top of the panels to allow for expansion. With something like dibond would this be necessary or could it just be cut to size and slotted in?
If the sign is long how would the two panels be locked together?
Sorry for rambling on but as I say framing is something I’ve never involved myself with and its about time I had a go at it! HELP 🙁
Andy
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8 Replies
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Andy why did the composite look slapdash?
Best way with composite is a couple of runs of channel to the rear and fix behind with fence bars, looks neat and tidy both sides
John
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Hi John,
I used tek screws through the front, where the join was on the two panels it opened up and looks bloody awful…. not a good advert!
How are the channels fixed?
Andy
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I think most joints are going to flop around and open up to an extent when fixed to a fence. Can you re-jig the design to put it on two distinct panels side-by-side but separate. Maybe 50mm radius corners all around and fixed as John says.
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Here you go Andy – Rob did this demo many years ago – tells you everything you ever wanted to know about building panatrim frames but were afraid to ask
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=17591
A couple of links are broken – here’s part 2
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=17587And part 3 is here
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=17586 -
The men did something similar last month.
They fixed a piece of ply to the fence, then screwed the frame to it.
We had to do this as the local yobs pushed their feet through the fence and pushed the panel out of the frame.
So far its holding up.
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quote Phill Fenton:Here you go Andy – Rob did this demo many years ago – tells you everything you ever wanted to know about building panatrim frames but were afraid to ask
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=17591
A couple of links are broken – here’s part 2
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=17587And part 3 is here
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=17586Ah good stuff there, if I was using say 3mm hoarding board and had a join – if I just high bond taped a strip over the join it would hold?
Andy
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I would try and get a piece of composite behind the joint, stick it with VHB on one side, a lip for the other panel just to stop it bowing.
I don’t think just VHB would hold it
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quote John Harding:with fence bars,have you a link for those John?
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