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Double sided roadside billboards. Suggestions
Hi all,
I wonder if anyone may have come across a better but economical solution to these?
Local airport currently has these double sided sign frames which have to be replaced due to deterioration & poor design etc.
They are basically box steel with a channel on the inside edge into which are slotted 3 8×4 sheets of marine ply which the corriboard signs are then fixed onto with tex screws. The adverts are changed at duration varying from 6 to 24 months max.
Another sign guy locally came up with a better design which we have tweaked in order to meet engineering windload specs, but at the same time keep costs as low as possible but produce the best long term solution.
I felt that corriboard is still probably the cheapest, easiest to fit short term signage solution. This is the new designThis box frame will be galvanised & once in place will have AC panels fixed each side to give a solid back support & 50mm aluminium angle each side to create a frame that the corriboard will slot into. 10mm threaded stainless big head fixings will be fixed along the centre cross rail each side that will punch through the corriboard & have flange nuts then to hold corri in place. (quick & easy removal & fitting of new ads each time) Also wanted to get rid of the timber which rots in the constant damp.
Interested in any suggestions which may either simplify or improve this, or any completely different options that may be available?
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3 Glavanised or Plastic coated steel sign posts concreted into the ground.
4m x 2m Aluminium Composite panel with Chanel rail running horizontal on the rear and fixed by road pole clips.
the second sign panel is fastened using back-to-back post clips on the rear.you now have a flat single sheet free standing blank sign.
use it like a billboard and just apply vinyl prints like wallpaper on the face either side.
apply the next layer right on top multiple times. remove layers when really necessary.
at the end of the day, reading your post they are looking for a cheap billboard style sign.
no frame, no continual panels being slotted in each time a change is made is their cheapest option.should they insist on a deeper sign than 2m then just rivet vertical standing 8×4’s to the horizontal rails. but the single sheet is the neater more durable option.
I would never have thought a sign of that size would be still standing on two steel legs like that. the wind load will be quite high if thats stood in a wide exposed area. depending on thickness of posts ide lean towards a forth leg, but as two is doing it now, i suggested 3.
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Ha ha! [GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] your right to wonder how they’re still standing Robert!! There are actually 9 of them of that size & 1 which is 6.1m long!! All are very exposed & it gets pretty windy here in the West of Ireland. Quite soon after they were originally fitted about 10 years ago or so, one was lifted clean out of the post sleeves & flattened by the wind, so the company that fitted them were promptly back to fit the additional stays!!.
I haven’t come across 4x2m composite before here only 3×1.5m I’ll have to check suppliers.
I did wonder about just having flat panels & vinyl but I think changing 8×4 corriboard panels can be done fairly easily in the rain or on a breezy day (most days here!!) which you could never fit vinyl in.
The ground around the base of most of them is pretty uneven too for ladders, it’s one thing to be hanging off a ladder screwing in the odd text screw, but a different matter laying down 1300x2000mm strips of vinyl! -
quote Myles Brewer:The ground around the base of most of them is pretty uneven too for ladders, it’s one thing to be hanging off a ladder screwing in the odd text screw, but a different matter laying down 1300x2000mm strips of vinyl!
forget ladders mate, get a pair of aluminium trestles and catwalk. you wont look back… they are up in under a minute and very easy to do any vinyl installs and sign installs.
as for applying the vinyl. just hang it like wallpaper. easy done.
you will get 4m x 2m sheets of composite from Rightons and "some" Amari depots.
Keep in mind these are big sheets.
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I still think the main issue with the vinyl idea is the weather. If the client is looking for a change of sign pronto & you have several weeks of constant wet/windy or freezing conditions you simply cant do it, whereas you could with corriboard.
I am liking the idea of a 2m high sign though. I wonder if it would be feasible to fix some sort of collapsible work platform to the poles just under the sign? That would eliminate the need for trestles & would solve the issue of the uneven ground.
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Direct to board print would be the way I would go with this
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quote James Sahota:Direct to board print would be the way I would go with this
Hi James, Presume you’re referring to the corriboard if we were going that route?
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