How do you fit on to palisade fencing?

[Fred McLean]

Road sign sign rail on back of sign 4 lip lock bolts and corresponding strapping material to bolt onto from back of fence or Electrical cable ties if top rail of fence is the desired height

[Alan Cooper]

Rod,
We would use an aluminium sign blank from Ashbys with two rails on the back, and 4 square headed bolts that slide into the rails. Position the sign on one side of the fence and 2 ali lengths with 2 holes drilled in each on the other side of the fence. The sign is then bolted through the fence gaps through the 2 ali lengths behind.
It’s really secure but can easily be removed without damaging the fence.
Speak to Ashbys and explain what you need to do, they will supply everything that you need.
Hope that helps.

Regards
Alan

[Fran Hollywood]

Depending on the profile of the palisade you may be able to use a "J" bolt and hook it onto the angle (running horizontally) or the verticals. The trouble being seeing the nut and threads on the sign side.

[Robert Lambie]

drill 2 holes, one inch apart in each area of the sign that you want a fixing.
thread from back out to front and in the other hole with a long nylon "tie-it" and loop it around the horizontal bar of the fence. then the lower fixings around the verticle posts.
the top fixings will hold it level without it being able to slip down and the lower ones will stop any flapping or movement.
if the signs are white, use white tie-its and the only thing you will see of them is a little strip where it comes out from the back and back in through the face.

just an idea? 😀

[Jeremy Howes]

Would it be possible to weave thin strips of foamex or such like through the fencing and fix the sign to that?

Jeremy

[Colin Crow]

Just to add to the cable tie suggestion, if you want something a little tougher then screwfix now sell stainless steel cable ties which are great or this sort of use.

[Robert Lambie]

quote Colin@BECC:

Just to add to the cable tie suggestion, if you want something a little tougher then screwfix now sell stainless steel cable ties which are great or this sort of use.

thank you for the tip colin, good one mate 😉

[Peter Normington]

quote Colin@BECC:

Just to add to the cable tie suggestion, if you want something a little tougher then screwfix now sell stainless steel cable ties which are great or this sort of use.

Colin is that a cable tie or similar to a jubilee clip, I just looked at their website and they weren’t listed under cable ties.
Could you post the url?

Peter

[Peter Normington]

Found em
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/sea/sea … cables+tie
peter

[Colin Crow]

Sorry peter, I was a bit slow there replying. I have used the longer SS ties for a while now and although they don’t pull quite as tight as the plastic ones they are far more resilient to vandalism. You can extend then by adding one to another just like the plastic type and the the gripping is done with a tiny ball mechanism which which holds fast once tightened. All in all, highly recommended.

Colin

[Peter Normington]

That’s the beauty of uksb, I have used screwfix for lots of stuff, but a recommendation of a product is always welcome,

Thanks for pointing out,,
Peter

[Hugh Potter]

i would personally use the rails on the rear of the blank, and treat it as if fitting to a post, you could easily slip in a bit of pipe/post behind the upright profile for the quickband or jubilee fitings to contour and tighten evenly.

[MartinDenton]

I use sign channel to the rear with an aluminium back plate bolted to the channel to grip the fence rails. this gives a nice clean appearance to the front of the sign and is easily removed or repositioned

Normally get the plate from cutting up old aluminium signs we have taken down, can use dibond but has a tendency to bend

[Rod Gray]

Thanks for the advice guys.

Hugh, i thought about that method, as we have some spare poles but i was wondering if there was specially designed.

We normally used tech bolts (self tapping bolts with a drill bit end) but it occurred to me that it might me a form of vandalism.

I`ll try Ashby signs on monday.

Thanks again everyone.