Plywood Backing on signs?

[Warren Beard]

Global warming 🙄

[Gwaredd Steele]

😮 That is an odd request! Does he not realise the it’s the sun’s UV rays that fades the building over time, yet the bit behind the sign is protected?

Tell him he has to use very expensive marine ply for this & erect the sign whilst wearing a hat made of tinfoil. Wibble *hair*

[Darren Richards]

I think its just a case that the landlord has this idea and he’s sticking to his guns, the discoloration he is attempting to eliminate wont be solved by this as you know because the cladding will still be covered by the ply and the sign.

I think your client has lost it frankly!

[Martin Pearson]

Only time I have ever come across something similar was when the estate owners fitted plywood boards themselves to every unit. Had nothing to do with protecting the cladding it was just done to ensure each business had a sign that was the same size which they felt would look better than each unit having something completely different.

Like to know where the landlord got his info from though, doesn’t really make sense as anything put up over the cladding is going to prevent fading. maybe you misunderstood the customer and he wants the building covered in ply except for where the sign is so there will be no fading due to sunlight :lol1:

[Tim Painter]

Only a guess, if timber is put up and co’s come and go he can say fix to the timber and not end up with the cladding peppered in bullet holes.

or possibly it is the sun issue and he is talkin B*ll*x…… 🙄

[Neil Speirs]

The landlord owns the local timber merchants?

[Simon Strom]

Are you going to explain it to him or just smile when he gives you the money for putting the plywood on the back? 😎

[Mike Grant]

Your customer should use the following equation to determine the fade factor 1d 10 t

[Lynn Normington]

Phill that makes no sense at all even to my tiny mind 😀

Lynn

[Nigel Hindley]

quote Phill:

I have been asked by a client to fit a plywood backing onto his Steel cladding building prior to fitting a sign to protect the steel cladding from being discoloured by the sign over time? I was puzzled by this and explained that the sign (a folded pan) would normally be attached by fitting and angle brackets directly onto the cladding and fitting the folded pan over the top of these. I could not understand what purpose the plywood backing would provide. However, the clients Landlord had requested it be done this way and I was wondering if anyone knew the reasoning behind this?

Phil, id bet money on it be a misunderstanding between your client and his landlord.

Nigel

[Phill Fenton]

Thanks for the replies.

I couldn’t figure out what possible good the plywood backing would provide. I thought I would seek more expert opinion about this in case I was missing the point somewhere, but the answers so far are in agreement with my own thoughts.

[Simon Strom]

I guess the only other thing I could think that maybe they are trying to do is to keep debris and water out of the inside of the sign. ??? Don’t know if that would really be much of a problem anyway though.

[Martin Pearson]

Like I said before Phill you have not understood what the customer wants. After you have put the sign up you then have to cover the rest of the building in Plywood so there is no fading at all :lol1:

[Chris Hooper]

Possibly customer is thinking on how many holes need to be drilled into the steel cladding, also this way if he gets a new tenant then he can specify that the sign will be fitted to the existing board. It just stops the landlords building looking like a cheese grater over time.