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Roller Shutter is smaller than the customer’s ideas – help?
Hello everyone, not sure if there’s a simple answer to this.
I have a customer with an existing roller shutter above the shop front window. It’s in perfect working order and there are no plans to remove it.
The situation is this – the header box of the shutter has a flat front of no more than 300mm in height. Previous signage was just vinyl lettering stuck onto the white powder coated box. Customer would like to have a sign nearly 3 times the height of the box, and has said "just stick something over the top".
Not being of vast experience in these matters, just wondered what my options are – obviously my first though was to decline the work as this doesn’t sound safe, if I do it and something desperate happens down the line the customer wouldn’t be liable – however, I don’t have the luxury of walking away from every job!!
Without sounding completely stupid, is there any way of fixing a large sign in this way? Sounds like a lot of construction work is required?
Thoughts appreciated, Mark -
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You may not have the luxury of walking away but can you afford the litigation when it goes wrong because for sure when the high winds rip it down the sh!t will come back to you as everyone else washes their hands.
I would explain why it isn’t a good idea and if they don’t accept your professional advice then walk away and let some other mug cop for it.
I would walk away and sleep easy
john 😀
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The answer is to have steel brackets and angle iron frame made, the brackets fit to the wall above the box and drop in front of the box. You then fit the angle iron frame at the top with hinges bottom with bolts this allows the sign to be lifted for roller shutter maintenance etc.
Don’t do what he as asked i’ve seen shutters rip from the wall when signs and awnings have been added to them without any consideration to how the shutter is fixed or if its strong enough to take additional weight.
Kev
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