I was just wondering what you would charge for a sign like this?
It's 5 feet wide and about 8 feet tall, double-sided. The uprights are made of kiln-dried poplar and the insert panels are MDO, about 1 X 5 feet.
The pole was existing, but the arm was 24 feet off the ground, and the owner wanted the sign down, closer to eye-level. So we made the steel extensions to lower it. It also has steel strap reinforcement on the sides.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
6' x 5 ' = 30 sq ft X 2= 60 sq ft.sign only price, @ $10 sq ft is $600.00. now this can be less.....but then you got to buy the MDO, prime it paint adapt it to that mounting system. labor for install, changing pole higth making down rods....?????? this would all be $$$$$$ that YOU HAVE IN THE TIME & LABOR. ME......... i would quote a $800.00.....if you can get it.....but no lower the $600. $500 if its a really good repeat customer.
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
I'm a little bit confused Dale..Are you just "lowering" the existing sign display or creating new ones at a lower level?
If just lowering the existing displays, I'd quote $500 labour plus materials.
If you are replacing the existing panels also, I'd guesstimate an additional $1000.
Just my humble opinion as a business person.
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
No, it was an entirely new sign, Dave. But the arm was on an existing pole, and 24 feet off the ground. The building/sign is RIGHT next to the street. So in order to get the sign down more to eye-level (without the major expense of cutting off the pole, getting a portable welder, or whatever), we made these down-rods to suspend the sign lower. It's free to swing.
This is a good customer, that I've done quite a bit of work with, over the years. I just wanted to try to keep the costs down. His wife is just starting a new business, and you know how expenses just seem to "pile up".
[ April 09, 2015, 09:31 AM: Message edited by: Dale Feicke ]
Posted by Bob Sauls (Member # 11321) on :
That looks like high-wind bait to me.
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
I guess it could be, Bob. But, the down-rods are rigid, which only allows the sign to swing back and forth, and not over sideways into the building.
And there's approximately 6 inches of space between each panel. It allows the air to go thru it pretty well.
We've had a couple of pretty good storms over the last couple of weeks, and it swings a good bit; but that's all. It's also along the route of my daily walks; so I do keep an eye on how it's holding up.
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
I had a customer that learned about a hanging sign in high winds. I made them a sign for their house. They were to do the install themselves. Well they had out of town company coming and wanted the sign up at their driveway for their company to see. Without having a pole to mount it they hung the sign from two ropes on a tree branch. That night the wind came up and beat the sign to death against the tree. Good thing your side extensions are rigid.
Posted by Eric Humphreville (Member # 4762) on :
I would have gone rigid the whole way up to the arm so it just has one pivot point.With your extensions it can still blow around. Not to mention your hooks don't look like they're closed. Slots or no slots it's still 3/4 of a sheet of plywood hanging over peoples heads. Sorry to beat you up over it but if you said the customer installed it that I would believe, not an experienced sign person.
