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I have a customer that has a limited budget ($2500) for a monument sign. It doesn't have to be illuminated, so that helps; however, I'm struggling with how to make this work given the budget restraints. The dimensions are 5ft wide x 6 - 8 ft high and must incorporate a readerboard on the lower portion.
Any ideas?????
-------------------- Jeff Poitevint Sign-A-Rama Augusta 4015-M Washington Rd. Martinez, Ga. 30907 706-364-6393 augustasigns@comcast.net www.augustasigns.com Posts: 102 | From: Augusta, Ga. | Registered: May 2004
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You won't be able to do very much with a budget like that. Seriously they need to cough up a bit more money or settle for less sign. I know you can build a sign for that much but you won't make a profit when you're done so whats the point then.
-------------------- Bob Stephens Skywatch Signs Zephyrhills, FL
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Hiya John, I have to disagree with Bob, you can make a decent sign for that amount if you choose the right materials. Here's a small architectural sign I did quite a few years ago for about $1000.
If I remember correctly, the faces were about 2' x 5'. We made them in-house with leftover MDO, paint, vinyl and pt posts.
We did several of these recently.
We paid under $1000 each for the completed, single sided sign. They were 4' tall x 3' wide x 3" thick made completely out of aluminum with vinyl lettering.
If you were to use MDO, I would estimate that you can come in under $2000, not including design. Here's my figures. 5' x 10 x 1/2" MDO $190 4" x 4" x 16' posts $35 Changable letter sets $250 Paint & Primer $30 Hardware $25 Vinyl & Tape $75 Misc. Supplies $50
Retail value on Materials would be about $1100, which will allow you $1400 for design, fabrication and installation. If the client already has a design, I would consider upgrading the faces to aluminum or Dibond. So, even at Bob's rate of $125 an hour, you will have 11.2 hours to complete and install the sign
Havin' fun,
Checkers
-------------------- a.k.a. Brian Born www.CheckersCustom.com Harrisburg, Pa Work Smart, Play Hard Posts: 3775 | From: Harrisburg, Pa. U.S.A. | Registered: Nov 1998
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