shop front signs

Broadwater Osteopathic Practice

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:32:43 +0000

Broadwater Osteopathic Practice. www.bop.uk.net

A comment from our customer at Broadwater Osteopathic Clinic. “My new sign from Arro signs is fabulous – A good price and delivered promptly. The office staff were very friendly and helpful and the sections of the frame were clearly marked – making it easy for DIY installation.”

As it happens – a sheet of instructions as to which bits to fit first and that the sign should be slid in from the end with the short screws would have been a nice touch.

The lovely lady I spoke to about installation before the sign arrived was very helpful in describing this to me verbally and we had no problems, but for the cost of a piece of paper I think you could impress customers even more and get good PR.

A brief description of our business:

The Broadwater Osteopathic Practice is one of the busiest and longest established clinics in the area. We have six osteopaths, four massage therapists and a chiropodist – so are able to after a fully comprehensive “body repair and maintenance” service to the local populace. Whilst the premises are modest all of the rooms are in full use from 8.30am to 8.00pm six days a week. It is important to us that visitors are impressed by our cleanliness and efficiency. We all know how important first impressions are, so keeping the outside of the premises inviting and attractive is important to us – and good signage is part of this. Being sited on the corner of a busy roundabout it was crucial that the sign was big enough and clear enough for passing drivers to make note of our name (the absence of capital letters was deliberate to match our “online style”).

Broadwater Osteopathic Practice. www.bop.uk.netThe sign was made from 5mm thick plastic, vinyl faced in blue with white vinyl lettering. The sign was made to fit into a new aluminium frame. It was supplied for DIY fitting for the customer who employed a local builder to fix for them. The sign measured 16′ x 2′. The font used was called Avante Garde.

Jewellers Shop Sign

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:03:06 +0000

Jewellers shop sign.

2700mm x 440mm.

Black on white. 3mm thick aluminium composite panel.

Font: Edwardian Script.

The sign was supplied for DIY fitting by the customer. The customer used a their carpenter to fit the sign onto the shop front located inside a shopping centre in Boscombe which is an the town of Bournemouth.

www.shopfrontsign.co.uk

How to Fit Acrylic letters onto a Shop Sign

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:50:51 +0000

Black acrylic letters and logos fitted onto existing shop front panels. The size of the panels was measured by the customer. The customer then gave us the wording required and the artwork for the logo as a JPEG, we digitized the logo and cut it in vinyl and mounted it onto the acrylic. The letters were cut on a CNC router machine. The lettering then had plastic studs solvent welded/glued onto the back of the letters, the glue melts both the back of the letter and the fixings together which makes a strong join.

A paper template is then made of the acrylic letters by drawing out the letters on our computer plotter, the location of the fixings is done by hand by placing the acrylic letters over the paper template and lining up the letters with the layout and pressing the letters into the paper. The stud fixings on the back of the letters leave a mark on the paper which is then drawn in with a pen as a cross to indicate where the fixings will be. A bag of caps is supplied which is the other part of the fixing system.

To fit the letters onto the shop front, take the paper template and tape it into position with masking tape, check all your measurements and make sure the template is straight and centered on the sign. Drill the holes where indicated with the crosses on the paper template. Remove the template. Take the cap fixings and put the screws through the cap which has a hole through it and fix it onto the shop front. Take the acrylic letters and offer them up to the fixings and push into position, the studs will snap into the cups and the letters are now fixed onto the shop sign.

Clean the letters with a damp link free cloth. Job well done. www.shopfrontsign.co.uk