Best banner options for windy area 3'x12'

[Stacey K]

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3'x12' banner going to be installed by the airport near the highway in an open field. I was going to use 15oz and weld it with grommets. They are asking about mesh and wind slits - I'm not a fan of either option. The customer is installing it and also asking me the best way to install. I don't have many people ask me and oddly enough, a lot of customers bolt them to plywood. Thanks!

 

[unclebun]

How they install will depend greatly on the purpose of the banner and how long it's going to be out. If it's for a single day or weekend, fenceposts and bungees is fine. That will actually suffice even for a week or two. If that kind of installation won't last they need a sign, not a banner. A 4x8 coroplast sign wired to three fenceposts behind it last all the way through election seasons. Campaign signs mounted that way around here have survived three severe thunderstorms this spring that have taken down countless rental billboards--not just the banner but half the wood structure and the poles.

 

[kcollinsdesign]

I have had success with using sisal rope (doesn't stretch) and a tarp strap on one end (so it flexes a bit in the wind). Run both top and bottom and use heavy-duty cable ties (zip strips) to attach the banner to the ropes and around the posts to keep the banner from "accordianing" in.

U-channel posts can be driven into the ground with a sledge hammer, and guy lines (sisal, again) can be attached to the tops of the posts and secured with cheap plastic tent stakes to keep the posts from leaning in (without the guy lines they will). I always JULIE the site before pounding in the posts.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Mesh is the way to go. no wind slits. If it's freestanding, build a wood frame and cement in ground. Or if cheap, you can use tposts with trampoline straps to anchor them in the ground. They need to be careful the banner doesnt blow away and risk getting sucked into a jet engine.

 

[tulsagraphics]

Mesh would be good, but I'd probably go with 3 heavy duty U channel posts and hog wire. Then you can use any banner material you want.

How they install will depend greatly on the purpose of the banner and how long it's going to be out. If it's for a single day or weekend, fenceposts and bungees is fine. That will actually suffice even for a week or two. If that kind of installation won't last they need a sign, not a banner. A 4x8 coroplast sign wired to three fenceposts behind it last all the way through election seasons. Campaign signs mounted that way around here have survived three severe thunderstorms this spring that have taken down countless rental billboards--not just the banner but half the wood structure and the poles.

I will see your 4x8 coro with 3 posts and raise you -- 4x8 coro with 2 posts! (yes, only 2). I make a lot of 4x8 (and 4x4) land auction signs on 10mm coro. Installed all over the midwest. Customer drives a couple of u channel posts in the ground, positioned so the coro slides down the inner channels. Then poke "all thread" through the holes and into the flutes (I think about 2 to 3 feet long, but I suppose you could run it all the way through if you really wanted). I've only been making these signs for 5 years, but the customer has been installing this way for over a decade. (one of these days I'll stop by and take a photo of it). They've never had a failure. "Cheap" and effective.

 

[makeityourowngraphics@gma]

Edited size:
3'x12' banner going to be installed by the airport near the highway in an open field. I was going to use 15oz and weld it with grommets. They are asking about mesh and wind slits - I'm not a fan of either option. The customer is installing it and also asking me the best way to install. I don't have many people ask me and oddly enough, a lot of customers bolt them to plywood. Thanks!

I typically go with mesh banner - you can print high quality on banner setting. Wind slits are tricky because it is basically a tear in the material. I usually advise the plywood or at least a post evry 3 to 4 ft.

 

[PetrossiTed]

Mesh will work well in this situation