Need Help How to Attach Dibond Signs to Existing Protruding Metal Bar

[Sophiesophie]

Hi I’m a total newbie, in England

I’ve taken over an abandoned premises and took down their rotten wood hanging sign - I’ve ordered 2 x (850mm x 750mm) Dibond 4mm deep signs with 4 drill holes (5mm I think) at top and 2 in bottom corners.

Could anyone tell me please how to securely hang them, back to back, from the existing metal bar protruding from brick wall about 4.5 meters (15ft) above pavement?

Also if anyone has a good recommendation for a solar light to attach to it that would be great.

Thank you

 

[ddarlak]

Sorry to inform you that this will not work. DiBond is very wimpy and cannot handle the stress you are about to put it through. I would mount the sign you ordered to something that would, then install that. Unless you can cancel the order and get appropriate material

 

[White Haus]

Hire a sign company.

 

[JBurton]

Two pieces of flat stock steel mounted to either side, drill holes, use shackles and locktite.
This is assuming Sophie is opening her own sign shop...

 

[unclebun]

3/4" marine plywood or double sided MDO plywood sign board cut the same size as the signs, sanded, primed, edge filled, painted at least 2 coats with gloss oil based enamel paint. Mount the signs on the plywood, then hang using the snap rings on the pole to eyescrews you have put in the top edge of the plywood or using two of the hanging brackets you can get from a sign supply that go on both sides of the sign and are held on with two or three bolts & nuts.

Anything lighter than that is going to whip around in the wind far too much.

 

[JBurton]

3/4" marine plywood or double sided MDO plywood sign board cut the same size as the signs, sanded, primed, edge filled, painted at least 2 coats with gloss oil based enamel paint. Mount the signs on the plywood, then hang using the snap rings on the pole to eyescrews you have put in the top edge of the plywood or using two of the hanging brackets you can get from a sign supply that go on both sides of the sign and are held on with two or three bolts & nuts.

Anything lighter than that is going to whip around in the wind far too much.

This is better, though I'm not a fan of relying on an eyescrew threaded into wood.

 

[Gino]

Use either 6mm or 10mm alumalite. Use regular sign hangers and add a change at the bottom so the wind doesn't let go dancing around

You are not a sign shop, so why are you asking the questions instead if the sign shop. Technically, you shouldn't be on this site.

 

[Humble PM]

And don't forget to check that all the fixings to the wall are sound - if the sign comes down in a storm, and happens to hit someone, or something, you'll be the one on the hook for the installation (and if you're not a professional signmaker/installer/builder/engineer/etc, you're insurance won't cover you).