Major oops!

[jimbug72]

A couple of our install crew members put some 3" tall flat cut aluminum stud mount letters in a brick wall and it's off center by about 7 inches. No one noticed until they installed plaques underneath the lettering. Most of the studs are in the bricks, but most of the bottom row of studs are in the mortar line.

Any suggestions on the best way to fix this major f-up? For the holes in the bricks I'm thinking of filling with Rockite, then mixing a paste of clear silicone and the brick dust from the new holes to try and hide the holes from the previous drill, but I don't know how well that will work. Not sure what to do to hide the holes in the mortar. Any suggestions appreciated?

 

[weyandsign]

https://www.lowes.com/pd/DAP-Dynaflex-Ultra-10-1-oz-Beige-Paintable-Latex-Caulk/1001834770

 

[Stacey K]

Well that

sucks! Mistakes happen. Luckily the brick and mortar are rustic looking. I would think the local hardware store would have some premixed mortar type caulk you could buy then just add the dust on top so it matches?

 

[JBurton]

Sell them the word 'The', scoot everything over to center, let the holes get lost in the lettering, berate the two idiots and threaten them with a drug test.

 

[dasigndr]

measure twice, drill once

 

[AndersHerp]

So when you say "off-center" do you mean right/left? Or up/down? Because it looks like both to me, and I am baffled by how far up those letters are placed.

 

[kcollinsdesign]

Remove the letters, patch the holes (depending on the stud material, you might have to remove the studs from the wall to prevent rust stains), mount the letters on a panel with the plaques, install the finished sign (which now has adequate margins on all four sides) in a more appropriate location (centered and at least 5" lower). I would recommend at least 1.5" returns on the panel (like a shoe box top) so you can nut the letters and the plaques to the back of the sign panel and use a blind cleat mount). Screw the sign into the top and bottom cleats from the top and bottom of the returns (not through the face). Touch up the screw heads. You will now have a professional looking sign that is more legible (those tiny letters against the brick are illegible).

 

[CanuckSigns]

Remove the letters, patch the holes (depending on the stud material, you might have to remove the studs from the wall to prevent rust stains), mount the letters on a panel with the plaques, install the finished sign (which now has adequate margins on all four sides) in a more appropriate location (centered and at least 5" lower). I would recommend at least 1.5" returns on the panel (like a shoe box top) so you can nut the letters and the plaques to the back of the sign panel and use a blind cleat mount). Screw the sign into the top and bottom cleats from the top and bottom of the returns (not through the face). Touch up the screw heads. You will now have a professional looking sign that is more legible (those tiny letters against the brick are illegible).

I agree, the letters are very difficult to read, also they do not look level, look at the mortar line on the left side vs the right.