Using Banners as Semi-Permanent Building Signs
When the Boys and Girls Club of Waynesboro’s Executive Director e-mailed me about a banner after receiving a referral to me from one of their board members, I assumed they needed a temporary banner like most people.
Wrong!
They were interested in using the banner as a permanent (semi-permanent) sign, or one that’s up for over six months. They got the permit, and I fabricated a nice banner, custom-fit for the area above the entrance to their newly renovated youth center. The banners produced by Augusta Sign Company are either hand painted, made with computer-cut or hand-cut vinyl graphics, or digitally printed. This one was digitally printed. I used the same 13 oz. vinyl fabric as I do for temporary banners and mounted the banner with four eye hooks that were set in lead anchors in the brick mortar joints of the building; fastened down with flexible bungee cord material. I do not think a banner of this typ
e will perform forever, but they should get at least two years of service from it, or at least that’s what I’m expecting. Only time will tell, but for non-profits like the Boys and Girls Club, this type of sign may be just the answer.
Mark Hackley is owner of Augusta Sign Co. in Waynesboro, VA
540-943-9818