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What's the going rate for sandblasted signs? I've got to do a quote on basically a 6 foot by 6 foot, double-sided sign. I guess I use the 2" HDU.
It will be 3 separate panels, but all are the same colors....blue and white.
I'll probably mount it between 2 PVC poles; but I'm just concerned about the price of the sign itself, at present.
Thanks in advance.
-------------------- Dale Feicke Grafix 714 East St. Mendenhall, MS 39114
"I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me." Posts: 2963 | From: Mendenhall, MS | Registered: Apr 1999
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My Question is will the Sign be Blasted with or with-out a Grain Frame. With a Grain Frame creates more work.
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-------------------- Kevin Betz KB Sign Company 21321 Ulrich Clinton Township, MI 48036 kbsigncompany@att.net Posts: 229 | From: Detroit, MI | Registered: Sep 2003
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I believe if you multiply 32 sq/ft times $75/sq/ft you come up with $2400, not $230. Surely no one is selling raw sheets for that amount. Also using 2" HDU 6 feet long between posts is a broken sign waiting to happen. Something has to be inside for lateral strength.
-------------------- Dennis Goddard
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My two sided HDU signs would consist of two(2) 1.5'' sheets thickness of 15# HDU with embedded aluminum extrusions inside, running from end to end and protruding out the sides to mount to the posts. So they are 3'' thick. My price depends on complexity. So I would charge about $190/sqft if it's just a rectangle, lettering only, no graphics, and no inset borders etc.
If it has a fancy shape, inset borders, graphics, I would get about $220/sqft
So, for the project you described, the price would range between $6840 and $7920 plus tax, posts, and installation.
-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7403 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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This one is 3'' thick has two aluminum rectangular tubing extrusions in each of the two units, and was about $8500 installed. But that was several years ago so it would be more now. http://www.webbsignworks.com/index_htm_files/99.jpg
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-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7403 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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Thanks Rusty, If I'm doing a single sided sign, like that one, it is about $100/sqft which is not unreasonable anywhere. But my 2 sided HDU signs are double the thickness, laminated back to back with epoxy and dados are milled inside both layers to accommodate the aluminum extrusions. That's why the price is more than double.
-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7403 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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We were getting $100 psf for a single sided sign more than two decades ago. Costs and prices have risen sharply since then as have our prices.
Like Wayne we do our signs with metal sandwiched in between layers of Precision Board. We further add value by adding truly dimensional sculpted elements and imaginative support structure that cost more than the sign faces.
We live in a small town, far from the big city and yet sell enough to keep a good sized crew busy. First we need to believe in ourselves and then sell with confidence. Build it and they will come!
- gramp dan
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
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Dan.... $100 Canadian, now, would be about $80.13 USD which is about what I was charging two decades ago and what I'm charging now would be $124.80 Canadian.
-------------------- Wayne Webb Webb Signworks Chipley, FL 850.638.9329 wayne@webbsignworks.com Posts: 7403 | From: Chipley,Florida,United States | Registered: Oct 1999
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It varies with the area, I charge $100 sq ft per side on sandblasted HDU. This is for a pretty straight forward design. I do blast two signs like Wayne that are 1.5" thick and sandwich them with steel or aluminum supports. So a 6x6 would be $3,600 per side, or $7,200 You also need to figure in your mounting brackets and installation.
-------------------- Jeff Wisdom SignWorks info@oregonsignworks.com Posts: 450 | From: Oregon | Registered: Dec 2005
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