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Here's a project we just sold. Replacing the old sign with our new design. Sign is carved colorcore and aluminum construction with steel post. Crosses at top will be raised gold prismatic along with changeable copy board
Old sign...
New proposed sign...
[ February 11, 2003, 02:25 PM: Message edited by: Bob Stephens ]
-------------------- Bob Stephens Skywatch Signs Zephyrhills, FL
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Yes Amy. This sign is in Tampa and I am waiting on the engineered drawing now before I can pull a permit. Most of the counties now are getting very strict about permitting. It just isnt worth the hassle involved in trying to sneak one in. Sooner or later it will come back to haunt you and its easier now than later. Generally its the client who balks about the added costs but they might as well just suck it up now than pay more later.
The permit should'nt cost more than $300 including the drawings. I sold this sign for $11,000.00 permit fee seems petty in light of the value of the sign
-------------------- Bob Stephens Skywatch Signs Zephyrhills, FL
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Nice design Bob, just curious as to how you are going to do the crosses. I am familiar with colorcore and was wondering, how you will attatch them to your sign?
-------------------- TJ Duvall Diamond State Graphics, Inc.
New Castle, DE 19720 Posts: 396 | From: New Castle,Delaware | Registered: Jul 2002
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Hey Bob, I did the old sign a long long time ago. They certainly didn't have the budget they have now. I gave them options of a nice carved sign and a plainer mdo sign. They went cheap and then said they understood that they were getting carved. Because I was referred by a friend and a customer I made part of it carved. Have fun taking it down, it was built on an old existing electric sign base. The mdo on it is 1". It has been looking pretty sad for a while now. Good to see a fellow letterhead get the job. Give me a holler some time when you're in Tampa.
-------------------- Dennis Goddard
Gibsonton Fl Posts: 1050 | From: Tampa Fl USA | Registered: Apr 2000
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Hey Dennis. Will definately have to get together. I can see why you had problems with them. They tried like hell to mess with me but I never budge on my terms. Seems everyone wants to drive Mercedes thesed days but can only afford Chevy's.
I feel they are still getting a good bargain for the price. They better appreciate it or I'll hunt them down in hell.
I looked the sign over carefully and see what you mean. A torch to the two steel pipes should get rid of the old one fast. I even keep a couple of sticks of dynamite in the truck for the really stubborn ones.
-------------------- Bob Stephens Skywatch Signs Zephyrhills, FL
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