Service 01 · External
Fascias, tray signs, built-up letters, projecting signs and window graphics — surveyed on site, drawn to scale, manufactured in our own workshop and installed by our own fitters. One team from the first photograph to the final fixing.
01 / Anatomy
Most frontages are four or five separate signs pretending to be one. We survey, make and fit every element below, so the alignment, colour and finish match across all of them rather than arriving from three different suppliers.
02 / Build
The right construction depends on the building, the budget and how long it has to last. We quote the option that suits the site — and tell you plainly when the cheaper one is the correct one.
03 / After dark
A frontage that disappears at four in the afternoon is doing half a job. Every illuminated sign we make uses IP65 LED modules on remote drivers, wired back to a fused spur with a photocell or timer so it runs itself.
04 / Consents
Most shopfront signage needs someone's permission — the council's, the landlord's, or both. We check it before we quote, prepare the drawings and submit on your behalf.
Send us the address and we will tell you within 48 hours whether consent is required — before you commit to anything.
Required for most illuminated signs and anything above ground floor level. We produce the scaled elevations and site plan the application needs and lodge it with your local authority.
Hand-painted timber, individually pinned letters and non-illuminated schemes designed to be approved rather than argued over. We have worked through most of the Northamptonshire conservation teams.
Retail parks and shopping centres almost always have a tenant signage code. We read it, design to it and produce the approval pack in the format the managing agent expects.
Pavement licences, road closures, IPAF-operated access platforms and RAMS issued before we arrive. High street installs are usually scheduled early morning so you trade as normal.
05 / Sequence
06 / Recent frontages
07 / Budget
Two units on the same street rarely cost the same. Fascia depth, access, existing wiring and whether consent is needed all move the figure — so we survey first and issue one fixed price, with nothing added afterwards. Tell us what the frontage has to do and we will tell you plainly what it takes to do it properly.
Not a call centre and not a form that lands in a queue. You get the surveyor who will draw it, quote it and be on site the day it goes up.
Mon–Fri 08:30–17:00 · Quotes within three working days · Fixed after survey
08 / Questions
Usually, yes — most illuminated signage and anything projecting over a footway needs advertisement consent from the local authority. Some non-illuminated fascia signs fall under deemed consent. We check the position for your address before quoting and handle the application if one is needed.
A standard fascia change is a single day, and high street work is normally scheduled from 6am so you open on time. Larger schemes with built-up letters and new power take two days, split so the shop trades between visits.
Yes. We work from your artwork and match to RAL, BS 4800 or Pantone references, spraying in house so the tray, letters and projecting sign all come off the same batch. If you only have a logo as a low-resolution file, we will redraw it as vector at no charge.
Everything we install carries a five-year guarantee covering the sign, the LEDs and the workmanship. Drivers are mounted remotely so a fault can be swapped from ground level in most cases, without dismantling the fascia.
We roll out multi-site programmes across the Midlands and nationally, working to a single specification with per-site surveys, a shared schedule and one point of contact. Artwork and drawings are held on file so later sites match the first exactly.
Free survey · Fixed price
We will come back with a scaled drawing, a day-and-night visual of your building and a fixed price — normally inside a week.
Crafting signs
