A courier at dusk should read your number from the pavement, not from the gate. Two acrylic panels — a brushed silver backing plate and a clear front panel carrying UV printed black text — are held apart on silver standoffs, so the lettering floats forward and stays sharp against the silver behind it.
A house sign has one job, and it is usually being done in poor light by somebody who has never been to your street before.
Black UV printed text on a brushed silver backing panel gives a clean, dark-on-light read from the pavement. The brushed surface scatters light rather than throwing it back in one hard spot, so the number does not vanish behind a reflection when the sun is low or a headlamp swings across it.
Waterproof and suitable for all weather conditions. The print is applied by UV cure rather than sitting on the surface as a sticker, so driving rain and frost have nothing to lift.
The clear front panel is mounted off the backing panel on silver standoffs. The shadow gap between the two is what separates this from a flat plate screwed to the brick.
Sixteen design styles, so the number and street name can be set to match a Victorian terrace, a new build or a shopfront without looking like a compromise.
One backing colour, chosen rather than defaulted to.
Brushed silver is the only backing finish offered here, and it is the one that reads as hardware rather than as a plaque. The fine directional grain catches the light differently as you move past it, which is what stops a flat panel looking printed. It picks up the silver standoffs holding the front panel, so the fixings look chosen rather than tolerated, and it sits equally well on a Georgian door, a rendered new build and a commercial frontage.
Everything below is what you receive. Where a figure is not listed, it is because we do not publish it rather than because it is unknown.
| Size | 200 mm wide × 130 mm high |
|---|---|
| Colour | Brushed silver backing panel with a clear transparent front panel |
| Styles | 16 design styles to choose from |
| Text Finish | UV printed black text, applied to the transparent front panel |
| Construction | Dual panel acrylic — clear front panel mounted in front of the brushed silver backing panel |
| Mounting | Two silver standoffs hold the front panel clear of the backing panel, creating the shadow gap. Fixes to brick, render, timber or uPVC |
| Weather Rating | Waterproof and suitable for all weather conditions. Fit indoors or outdoors, including exposed and coastal positions |
| Suitable For | Residential and commercial use — houses, flats, holiday lets, offices, salons, surgeries and shopfronts |
| Personalisation | Your house number and street name, produced exactly as you type them, including capitals and spacing |
| In The Box | 1 × transparent panel with your text, 1 × colour backing panel, 2 × silver standoffs, 2 × screws and wall plugs |
The sign is made to order from the details you supply, so it is worth two minutes at this stage.
Two fixings, a drill and around fifteen minutes. No wiring and nothing to maintain.
Mount at roughly eye level beside the door, or on the gate post or wall facing the road. Hold the panels against the wall and step back to the pavement before you mark anything — a sign that reads well at arm's length can be lost behind a hedge or a wheelie bin from the street.
Use the backing panel to mark the two fixing points, check them with a spirit level, then drill and insert the supplied wall plugs. On brick or render drill into the masonry rather than the mortar line for a firmer hold.
Fix the standoff bases to the wall with the supplied screws, seat the backing panel and front panel over them, then hand tighten the caps. Snug is enough — overtightening puts stress on acrylic and is the one avoidable way to damage the panels.
Wipe with a soft damp cloth and a little washing up liquid. Avoid solvent cleaners, abrasive pads and pressure washers, all of which will dull an acrylic surface. Nothing else is needed — the print is not a surface film to be reapplied.
Cut, printed and packed to order in our own workshop, not bought in and relabelled.
The same dual panel build goes on a shopfront as goes on a front door.
Panels are shipped protected and boxed, with the fixings packed separately.
Custom Signage · United Kingdom