All fasteners will be
galvanized or non-corrosive.
To additionally
insure safety and quality, manufacturing, installations,
and service are supervised by a Master Sign
Electrician, Master Electrician, and Licensed Sign
Erector. Licensed Company Sign Installers and
Licensed Electricians are also utilized.
All excess dirt and
rock will be hauled away and disposed of properly if
required.
At the end of
installation or service the work area is always left in a
broom-clean condition.
We are virtually the
only sign company in any of the 97 "Metroplex" cities
multi-licensed to manufacture and install signs as well
as provide electrical service.
Signs Manufacturing
can be totally responsible for installing, wiring, and
maintaining your signs (and lighting), if you choose.
Our family’s electrical,
electronic, computer programming, and IT backgrounds often
prove invaluable to our customers, particularly those with
or desiring Electronic-Message-Centers. We can
write/modify computer programs in many languages.
If there is a
problem, our radio-dispatched service vehicles, cranes,
and ladder trucks keep signs and lighting working and
advertising for you.
If installations or
service work take place during your business hours, our
uniformed employees will not detract from your business
environment.
"No company, except you, routinely provides us with next-day service. I also recognize how important our signs and neon are to our success, and appreciate your service."
Randall Brown, Whataburger
State Licensed Sign Installation and
Service
The State of Texas requires by law
that all companies and individuals installing or
maintaining electric signs and/or neon have a license.
It is a State criminal offense to
even offer to install or service an electric sign without
an appropriate license.
To
obtain a State license all individuals must meet
experience, testing, standards of professional conduct,
and continuing education requirements.
To obtain a State Sign Contractor’s
License the company must be represented by a Master Sign
Electrician (12,000 hours of training minimum), all
electrical workers must be licensed, lead-men Journeymen
must have a minimum of 8,000 hours training, the company
must carry insurance to protect their customers, and they
must comply with Texas’ Workers’ Compensation Insurance
laws. All work performed must meet minimum standards. The business must be operated in
an honest and professional manner.
Many companies, who cannot meet the
State’s licensing requirements, work under the lesser
licensing requirements of individual cities and communities.
Some require no training or experience, or insurance, only
the payment of a fee! They can only work in that location, however.
Our State Sign Contractor's License
#’s are: TSCL18015, and TSCL18016.
If you wonder if a sign-seller can legally install and
service electrical signs in Texas go to
http://www.license.state.tx.us/LicenseSearch/,
enter "Electricians" in the "Inquire by License Type" box and the name of the
sign business or person in the "Inquire by Name" box.
State Licensed Electrical Service
The State of Texas requires by law
that all companies and individuals performing electrical
work have a license, and it is a State criminal offense to
even offer to do so without an appropriate license.
Sign electricians cannot perform general electrical work.
To
obtain a State license all individuals must meet
experience, testing, standards of professional
conduct, and continuing education requirements.
To obtain a State Electrical
Contractor’s License the company must be represented by a
Master Electrician (12,000 hours of training minimum), all
electrical workers must be licensed, lead-men Journeymen
must have a minimum of 8,000 hours training, the company
must carry insurance to protect their customers, and they
must comply with Texas’ Workers’ Compensation Insurance
laws.
All work performed must meet minimum
guidelines. The business must be
operated in an honest and professional manner.
Our
State Electrical Contractor License # is: TECL17503.
If you wonder if a company or person can legally provide electrical service in
Texas go to
http://www.license.state.tx.us/LicenseSearch/ enter "Electrician" in the
"Inquire by License Type" box and the name of the sign business or person in
the "Inquire by Name" box.
QualityCertifiedSigns™ Trained Technicians
All of our shop, installation and service personnel are QualityCertifiedSigns™ trained technicians.
We employ Certified
Welders. Horizontal, vertical, and overhead.
We are virtually the
only sign company in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
employing certified welders.
Our installations are
safer.
Electronic Message Center Brands We Service
Sunburst Displays™
Daktronics
Watchfire (Time-o-Matic)
Optec
EDI Electronic Displays, Inc.
Jumbotron
Adtronics
Readerboard Signs™
Adaptive Displays
Hi Tech LED
Signtronix
EDS Electronic Display Systems
Out-of-Area Installation or Service
If you want to have
us manufacture a sign for you and arrange for its
installation outside of Northeast Texas, or if you want us
to manage maintenance on your company's signs nationally,
"click" our "Project
Management" tab to the left.
Timer or Photo Cell?
We are often asked this question.
"When I have electrical power run to
the sign should I have a photo cell or a timer installed
to turn it on and off?"
We recommend both!
A photo cell
works OK if you want your sign on all night.
A timer works
OK if you don’t want your sign ever to be on during the
day – even if it is cloudy and dark out.
What works best is both. The
photo cell turns the sign on any time it is dark enough
for the lighting to draw customer's attention, the timer
keeps it from being on from say 11 to 6 in the morning
when there is no one around to attract their attention!
Electricity is only
used when it will help your business.
Signs Manufacturing's Four-building Manufacturing Campus prior to our 7,500 sq. ft. expansion in 2004 (Photo courtesy of Bing.)
Weekend photo showing Signs Manufacturing's 2004 Building Expansion, taken during our 2009 re-roofing project (Courtesy of Google Earth.)
Also go
to our "SpectraLites™
& LED" page under Channel Letter Lighting Choices to
learn about back-lighted Channel Letter faces that automatically change
colors. There is a video so you can see them in action.
Patents
Pending.
BIG Business Booster
There
is no question that LED electronic message centers are the business
signage communication wave of the future. Local advertising has
never been cheaper because of them.
Every business has a need to promote
special events, sales, sponsorships, etc.; either at their business
location and/or at local sports events, parades, church and school
events.
If
your business is not located where you can have a permanent messaging
sign, or you need to advertise at multiple locations (like the kid's
soccer game), the question is, HOW?
This question has been answered with
“The LED Sled™” pictured here, Signs Manufacturing’s new portable
self-powered LED electronic
message center and video display.
Local businesses have
never before been able to be so creative, to think so far outside the
box to gain a competitive advertising advantage.
“To rent, or to own, THAT is the
question.” (sorry Shakespeare.) How often do you need to promote
your business?
If you are a multi-location business
you need to own one of these! Some location ALWAYS has special
needs or opportunities. Or a new store under construction.
If you’re not in the Dallas/Fort Worth
Metroplex you absolutely need to own one because you are too far away
for us to rent you one!
Here are a few projects that we have JUST completed:
E-Mail Specials & Newsletter Blog
Occasionally Signs Manufacturing will have excess production on certain
sign types, or discounts on installation or service exceeding our
standard LIFETIME WARRANTY 20% discount.
Or, we
have information about Signs Manufacturing Corporation, or the sign
industry, we would like to share.
If you
would like to be informed of these specials by email, click on the "Newsletter
& Blog " tab to the left, and send us your contact information or
subscribe to our RSS feed.
If you are not old enough to have piloted a
business during the late 1970's, and depending on what our future
brings, you might appreciate our Blog about inflation. It is
written from the knowledge-base of our senior Watson, who did, and
another of the family members, who has a SMU degree in finance.
Just for Fun
Go to our "Not-so-Good
Signs" tab on our "Design
& Marketing" page to witness Signs Manufacturing's "The Not-so-Good
Signs, the Bad, Ugly, Stupid & Dumb Signs" Awards Contest! You can
also view the world's most expensive (to purchase and to feed) animated
message center.
Radio-dispatched
Service GPS traceable and Time-on-Job verifiable.
Signs
Manufacturing and Maintenance Corporation is a "Veteran-Owned Small Business
Enterprise."
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signage communication wave of the future. Local advertising has
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sign, or you need to advertise at multiple locations (like the kid's
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