Sign Buyer's Guide to Free-Standing Monument (Ground) Signs

On the detail pages that follow (¬tabs to left) discover how we manufacture each monument sign to last; including the use of CNC manufacturing, structural-steel frames, rust-proof metal, high-end automotive paint, high-impact plastics or strong flexible-face materials, and most importantly, sophisticated Protective Coatings.  We even add self-cleaning properties.

We commonly build monument signs with real and artificial brick, stone, and stucco exterior finishes.  View our "Bricks & Masonry" page, tabbed to the left.

Monument signs with color graphics and PinLights™ LED first-surface lighting is a hands-down winner.  Signs Manufacturing incorporates a patent pending design into our unique new-look concept.  Visit our "LED Sign Faces" tab to the left.

We champion energy-saving signage solutions that save our customers money while protecting our environment.  Explore our "Lighting Choices" tab with its own "Energy Savings" tab.

Photos of many varied sign designs are interspersed on the detail pages tabbed on the left.

As detailed below, and on the pages that follow, everything will be done to make your sign look better, and last longer...Guaranteed.

Signs Manufacturing Corporation also guarantees that our price will be the lowest price you can obtain on the products described in this website; now or anytime during the next 90 days.

If you are offered a lower price by someone else we will match that lower price PLUS give you 10% of the difference.

For strength, durability, and appearance your illuminated signs will be constructed of aluminum (#3003, H14 - not the "soft" aluminum used by some) covering a welded structural-steel inner frame.

Large metal areas will be reinforced to prevent "oil-canning".

The structural-steel frame inside the sign is separately painted before the skins are installed; important to prevent rust stains later.

We commonly build monument signs with real and artificial brick, stone, and stucco exterior finishes.  View our "Bricks & Masonry" page, tabbed to the left.

Our signs are properly engineered to withstand the winds of North Texas (100 m.p.h.); signs attached to poles are welded, not bolted, in place.

We employ Certified Welders.  Horizontal, vertical, and overhead.

We are virtually the only sign company in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex employing certified welders.

The thickness of a sign does more than impart a more prominent importance to a sign, it affects the graphics.

The minimum allowable thickness of a sign depends on the type of internal lighting and the type and size of the sign face.

Lighting and sign face types will be discussed later.

The larger the sign face the thicker a properly made sign cabinet must be.

It is very important that the sign be thick enough that the lighting in the sign does not show as “hot spots” or “zebra striping” on the face of your sign.  Either of these makes your sign look “cheap” no matter what its cost.  In some instances these can be so bad that a sign is not readable at night.  You’ve seen them.

All of this makes the use of extruded aluminum sign frames problematic in building a quality sign, to say nothing about a strong sign (no structural steel inner frame) since extrusions are only available for limited cabinet depths; however some sign companies continue to attempt to do so.  Signs Manufacturing does not use extruded cabinets precisely for these reasons.

We calculate what is required to make a proper and impressive sign for you, and then we build it.

It is more expensive to do the job right, but what is the value of a “cheap” sign that gives potential customers a negative impression of your business?

Equally important to the appearance of the sign is the width of the retainer (the ring of metal around the sign face that covers the mechanism that holds the sign face in the cabinet.)

This border plays a very important role in the apparent quality of your sign, and both size and color must be considered in the overall design.

This makes the use of pre-made extruded aluminum sign frames undesirable.

Tabs to other components of a monument sign are listed down the left side of this page.

Be sure to select the tab "Sign Buyer's Check List" to the left.  This is a tool for your use to insure that quotations you receive are for the same sign!  Insist that your bidders check-mark each line, then sign the document when they give you their quote.

If you know all the details of the sign you wish to purchase, and desire to buy it right now, click the following link to go to our online Monument Sign Purchase Page.