Shopfront signage

Shopfront signage is quoted after a site measure rather than priced from a configurator, and the indicative range on this page is a range rather than a quote. Access and height move the number more than the sign itself does: a flat ACM fascia panel on a reachable wall sits at the bottom, illuminated fabricated letters needing a lift and a licensed electrician sit at the top. You get a fixed written quote within 3 working days of the visit.

Typical lead time is 3 to 5 weeks from quote acceptance, covering fabrication as well as installation. Council approval, where it is needed, sits outside that timeline and is usually longer than the fabrication — which is why it is worth checking before you order rather than after.

Shopfront signs often do need council approval in both New South Wales and Queensland, and you should confirm it with your own council before ordering anything. Signs fixed to a building are the most regulated category in both New South Wales and Queensland, illumination changes the answer again, and heritage listings and conservation areas remove exemptions that would otherwise apply. What to ask your council takes about ten minutes, and we can handle the application as a paid add-on.

A site measure is a free visit within the metro areas we produce in, where a crew measures the elevation and checks the substrate, the access and the power. You then get a rendered mock-up of the sign on a photo of your actual building and a fixed written quote — a number, not a range. Send a square-on photo with rough dimensions first and we will tell you whether the range is even the right range before anyone drives anywhere.

A price produced before anyone has seen the wall is a price that changes later, so shopfront signage is quoted after a site measure instead. The fascia turns out to be 400mm shallower than assumed, or there is no power within fifteen metres, or the landlord will not permit a fixing into the render. Printed things ship and can be bought in two minutes on this site; things that get bolted to a building get measured first.

Yes — shopfront signage is designed, fabricated and installed across New South Wales and Queensland by a crew in your own state. We fabricate flat ACM fascia panels in 3–6mm, acrylic and aluminium letters, LED face-lit and halo-lit signs, single and double sided light boxes, and cut or frosted window vinyl. Electrical work is done by a licensed electrician wherever illumination is involved.

Tell the desk as soon as it lands, with a photo of what you received. If the fault is in the making, it is remade under the reprints policy; if it is in the artwork, we say so straight rather than reprinting the same mistake. When your print arrives wrong walks through what to photograph and what to expect.

As an indicative range, shop front signage runs from about $1,200 for a flat fascia panel on an accessible wall to about $9,000 for illuminated fabricated letters at height. It is a range, not a quote: the wall, the access, the lighting and the approval all move it, so we measure on site and then give a written price.

A fascia sign is the sign fixed to the fascia of a shopfront, the band across the top of the shop above the windows. It is usually a flat panel, often aluminium composite, or individual letters fixed to the wall. It is the sign most customers see first, so it is the one worth getting measured properly.

Our flat shopfront panels are aluminium composite (ACM): a rigid sheet with an aluminium face on each side, which is the usual material for a fascia sign. See ACM and aluminium signs for the board. If you want solid aluminium or another metal, say so in your quote request and the desk will tell you what is possible.