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Graystone Church Sign was a unique job for many reasons. First when discussing the sign options I realised that the walls were built with plywood and then a stone overlay was applied for a finished look. This is all very fine and looks great, but nothing can securely attach to the stones, the could come loose, that leaves just the plywood to hold up the sign... the size of the sign needed, 10' in this application, creates a large amount of weight. This wall was'nt designed to hold that kind of weight. And rather than tear down and rebuild ( very costly ) I suggested I design and manufactured this sign out of Foam! Yep! styrofoam, this reduced the weight to the point it's not even a factor now. Understanding the look they wanted, I was able to make the sign using 6" thick styrofoam, created a 10' circle, then added a 2" thick styrofoam created a 9' circle with the "g" cut out. Naturally becauce of the size, I had to build this in pieces, arranging and gluing joints for the maximun strength and support. And because of the fragile nature of styrofoam I could'nt even rest my hand on it while I was working because it would dent so easy as seen in some photos. And if that was'nt enough I could'nt reach the center of the sign I only have a 4' reach and the center was 5', so I had to work the center while the sign was on it's side. Once the seams were finished a hardening material was applied to give the styrofoam a durable outer shell, this was then finished and painted to the signs design specifications. During this process a mounting system needed to be fabricated to securely attach to the sign, and to the Church wall. I had to get the sign up there too, that's aprox.30' in the air. Weight being a factor, I had a light weight steel frame manufactured just for this sign. As the pictures show I routed out the sign to get the frame inside the sign, this for strength. Removing the stone from where the brackets should bolt, we bolted the recieving mounts to the wall. Using a scissor lift to lift the sign we attached the sign. All brackets are hidden from view and the sign seems to float on the wall above the entrance. This job took over 2 month, I thank everyone for their patience, with it I kept the weight down to 80 lbs. for the sign and frame included. And created them a Great looking sign, it should serve them well.
Graystone Church
1551 Ozora Road, Loganville, Georgia