Shop Signs Burnley

Signs that suit Burnley frontages

The town centre and the canal-side mill buildings around the Weavers’ Triangle have real character, and a sign that ignores it looks wrong however well it is made. On a stone or brick frontage with original detail, individual built-up letters fixed directly to the face usually sit better than a large flat panel covering everything.

On a modern unit, a tray fascia is the sensible choice and the decisions are about depth, finish and whether it is lit. Our shop signs service in Manchester covers the full range of options.

Lighting, and what it affects

Lighting changes the cost, the brightness limits that apply and whether an application is needed, so it is worth settling early. Halo-lit letters, where light spills behind each letter onto the wall, read well on an older building and look considerably more expensive than a lit panel without being so.

A fully lit fascia is brighter and better for a business trading into the evening. Unlit signs with good contrast work perfectly well on a busy street and avoid the question of consent altogether in many cases, covered under illuminated signs.

Do you survey and fit at my premises?

Our Brierfield base is a short drive from Burnley town centre, so a survey visit is easy to arrange. We measure the frontage, photograph it from across the street where your customers will actually see it, and check the substrate, because what you can fix into decides what can go up.

You then get the design mocked up on a photograph of your own building rather than a drawing, which is the only way to judge it honestly. Fitting is arranged around your trading hours.

How does a sign job run, from survey to fitting?

What is included in a shop sign job?

• A survey at your premises with photographs from the street
• A mock-up on a picture of your own building, not a generic template
• Clear advice on whether consent is needed before anything is made
• Materials and fixings chosen for the frontage rather than for convenience
• Fitting arranged around your opening hours
• The old sign taken down and removed

What we look at on a Burnley shopfront

A survey is mostly about constraints, and these are the ones that decide the job:

• What the frontage is made of and what can safely be fixed into it, which rules some options out immediately.
• Whether the building is listed or in a conservation area, since both change what is likely to be approved.
• The viewing distance and angle, because a sign read from forty yards needs different lettering from one read from ten.
• Whether there is a projecting sign opportunity, which is often worth more than a larger fascia on a street where people approach from both directions.

Where an application is needed, advertisement consent in Burnley sets out what is involved, and where the glazing is part of the frontage, window graphics frequently do more for the same outlay.

What do customers ask before ordering?

Also across east Lancashire and Greater Manchester

We make and fit signs for businesses across east Lancashire, including Nelson, Colne and Padiham, and into Greater Manchester. The full range is on our Manchester sign makers page, with fascia signs covered in detail, and our local work is gathered on signs in Burnley.

Send a photograph of the frontage and we will tell you what suits it and what it would cost: ask for a quote, ring 0161 315 1151 or message 07737 902425.