Shop Signs Prestwich

Signage that works on a Prestwich high street

Most footfall in the village moves slowly. People walk between the Metrolink stop, the shops and Heaton Park, or wait at a bus stop across the road. A sign is therefore read from a few metres away and at an angle as often as head-on, so lettering size, contrast and a projecting sign often matter more than the sheer size of the fascia.

Many frontages here sit below flats, share a shopfront with neighbours or have an old fascia box hiding the original timber. Signs may need advertisement consent from the council, especially when illuminated or in a conservation area, and we check this with you before anything is made. Landlord permission may be needed too.

Our shop signs in Manchester page explains the full range.

Surveying and fitting at your premises

Signs cannot be planned from a photo alone. We come to your shop to measure the fascia and window, check what the wall or existing board is made of, find solid fixing points, note cables for any lighting, and look at access for ladders or a tower on the pavement. The drive up from our M8 office takes roughly 10 to 15 minutes depending on traffic, so a survey visit is easy to fit in. Production goes through our production network, and our fitters install the finished sign.

From survey to a fitted sign

1. Site survey We visit, measure, photograph the frontage and check the surface, fixing points and access.

2. Design on your photo You see the sign placed onto a photo of your shop at true scale, so you can judge size and colour as a passer-by would.

3. Consent and landlord check We go through whether advertisement consent or landlord approval is likely to be needed and help you gather drawings for any application.

4. Making the sign Once you approve the design, the sign is made in the agreed materials, such as aluminium composite, built-up acrylic letters or printed vinyl.

5. Fitting on site Our fitters remove the old sign if needed, fix the new one securely, seal the fixings and leave the frontage clean.

What your sign package covers

• A measured survey with photos and fixing notes
• Scaled design visuals on a photo of your frontage
• Drawings suitable for a consent application where one is needed
• The finished sign, made in materials suited to its position and exposure
• Removal of the old sign by arrangement
• Fitting by our fitters, with fixings chosen for your wall or fascia

What we check first on a Prestwich shop front

• The fascia underneath: old boxes often hide rotten timber or a decent original fascia. We find out before deciding to fix over it or start again.
• Reading distance: letter height is chosen for someone on the opposite pavement as well as someone walking past the window.
• Projecting sign clearance: a hanging sign needs height above the footway and a solid wall behind it, both checked on the survey.
• Lighting: if light is needed at all, trough lights or halo lit letters may suit the building better than an internally lit box.
• Windows: opening hours, a menu panel or frosted vinyl for a treatment room can do as much work as the fascia itself.

For glass, our window graphics service covers lettering and full prints. Halo lit letters and trough lighting come under illuminated signs.

Frequently asked questions

Shop signs in Bury, Salford and Middleton

Outside the village, we fit shop signs in Bury, shop signs across Salford and signs for Middleton shops. The wider service is on our Manchester shop signs page, and print and signage in Prestwich gathers our other local work.

Send a photo of your frontage and a rough idea of what you want, and we will arrange a survey and a fixed quote with no obligation. Request a sign survey, call 0161 315 1151 or use WhatsApp on 07737 902425.