Sign Pole Installation

Before placing your order you need to contact your local authorities about all applicable ordinances and codes to make sure that the installation will comply. The clearance height to the bottom of the lowest sign is typically 7 feet. Your location may have additional requirements and specifications with regard to sign dimensions, vinyl types and more.

Before you begin your installation you must contact your local utility companies. Wait the required amount of time for them to survey. Respect the locate marks and dig with care. Failing to do so may result in property damage, injury or even death.

1. Sign Pole Installation
2. Dig your hole according to local codes and soil conditions.
3. Insert the pole with the holes or channels properly aligned with the roadway.
4. Level and brace the pole in place.
5. Create a form for the cement footing to be slightly above grade. This will serve to protect the finish of the pole from soil and lawn equipment. See Example A
6. Fill the hole with cement according to manufacturer’s instructions.
7. Recheck with level and adjust as needed.*
8. Return after the concrete is sufficiently cured to install signs and other components to the pole.

NOTE: At this time it may be wise to install regulatory signs such as STOP signs and YIELD signs as a matter of public safety. Weather conditions may dictate that other components not be installed until after the cement has had time to cure.

Fluted Sign Pole and Smooth Sign Pole installations require holes to be drilled for mounting the signs, trims and brackets. Be sure to include the thickness of the sign trim when determining the clearance height of the lowest sign. When using a hand drill it is recommended that the holes be measured and drilled from each side of the pole for better alignment.

Channel Sign Pole (Patent Pending) installations do not require drilling. Traffic signs and trims are attached to a channel by sliding the nut or bolt into the channel and tightening.

Installing Street Sign Blades Into Sign Trims
Slide Double-sided street sign into trim and use set screw to hold into place.