How to hang this Plexi sign

[J Hill Designs]

No, we do polycarbonate...

1/2" clear polycarb must be expensive, no?

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

That's more from it being a political / constitutional issue. This more like the lady that burned her leg with hot coffee.



No, we do polycarbonate...

More like the lady bought a coffee cup(finished unistalled sign), poured the coffee(got the anchors), put the lid on bad(installed sign), poured it on someone else and is trying to blame you for not putting the lid on correctly. Sign fell down and it's your fault. I would never settle over this sort of thing. If you went over the problems with installing this way and said what he should and shouldn't do. The liability is on him in my Opinion.

 

[Andy D]

1/2" clear polycarb must be expensive, no?

I want to say the last one we did like that was 1/4" or 3/8", either way, not my problem because the customer is paying for it.

 

[Andy D]

More like the lady bought a coffee cup(finished unistalled sign), poured the coffee(got the anchors), put the lid on bad(installed sign), poured it on someone else and is trying to blame you for not putting the lid on correctly. Sign fell down and it's your fault. I would never settle over this sort of thing. If you went over the problems with installing this way and said what he should and shouldn't do. The liability is on him in my Opinion.

I'm not disagreeing with you Big Easy, all of those lawsuits are bull sh*t, I'm just saying I wouldn't knowingly put myself in that position unless it was a big enough job
to make it worth checking with a lawyer first.

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

I'm not disagreeing with you Big Easy, all of those lawsuits are bull sh*t, I'm just saying I wouldn't knowingly put myself in that position unless it was a big enough job
to make it worth checking with a lawyer first.

I understand that. Just playing devils advocate back at ya. Truth is either way you could still be held liable. Especially in California where you can literally sue anybody for anything you want. There are no restrictions on what types of suits could be filed.

 

[Andy D]

I understand that. Just playing devils advocate back at ya. Truth is either way you could still be held liable. Especially in California where you can literally sue anybody for anything you want. There are no restrictions on what types of suits could be filed.

Yep, and people lie in court too. I worked for a guy that was sued because the electrical sign he made and installed years before
had been rigged after the fact and then later a electrician was working on it and was electrocuted. I don't know if he won or lost the case
but either way he lost out on lawyer fees and court time.

 

[Andy D]

It will be 3/16 single sided.
Customer is looking for no holes in the sign, but will take it if it has to be.

I'm thinking some type of carving foam. Paint it and letter it with vinyl. I think it
would be lighter and I can mount something to the backside but I'm not sure if it would be too costly.

I like the idea of a wooden frame around it
I'll also looked at hangups and did see the trax stuff, but maybe I didn't fully understand how it worked
I'll look again

I'm glad you're going a different route, because ( and not to beat this to death ) after re-reading the posts
it's obvious to me that you would be liable if you're making a frame for it and trying to come up with some hardware
to give to your customer,for them hang the sign, all of which is probably not engineered or up to code for that type of install.

On top of that you're knowingly letting someone that isn't qualified install your sign in a dangerous way,
I doubt it matters that it's the owner of the business or if you subbed it out to a handy man. If any of those
components fail and someone is injured, not only are you liable but responsible. Unless they go with foamboard, take a hard pass.

Product liability under the consumer protection act.

This means that people who are injured by defective products can sue for compensation without having to prove that the manufacturer was negligent. It is merely necessary to prove that the product was defective, and that any injury or damage was most likely caused by the product.

The inclusion of 'products used at a place of work' extends the scope of the law to include sales of products between businesses rather than just sales to consumers

In assessing the safety of the product the court will take into account all of the circumstances, specifically including:

• what might reasonably be expected to be done with the product at the time the product was supplied.

http://www.out-law.com/topics/comme...-liability-under-the-consumer-protection-act/

 

[Drip Dry]

UPDATE

It turns out that the sign will be an oval shape. ( no molding or frame now)

We suggested foam. The customer is OK with it.

As far as installation. The customer is a theatrical school and I am told they have the people to make or hang anything in this case. They are used to hanging lighting and things you would hang on a stage.

So now to a different question. I would rather not just make an oval foam sign.
Anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to dress it up a little.

I thought about having a rectangular panel in the background and using standoffs for the oval panel with the graphic on it

Thoughts ?

 

[Gino]

Ya got out of this without being scaithed, so just let the shape go and do what they want.

 

[visual800]

you must be making a mint off this sign. just do the oval and be done. if it was interior on a wall sure, go all out but not handing from ceiling. and it would help if you uploaded some pics of layouts. we have no idea what yor goal is here