Installing 14ft banner on square posts

[GAC05]

I like this idea too. Or without a pole pocket, running a rope tight between the posts and then using zip strips through the top edge grommets to tie to that rope. Do the same along bottom edge.
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It will look much better with a pocket on the top and bottom for the ropes. With just the zip ties it will pull and bow away from the rope where there are no zip ties. You can tension the banner with cords in the 4 corner grommets pulling it into the posts. If you are worried about the top rope coming down you could drop a cord down from the bottom rail to act as a lanyard on each post's inside edge but I don't think you'd need it with some good boy scout/sailor knots on the ropes.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Home depot sells black, rubber bungee cords... those will grip to the poles. Whatever you do, don't warranty the banner or the installation.

 

[gnubler]

Bueno. I don't warranty any banners, period.

Thanks everyone for the good ideas. Thought this would be a simple job, but it never is.

 

[Billct2]

We had a job on an historic building to put a banner between huge wood pillars on the front portico. We used ratchet straps on the columns and then bungeed the banner taut between them. Worked well

 

[gnubler]

Had a dream about this install last night, where I showed up for the job and was led into a quonset hut type of building with a wire clothesline on a pulley system, and was told to hang the banner from that. I said it was supposed to go between two sign posts outside so traffic could see it and the person in my dream just shrugged and walked away.

Ack!

 

[JBurton]

Had a dream about this install last night, where I showed up for the job and was led into a quonset hut type of building with a wire clothesline on a pulley system, and was told to hang the banner from that. I said it was supposed to go between two sign posts outside so traffic could see it and the person in my dream just shrugged and walked away.

Ack!

Ambien really helps me at night. Haven't had a dream I recall in a number of years...

 

[Gino]

That was me shrugging................

 

[Scotchbrite]

No way I'd want to put a bunch of screw holes in the steel structure. Put extra grommets in the ends of the banner and lace rope around the pole thru the grommets. Looks like you could throw a line over each end of the horizontal bars holding the little display keeping the lines to the outside of the display, not over the face of it. I'd use a mesh banner.

 

[signmania]

Zip ties will eventually break. And I'd never recommend wind slits. I've done this before with stainless bands (Flags USA) and stainless steel brackets (Grimco has them). (I've mounted .080 parking signs this way--I didn't want to drill into metal posts.) I didn't want to pay for a banding tool, so I got the "slotted" steel bands (like radiator hose clamps). Then I screwed a screw eye into each bracket and hooked up heavy duty bungee cords to keep the banner taut and absorb wind gusts. I also used some wire (with plenty of slack) in case a bungee failed (but it never happened) so a loose corner flapping around wouldn't shred the banner. The key is to sew some nylon webbing with an O- or D-ring in each corner. Also, you have to allow space for the bungee cords. A 14' banner between 2 posts 14' apart doesn't work. Make the banner 11' long. If the bungees are too long tie some knots in them. Actually, you can also get away with mounting bungees to 1 side only.

 

[gnubler]

Good ideas, but way too much work for a temporary banner. The customer had a budget limit and I hit it, and that's that. During the install all I could think about was this video.

 

[Gino]

So...... where's the photo of the finished installed banner ??

 

[gnubler]

Buried in my "Bad Idea" folder. When I got to the site the ground was severely sloped and the customer wanted it hung up as high as possible. Did the best I could, but my inner pessimist has serious doubts. Told him if it fails he can hang it on the building instead.

 

[JBurton]

I didn't want to pay for a banding tool

Man, I have like 4 of these deals, fricking walmart sends on any time a location needs a temp flag banner put up. I'ma open a banding tool shop here soon...