Gino
Premium Subscriber
I wrote something about this last week.
Had a call from a company last week about installing a flush-mount on a wall in a nearby town. I said that I knew the area somewhat and the size they made the sign sounded too big for codes. He said well, we just the middleman. A company out in the midwest made the sign, shipped it to them and the customer wants a local signshop to instal it. That's where we come in. They already shipped the sign to the customer and he's waiting for my cal to make arrangements. I called the codes office and turns out they gave me the wrong name. So, I hadda do some investigative work and finally found the municipality. They don't have a codes person or department, so I hadda call someone else. Finally a guy calls me back and says, the location will only allow for a 12 sf sign. The sign they made was 36sf. I called the guy who contacted me and turns out he was on vacation. Why they were ducking my calls. He calls me this morning and asked if it's up, since my message was vague. I said, nope...... and it ain't going up. Told him my findings and he asked if there's anything they can do, like a variance or some other coding like commercial or semi commercial or anything. Nope. The guy already checked every possibility and nada, no can do. Now, the township will be on the lookout for that location and if it goes up without a permit, heads will roll, so I told him I ain't getting involved.
Earlier I had asked, who's to blame ?? This is why it pays to do things the right way.
Why would a customer be the blame, if he's not in the profession ?? There are two other sign shops involved and no one asked any questions, just push it through and get paid.
Had a call from a company last week about installing a flush-mount on a wall in a nearby town. I said that I knew the area somewhat and the size they made the sign sounded too big for codes. He said well, we just the middleman. A company out in the midwest made the sign, shipped it to them and the customer wants a local signshop to instal it. That's where we come in. They already shipped the sign to the customer and he's waiting for my cal to make arrangements. I called the codes office and turns out they gave me the wrong name. So, I hadda do some investigative work and finally found the municipality. They don't have a codes person or department, so I hadda call someone else. Finally a guy calls me back and says, the location will only allow for a 12 sf sign. The sign they made was 36sf. I called the guy who contacted me and turns out he was on vacation. Why they were ducking my calls. He calls me this morning and asked if it's up, since my message was vague. I said, nope...... and it ain't going up. Told him my findings and he asked if there's anything they can do, like a variance or some other coding like commercial or semi commercial or anything. Nope. The guy already checked every possibility and nada, no can do. Now, the township will be on the lookout for that location and if it goes up without a permit, heads will roll, so I told him I ain't getting involved.
Earlier I had asked, who's to blame ?? This is why it pays to do things the right way.
Why would a customer be the blame, if he's not in the profession ?? There are two other sign shops involved and no one asked any questions, just push it through and get paid.
