TheSnowman
New Member
Just did my first street banner. It was 4' X 15'. Did it out of 13oz material, and had grommets every foot. My intent was for the "installer" to run cables top and bottom and zip tie each grommet to the cables. I just got a call from the customer and apparently, the city (aka installer) just zip tied my banner to one that was already there that was the same size (cabled on the top) and then just hooked a rope to the bottom two corners of my banner, and it lasted a whopping 3 hours with the 50MPH winds we're having today.
So my question is...am I crazy to think that it was installed wrong because when I do them I have a cable top and bottom, and they last months w/o any wear? I know this is going to turn into "we do it this way all the time and they're fine"...but A) whoever decided to install it on the stormiest day we've had in years, should have thought that out a little, and B) wouldn't it make sense that when you DOUBLE THE SIZE of what was hanging up there "fine" before, you could be asking for mega more wind load, and it has zero chance of lasting with only TWO out of 16 grommets on the bottom, and it not even being tight, and just sailing in the wind?
The customer called and wasn't mad at me, they were trying to figure out why the city would install it w/o cabling the bottom. It only had to be up about 5 days, that's why I went w/ 13 oz and not going overkill doing 18 oz and grommets every foot. I told them I'd make it right if they feel it's my fault for not using the correct material, but I told them to me, since I can install them every time without having issues, it seems to make sense that it's more of a problem on their installation, since the top that's fastened with every single grommet, is holding up fine.
Thoughts?
So my question is...am I crazy to think that it was installed wrong because when I do them I have a cable top and bottom, and they last months w/o any wear? I know this is going to turn into "we do it this way all the time and they're fine"...but A) whoever decided to install it on the stormiest day we've had in years, should have thought that out a little, and B) wouldn't it make sense that when you DOUBLE THE SIZE of what was hanging up there "fine" before, you could be asking for mega more wind load, and it has zero chance of lasting with only TWO out of 16 grommets on the bottom, and it not even being tight, and just sailing in the wind?
The customer called and wasn't mad at me, they were trying to figure out why the city would install it w/o cabling the bottom. It only had to be up about 5 days, that's why I went w/ 13 oz and not going overkill doing 18 oz and grommets every foot. I told them I'd make it right if they feel it's my fault for not using the correct material, but I told them to me, since I can install them every time without having issues, it seems to make sense that it's more of a problem on their installation, since the top that's fastened with every single grommet, is holding up fine.
Thoughts?
