Idea Files :: November 2022

Resort signage is often high in price and low in value, and not always designed to sufficiently withstand punishing alpine conditions. However, Sunlight Mountain, Colo., found an affordable, sturdy solution for displaying 24” x 36” corrugated plastic signage using 1.5” ABS plumbing pipe, quick setting concrete, eyebolts, and zip ties. The result: a roughly 60 percent cost savings and 1,000 percent increase in durability. Four 10-foot pieces of black ABS plumbing pipe were used for two sign stands with about 3 feet of pipe left over. Bases were filled with quick-setting concrete to keep the frames steady. A local print shop delivered multiple signs on four-color, double-sided 4’ x 8’ sheets of coroplast, which resort staff cut down. “We add our own grommets, and with two zip ties, have a two-sided sign that won’t tip over or blow away,” says Sunlight’s Troy Hawks. Two signs cost about $100. Top sign height is a convenient 48”.