Address Signs Add Value to Your Property

Address signs are an essential link between the house and the rest of the world. Without the sign, how will anyone be able to identify your home from the many others on the street? But more than that, it's one of the few small pieces of personalization that makes an big impact. While people can ignore the rest of the details of the decor of your home exterior, they can't help but focus on the sign at least once to verify that they have the right place.

The most popular materials include wood, ceramic tiles, brass, and aluminum. These materials are good at resisting mold, moisture - although wood needs to be treated or be of the very hard, dense type. Some have electric components like the solar ones. Others hang from a lateral arm to increase visibility for drivers and pedestrians passing the home.

House Number Plaques

Most people don't want to bother with something as fancy as a full sign with the street name and instead opt for a simple one composed of just the numbers. The one-piece plaque is popular but more expensive compared to the modular single number plaques. Order a set of these to put together your own numbers but be warned that you may run out of a digit or a letter if there are repetitions in your address.

Mailbox Numbers

Mailboxes are numbered to correspond to the address. They should be legible from a distance and resistant to inclement weather. The most common types are the stick-ons which come in a number of sheets and you apply at will. Painting them onto the box is one possibility but incurs the cost of repainting at periodic intervals due to fading. Weather-resistant metal plaques are the answer to this problem.

Convenient Solar

If you are concerned about energy consumption, a solar powered sign may be the solution for you. It has the advantage of being easily visible at night without costing you money. The sign obviates the need for a battery by absorbing and storing the sun's energy during daylight hours. At night the energy is released to light up the sign. Of course one problem with solar is that without the sun then there is no power. To solve this problem some will have a secondary power source drawn from an outdoor outlet.

Using The Lawn

Some homes have very large front yards such that people from the street are unable to see any signage or writing that is attached to the house. Using a lawn sign solves these problems. The sign is attached to a single or double post and placed near the road where the lawn starts.

Hanging Plaques

Historic buildings in the New England or Eastern seaboard areas often have hanging signs. These were popular for both commercial and residential buildings. A plaque is intended to convey a sense of weight, drawing attention to the metal or woodwork itself rather than simply the lettering on the front or back. Traditional wood or modern aluminum are two common materials.

Metal signs corrode over time especially in damp, cold weather. Fortunately there are a number of good methods to clean the surface using both synthetic and natural methods of removing corrosion. Check out our page on how to clean metal signs where you will find a list of solvents used by people for cleaning other metal products.

Is the installation bugging you? For example are you thinking about how in the world you're going to drill into the brick of your home? Or let's say you will use an existing wood backing but what do you use to hang up the sign? Check out our section on installation.