Hoarding Printing & Installation, Cumbria

Our House Builder flags and flag installation services offer great quality and an efficient installation.  Most commonly used by our clients alongside new-build sites, and our full service includes hoarding, signage and monoliths.

House Builder Flags and Marketing Suite Graphics

The House Builder flags and flagpoles are the most popular product.  They are 6 metres tall to the top of the finial, and include a 2 metre long x 900mm wide flag.  This portrait flag drapes permanently from a rotating arm ensuring a permanently expanded graphic even when there is little or no breeze. The flags are weighted from the base and attached to the flagpole by a weighting ring and mast bands.  This ensures the flag drapes permanently to enhance the graphics, logo's or text.  The knitted polyester flags are single sided and have a 95% show through, giving a graphic on both sides of the flag. We install the house builder flags with a rotating arm. This means that the flags will turn into the direction of wind direction to reduce the stress on the flag and flagpole and thus increase the life of the flag.  Flags can be easily replaced in the future by removing the flagpole from the sleeve which is fixed permanently into the ground.

Double sided flags

Many clients go for double sided flags which include a light-block liner to prevent graphics merging together from both sides.  However, the flags look fantastic as a single sided flag where the lightweight fabric drapes well and lasts that little bit longer.

Marketing Suite & Construction Site Printed Graphics

We supply a full range of print for marketing suites.   We specialise in printing marketing materials for new build construction sites.  Print and manufacture of signage, monoliths, hoarding and house builder flags as well as fully managed installation, RAMS and relevant health and safety certification.  As well as bespoke wallpaper, brochures, posters and a whole range of print to the highest quality.  We have litho, digital and wide format printing presses across our two sites in Cheshire. For more information, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us on 01270 625207 or use the form below and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.  

Hoarding Printing - UK Wide Installation; Cheshire Based Manufacturer

A Cheshire based printed hoarding specialists for construction sites and new build marketing.  We design, print and install, and work with designers to create professional hoarding graphics, true to brand with exemplary quality finishing.

Be Creative with Your Hoarding...

Johnsons can help our clients acheive professional printed hoarding solutions. We have the skills and the experience to create hoarding graphics that will be looked at for a long time. From cutting shapes to adding literature holders and screens, we can will advise and suggest ways to enhance the branding.

Ensuring the Highest Quality Branding

Johnsons are specialists in printed hoarding graphics for construction sites across the UK.  We deliver the highest quality print and installation to ensure a professional finish, quickly and efficiently.

Our print experience and expertise, together with our on-going investment in workflow software, ensures branding remains accurate and consistent throughout production.  Put this together with our experience in fitting printed hoarding and you receive an end result with the highest standards.

How We Look After Your Printed Hoarding Project

• We commonly work with designers to help create great looking hoarding, so don't be afraid to get us involved early.  Our project manager will advise throughout and may help you save time and money.
• When hoarding is in place, we can start the measure-up.  This will take into account ground and hoarding height deviations.  If you're designing the hoarding, this will help you create a design that will work when we install.
• If we're designing the hoarding for you, we can advise at this point and offer suggestions of how your printed hoarding could look.
• When designing yourself, you can render your artwork onto our CAD drawing to create accurate artwork.  This will give you a true visual of how your hoarding will look with your design. It will give you a better idea of where to place logo's, text and images.
• If we think your design needs to be amended we'll let you know.  Our experience will make sure the end result is how you expect it to be!
• Your printed hoarding project, no matter how big or small, is managed by our project manager who will be look after the project from the initial site survey to the very end.  They will work with you to ensure a smooth passage from design to installation.

What we Offer

• FREE site survey
• Measure-up
• Risk Assessment & Method Statements
• CAD Drawing of existing hoarding
• Production and Installation schedule
• Pre-press Support
• Highest Quality Print Production
• Professional and Efficient Installation
• A Full Suite of New-Build Marketing Solutions

New Build Marketing Solutions

We offer a full service of new build marketing solutions.  We help large and small sites get noticed.  From flags and entrance monoliths to directional sign installation, we can help create the buzz around your site.  Give Jamie Brelsford a call on 01270 625207 to discuss in more detail.

• Flags
• Printed Hoarding
• Monoliths
• Road Signs
• Directional Signs
• Glass Manifestations
• Marketing Suite Graphics
• A-Boards

New Build Marketing Ideas - How we help you sell

Printing and installing for New Build marketing projects is a speciality that Johnsons take seriously.  Our renowned high quality printing in both literature and wide format print, such as hoarding, is not the only reason why we are chosen.  We like to work with designers, manage the project from design to installation and create impressive and cost effective new build marketing solutions.

We work with you to offer advice and help even before the project commences.  By putting an experienced project manager at your disposal, Johnsons ensure that everything is looked after from start to finish.

We enjoy making your site stand out and draw attention to passers by.  Creating new build marketing ideas that reflect the quality of your build is important throughout the sale period, and our quality in production and installation ensure this.

How We Can Help You

• We will visit your site to discuss and advise, offer quotes and cost saving ideas.  Our project manager will get to know exactly what you are trying to do and tailor the report exactly to your requirement and budget.
• If you aren't available to visit the site.  Our project manager will obtain all the information you need, including images and video.
• Measuring up - we will take all measurements where possible and include these in a report or site survey.
• Free site survey, we will create a report that gives information and useful content on the whole site.
• Risk assessment and method statement

Tried and tested new build marketing ideas

We get involved in projects before and after building has commenced.  Some of these ideas might be used in year 2 but take a look at some of the things we've been involved with.

• Entrance Signs and Monoliths
• Local Area Directional Signs
• Flags and Banner Masts
• Printed Hoarding
• Built up text
• Cut-to-shape and illuminated hoarding
• Vision Panels - "see-through" hoarding panels
• Bespoke Marketing Suite Wallpaper
• Built-up Maps and Building Plans

We were asked by Fluid design agency to produce premium hoarding for their client in Kent. As well as the usual printed hoarding boards, this also included cut acrylic letters and logo's, tray signs and solar powered spotlights to highlight the branding.

Cut Acrylic Lettering & Logo's

The cut acrylic letters and logo's were produced on our flatbed cutting facility in Cheshire. The depths of the acrylic used was 19mm, 10mm and 5mm. Whilst the 5mm letters were adhered direct to the hoarding boards, the larger 10mm and 19mm acrylic letters were adhered using locators, projecting them some 20mm away form the hoarding board surface. This gave the hoarding a premium look.

Tray signs on hoarding boards

Solar Powered Lighting used on Hoarding

To add to this premium hoarding, we used solar powered spotlights. These were positioned on the acrylic text and logo at regular intervals across the length of the hoarding. As the acrylics were fixed with locators, the lighting during the evening accentuated the depth between hoarding boards. The solar panels had to be positioned in a direction to maximise exposure to the sun.

Printed Hoarding Boards

The hoarding boards between the logo boards were traditionally printed using our AGFA workflow and flatbed printing presses. The site survey identified areas where the hoarding boards

In some areas the cut acrylic letters were added to tray signs. The tray signs were made from 3mm folded ACM with a return of 50mm. This not only increased the premium look of the hoarding but also meant that these could be repositioned and re-used in the future.

• 3mm ACM Hoarding boards
• Solar Powered spotlights
• Cut Acrylic letters and Logo
• Printed Hoarding Panels
• Site Survey included Risk Assessment and Method Statements

FAQ's

• What is Hoarding Board?
• How long will printed hoarding last?
• How can we make printed hoarding cheaper?
• Can you design the hoarding for us?
• Can you measure up for us?
• Hoarding Installation - Do you have CSCS cards and other site accreditations?
• Do produce RAMS?

When hoarding design is first briefed, it's easy to think you'll be dealing with a straight row of text and CGI's. However, you can be creative with printed hoarding design.

You can use additional substrates and films to create very different look and feel to a construction site hoarding. Adding touches of vinyls, metallics and reflective, takes you away from CMYK constraints and whether its shaped hoarding panels, adding gold/silver metallics or simply adding literature holders. Hoarding design can be fun and eye catching.

Johnsons have a wealth of experience in the manufacture and installation of hoarding graphics. We use our experience to help designers and end-users create hoarding that is eye-catching. Our installation teams work with our production teams to help designers to create beautiful and premium hoarding displays that are built to last.

What can be done with hoarding design graphics?

Using computer cut Dibond panels or metallic gold vinyls, built-up text and logo's or simple literature holders can greatly improve your hoardings appeal and wow factor. Illumination and our recent inclusion of digital messaging on monitors can be a great option where budgets allow, but simple projected flat cut shapes and viewing apertures can make a difference. We are always looking to see how creative we can be when adding hoarding graphics, so why not try us with your ideas? We love a challenge, designing hoarding doesn't have to be run of the mill.

How we can help

If you have design ideas or you are an agency or designer, we can help bring your ideas to fruition. Your project will be managed by one of our project managers who will work with designers, production teams and installation teams. We will discuss and survey your site, advise and ensure each stage progresses smoothly and with full support.

Our survey offers designers the chance to see how the land lies. How the hoarding falls and drops away, as well as any obstacles that may obscure an important message. We look after this for you, and will advise on design before the projects goes into production.

If you would like us to meet at site, take measurements and discuss your ideas, please don't hesitate to call 01270 625207 where we will be able to advise on the best steps forward. Advice on hoarding design is always available.

Having installed and managed a fair few office wallpaper projects over the years, I thought I'd share a few tips that may just save a bit of time...

The Things That Nobody Tells You When Designing Office Wallpaper!

When designing office wallpaper there are a few things you may not be told until its too late! These helpful tips may save you from installation problems, reprints or at least a bit of studio time.  Hopefully you'll be working with a printer that does its own installation, and therefore they can offer you advice at the design stage, before anything goes to print. If not, these 5 points will be critical to make sure there are no surprises in store when it comes to the wallpaper installation. When you've had the office walls surveyed, checked for specialist paints, unsuitable wallpaper surfaces and lumps and bumps smoothed over, you're ready to submit those visuals into final artwork.

#5 Tips to Help You Design Great Office Wallpaper

#1 Use a generous safe area

That's the area around each of the 4 edges.  Wallpaper hanging isn't always millimetre precise installation and walls can vary in shape and size, particularly in older buildings.  We like to keep text and important parts of images about 250mm away from the edge.  This may change with smaller walls, and if you need to get closer it is possible, but would probably need to be highlighted to your installer.

#2 How Much Bleed?

We typically use 25mm bleed on all 4 edges, but its important the installers themselves know this, otherwise they'll be guessing where to start the install.  If its a wall which includes windows or irregular shape, discuss with your installers how much bleed they would like to work with. If your printer isn't doing the installation themselves, your project manager should be able to help. Bleed is important on wallcoverings as walls notoriously have a lot of variation along their lengths.

#3 Look at the wall from all angles

Take multiple views of the wall into account.  There's nothing worse than finding an obstruction in front of that important text.  This might mean visiting the office to check for yourself, however a good survey should take care of this.  Ask the printer to include multiple views in the survey pictures.  Very often it means you'll amend position of text, eyes etc on the final design.

#4 Look out for inappropriately positioned pipes

Be aware of light switches, conduit, pipes and anything else sticking out of the wall.  A badly placed piece of plumbing could be very embarrassing! The position and size should be marked in your survey notes, but keep well clear, the wallpaper may go on with adjustment, so use that safe area around these areas too.

 #5 Check the Image Quality

Ask the printer to check that the image quality is suitable for a wallpaper.  Whilst your vectors will be fine, its essential you check that there is no quality loss in images as the image is enlarged. Understandably it is difficult to see how your images will stand up to such brutal enlargement from your computer screen.  Any blurriness or pixilation is sure to show once its up on the wall.  A good first test is to blow up to 100% of print size (200% if designed at half size).  This will begin to show any loss of quality, its simple but its sure to give you a good indication of how your graphic will look.

Working With Designers to Create Stunning Wallpaper

We work with designers to create the highest quality office wallpaper and wall coverings.  This is aided by our AGFA workflow which allows us to match brand colours across all our presses, from Heidelberg and Indigo to our Large Format presses. If you would like to take advantage of our site survey, please don't hesitate to get in touch 01270 625207.  Or email our installation manager jamieb@jprint.co.uk - Jamie will help and offer advice on your office wallpaper projects.