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Shop Front & Fascia Signage
A shop front has about three seconds to tell someone whether to walk in. Boxed dibond, extruded lettering and lighting that still reads at 4pm in January, designed in Augher and fitted on high streets across Northern Ireland.
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The first thing a passer-by actually reads
Most footfall past a shop is not looking for you. People are walking to the chemist, the car park or the bus. A fascia that is legible from across the street converts some of that traffic into people who pause. A fascia that is too fussy, too small or the same colour as the brick does the opposite.
We design for distance first. Name, offer or category, then the supporting line. If it only works on a phone screen, it will fail at eight metres. That is why we mock the design onto photographs of your actual frontage, not a stock terrace.
Emily's Flowers, Clearstone and Quinn's Sports Bar are all real installs. They are different trades and different streets, but they share the same rule: the sign has to belong to the building and still stand out from the one next door.
Emily's Flowers, illuminated fascia and lighting.
Three jobs a good fascia does
It catches people who were not looking
Passive footfall only becomes a visit if the name and the trade are obvious at a glance. High contrast and a clear hierarchy beat a busy collage of offers.
It matches the van and the print
If the shop says one thing and the vehicle says another, customers work harder to recognise you. Matching colour and lettering removes that friction.
It signals you are staying
A well-built, well-lit fascia reads as a business that is not packing up in six months. That matters when someone is choosing you for the first time.
What we make for a shop front
Boxed dibond panels, built-up lettering, hanging signs, window graphics and illumination. Gooseneck lights, trays and halo-lit letters are specified against the street, the eaves and whatever power is already in the fascia void.
We also take care of the parts a lot of firms skip: old sign removal, making good, and an honest view on whether you'll need consent. Illuminated signs and listed buildings are the usual tripwires, and we'd rather flag that early than after we've printed a 6-metre tray.
Bring measurements of the actual fascia, not the whole elevation, and artwork we can print from. A vector logo or a high-resolution original file is ideal — and if you don't have it, we'll design it for you, so that's never a reason to hold off getting in touch.
Clearstone by Heart, hanging sign and fascia lettering.
What does the frontage need?
Pick the closest combination. We confirm sizes, power and consent on a survey.
Sign type
Lighting
Site
Recent shop fronts
Hospitality, jewellery and high-street retail all sit in this set. The materials change. The brief does not: make the name unmissable, keep it true to the brand, fit it without shutting the door all week.
Quinn's Sports Bar, dimensional lettering.
Shear 'n' Shed, plaque with booking QR on the wall.
Emily's Flowers, night-ready lighting.
Coverage
Manufactured in Augher and installed across Tyrone, Armagh and Fermanagh, then out to Belfast, Derry~Londonderry and the wider high-street network. If the unit is on a busy pavement we plan access, parking and a quiet install window with you.
Who this is for
Independent retailers, hospitality, clinics and trade counters are the usual briefs. You already have a premises, or you are about to open one, and the frontage has to work from the pavement. A listed building or a conservation street is still a job, it just starts with consent rather than a tray size.
If your artwork is print-ready, we'll run straight from it. If your opening date is close, we'll still want that survey — a fascia that doesn't fit the opening, or a light the council won't allow, costs you far more time down the line than a proper site check would. Fitting out in Omagh, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Armagh city or into Belfast? The path is the same wherever you are: photographs, width, artwork or a design brief, a visual on your elevation, manufacture in Augher, then a booked install.
Aftercare is mostly common sense: keep jet washers away from illuminated trays, and give us a shout if a letter gets clipped by a delivery. We'd always rather nip out and repair a corner than let water sit behind a panel. And if you wrap a van further down the line, send us the fascia spec first, so the orange matches the orange — not a near miss.
Other work we can handle in the same job
Most clients don't stop at just one of these. Pair this service with the pieces your customers see next, so the van, the fascia and the print all look like the same business.
Shop fronts we have fitted
Photographed projects from the same workshop. Open a case study, then come back to this spec.
Emily's Flowers
An illuminated mint fascia and hanging lights that make a florist readable from the pavement and after dark.
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Clearstone by Heart
Marble-effect fascia lettering and a wrought-iron hanging sign for a jewellery shop that needs to feel considered, not loud.
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Quinn's Sports Bar
Built-up dimensional fascia lettering above the entrance, specified to hold a hospitality building from the road.
Read the case study →Send the frontage, we'll mock it up
A photo of the elevation and a rough width is enough to start. We confirm everything on site before manufacture.
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Often yes, especially for illuminated signs or listed buildings. We'll walk the premises with you before you commit to a design, and we can put together drawings to support an application. Consent stays your responsibility as the client, but we're not going to pretend a lit fascia on a conservation street is a simple swap when it isn't.
Yes — we'll work from brand guidelines, Pantone references or existing assets, whatever you've got. A screenshot pulled from social media isn't really a colour spec, so if you have the real files, they're worth sending over. And if the van's already wrapped, we match to that film rather than trust our memory of the colour.
Most single-shop fittings are done in a day, and we book the work around your trading hours so you're not left dark at lunchtime without warning.
Yes — we install shop front signage right across Northern Ireland, including Belfast, Derry~Londonderry, Newry and Lisburn.
Sometimes — it depends on the construction, the power supply and what the council will allow. We'd rather assess that properly on a site visit than promise a retrofit from a photo and get it wrong.
Dibond is a lightweight aluminium composite, and it resists warping and fading far better than foam or timber boards — especially on exposed or high-wind frontages.
Yes — removal and disposal are just part of the install, not a surprise extra sprung on you on the day.
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Read the article →What to have ready before you order a fascia sign
Measurements, brand files and access notes that help a shop-front sign go from brief to install without delays.
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