Sign makers serving Sheffield Signage in Sheffield,
Signage in Sheffield,
for a city that knows metal.
Sheffield is a hard place to sell a cheap sign, and quite rightly. This is a steel city, and a stainless fascia that has been folded badly gets noticed here faster than anywhere else we work. That suits us — we fabricate our own metal rather than buying it in flat-pack.
Forty miles up the M1 — Sheffield is a comfortable day for our fitting teams.
- Free survey
- Made in our own factory
- Fitted by our own teams
40 miles
From our factory to Sheffield
4,500+
Shops on our books
30 years
In the industry
3,500 sq ft
Showroom you can walk round
Sheffield streets
Which signs work on Sheffield streets?
The trading pitches are distinct and they want different things. Kelham Island and Division Street are independent, industrial and confident, and they carry raw steel, halo-lit letters and hand-made work extremely well. Ecclesall Road and Crookes are neighbourhood high streets where the sign has to work in the dark on a wet evening. Meadowhall and the retail parks are a scale and specification problem altogether.
We work in stainless, brass, aluminium and acrylic, powder-coated to any RAL or Pantone, and we cut and fold in our own factory. Halo-lit letters on a brick wall, fret-cut steel panels, push-through acrylic — all of it drawn, made and installed by us, with the survey done before anybody quotes a number.
Why businesses here use us
How does BD Signs help Sheffield businesses?
Being noticed, and still looking right in 10 years. On a Sheffield frontage, BD Signs says both come down to parts you never see — the metal, the welds, the fixings and the lamps.
Metal folded properly
This is a steel city and a badly folded return gets noticed here faster than anywhere we work. We cut and fold stainless, brass and aluminium ourselves, dress the welds and finish the edges. Halo-lit stainless letters on brick are hard to beat, and they still look right in ten years.
Reads on a wet Tuesday evening
Ecclesall Road, Crookes and Hillsborough do a lot of their trade after dark in poor weather. That is an illumination problem — even spread with no hot spots burning through the face, and enough contrast that the name is legible through rain rather than a bright smear.
Finishes that survive the weather
Powder-coated rather than wet-sprayed, sealed at every seam, and the right grade of stainless for the exposure. On a hillside frontage taking wind and rain from one direction for twenty years, the specification matters more than the design does.
Fixed so it stays fixed
Sheffield is full of converted works where brick, stone and steel frame all sit in the same elevation and take fixings completely differently. We survey the substrate and specify the fixing before the sign is drawn — the opposite way round to how signs come off walls.
Exterior signage
Which shop front signs work outside in Sheffield?
Outside, BD Signs's Sheffield customers mostly order built-up letters, push through & fret cut, panel tray & light box, hand painted & hand made and totem signs. All of them are made in our own Nottingham factory and fitted by our own teams. Tap any sign for how it is built.
Interior signage
Which interior signs keep Sheffield customers in?
Inside the door in Sheffield, BD Signs is usually asked for built-up letters, push through & fret cut, hand painted & hand made and neon & led acrylic, specified as one scheme with the frontage. Tap any sign for how it is built.
Survey, design, manufacture, fit
How is a Sheffield sign made?
Forty miles up the M1 — Sheffield is a comfortable day for our fitting teams. Four stages, one company, one price.
- 1
Survey
Free, on your site in Sheffield.
- 2
Design
Drawn and shown on your building first.
- 3
Manufacture
In our own Nottingham factory.
- 4
Installation
Our own fitters. Electrics tested and signed off.
Got a frontage in Sheffield?
Send us a photo of it and the name above the door. We will tell you what the building will take and what it costs.
Our work
What suits a Sheffield frontage?
Real BD Signs installs from across the UK, led by the built-up letters, push through & fret cut and panel tray & light box that Sheffield businesses ask for most. Every one made in our own factory and fitted by our own teams.
Brands we make signs for
Signage for Pret A Manger, Wendy's, Heavenly Desserts, Sushi Mania, FSW and Harry Ramsden's — and for several thousand family businesses, who get the same drawings, the same factory and the same fitters.
Sheffield signage FAQ
Questions we get asked in Sheffield
Do you make stainless steel and brass signage?
We do, in our own factory. Brushed and polished stainless, brass, powder-coated aluminium — face-lit, halo-lit or unlit. On a Sheffield brick or steel-framed building, halo-lit stainless letters are hard to beat and they still look right in ten years.
Is Sheffield too far for you to install and maintain?
No. It is forty miles up the M1 and our own fitters do the work. We manufactured it, so if anything does need attention it comes back to us rather than to a supplier you have never spoken to.
Can you sign an old industrial building?
It is some of our favourite work. Brick, steel and stone all take fixings differently, and a converted works usually cannot have anything drilled through the good face. We survey the substrate first and specify the fixing before the sign, not after it.
Do you handle interior signage as well as the frontage?
Yes, and we would rather do both. The frontage gets them to the door; what happens inside decides what they spend. Counter branding, wall graphics, menu boards and wayfinding all come off the same drawings.
“Great business, great team — always willing to go above and beyond to deliver their product to suit our needs.”
“Highly recommend BD Signs — they met all our requirements, listened to our ideas and what we wanted to achieve, and delivered a great result!”
Book your survey
Come and see us.
Forty miles up the M1 — Sheffield is a comfortable day for our fitting teams. Bring a photo of your frontage and we will quote the whole job as one price.
Or email info@bdsigns.co.uk — we answer everything the same working day.