Lighted and Monument Signs in Burlington
Burlington grew up as a textile town, and you can still see it in the old mill buildings and the brick downtown along Main Street and Front Street. These days the city's busiest ground sits near Interstate 40/85: the shopping centers off University Drive, the long commercial runs of Huffman Mill Road, Church Street and Maple Avenue, and the medical offices clustered near the hospital. Burlington is in Alamance County, east of Guilford, and it keeps adding neighborhoods and businesses as the Triad grows toward the Triangle.
That makes it a good town for lighted signs. Lots of businesses here sit on wide, fast roads where a sign has to be read at night as well as in daylight.
Where our signs go in town
Our Burlington calls come from three directions. Businesses on the commercial corridors want a monument sign that holds a tenant name or several, lit so it reads after dark. Churches, of which Burlington has a lot, want a brick sign with a message board. Neighborhoods on the edges of town want an entrance wall at the turn-in. We also see older pylon or pole signs that owners want to replace with something lower and more permanent.
Brick, stone and lit options
For lit signs there are two common builds. One is an aluminum cabinet with a routed face and LED lighting inside, set on a brick or stone base. The other is a solid masonry sign with letters lit from the ground by hidden floodlights. Churches and schools that change their message weekly often go with a message board they change from a computer: an LED display set into the masonry, so nobody climbs a ladder on a Saturday to swap plastic letters. A good display is bright enough for a sunny afternoon on a four-lane road and dims itself at night so it doesn't glare into the houses across the street.
For a strip center or office park with several tenants, we build multi-tenant ground signs for shopping centers with swappable panels, so a new tenant means a new panel, not a new sign. Every sign is quoted by size, materials and lighting, with a drawing and the price in writing before any digging starts.
Clay soil and footings
Alamance County has the same red Piedmont clay we deal with in Greensboro. It swells after a week of rain and pulls back in a dry August, and a heavy sign on a shallow pad will lean as a result. We dig deep, set gravel for drainage and tie the base to a reinforced footing. Lit signs get extra care: wiring runs in conduit, entries are sealed, and power supplies sit above ground so summer thunderstorms and the occasional ice storm don't put the sign out.
Burlington has its own planning and inspections staff, and a freestanding sign needs a permit; a lit one also needs the electrical inspection. We look up the rules for your parcel, draw to fit and handle the paperwork.
Close-by service areas
Burlington is a short run east from our Greensboro base on I-40/85. On the way we pass Gibsonville, just west along the county line, where we build church and business signs as well, and Elon and Graham are close enough to be on the same trip. The rest of Guilford County is home ground for us.
Request a quote
Send the address, a photo from the road at the angle drivers see it, and a note on what the sign should say and whether it needs to light up. If you are replacing an old sign, a picture of that helps too. We will reply with a couple of questions, then come out to measure. Put the details in the form on this page, and email the photos to jedsigns101@gmail.com so we can look at both together. Call us or send the form, whichever is easier.
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