Signage supply and installation for businesses across Raleigh and the Triangle.
Lamar Homes Roofing & Construction installs signage for commercial clients across the Triangle. If you need a sign supplied, mounted, or replaced, our crew handles the install with the same care we bring to every roof.
Signage is quoted per project. Call (984) 224-7182 or book a time below and we’ll scope it with you.
A sign is a structural attachment before it is a graphic. What holds it up decides how the job runs.
Individual lit letters, mounted either on a raceway that carries the wiring and spreads the load, or flush to the wall with a penetration per letter. Raceway mounting is standard on brick and block and keeps the wall to one hole for power.
An enclosed aluminum cabinet with a lit face. Heavier than letters at the same size and a bigger sail in wind, so the anchor points and the wall behind them matter more.
Ground mounted on a concrete foundation. In Raleigh a ground sign over 42 inches needs a sealed engineered footing detail, because the footing is resisting overturning in wind, not just carrying weight.
Perpendicular to the wall, readable from both directions. Raleigh caps these at 40 square feet, six feet of projection and nine feet of clearance underneath. The wall connection carries a bending moment, so it is the most demanding wall mount per square foot.
Copy on or above an awning, or individual non lit letters pinned to the wall. The lightest work we do, where substrate condition matters more than capacity.
New faces in an existing cabinet, a rebrand across several sites, or taking down a sign the last tenant left. Often the fastest permit path, because the structure is already there.
A sign visible from the public right of way needs a zoning permit from the City of Raleigh. The city's sign permit page sets the process, and the fee for a commercial sign is $383 per sign in the current development fee guide.
The city's published benchmark for a non residential zoning review is five business days on the first pass, and another five for each round of corrections. Once it is issued, installation has to begin within six months.
Four things decide whether that timeline holds.
A multi tenant property needs one before any sign permit is issued.
Anything taller needs a sealed engineered footing.
An illuminated sign adds a separate electrical permit and inspection.
How many times the drawings come back is the variable nobody can quote for.
Raleigh's sign permit checklist requires a non residential permit application when a sign is lit, and an electrical inspection in addition to the sign permit. Signs also have to meet the National Electric Code, which Raleigh's ordinance names directly.
A ground sign taller than 42 inches needs a sealed engineered footing detail on the submittal. That is a stamped drawing from a North Carolina licensed engineer, not a sketch, and it is worth pricing in from the start.
No sign may be installed closer than ten feet in any direction from a conductor or utility guy wire. It is the rule that most often moves a monument sign a few feet along a frontage.
If more than one business sits on the site, no sign permit is issued until a Common Signage Plan is approved. If one already exists, your sign has to match it.
Yes, for any sign visible from the public right of way. The City of Raleigh issues a zoning permit for wall, ground, projecting and temporary signs, and the fee is $383 per sign for commercial. Installation has to begin within six months of the permit being issued.
Raleigh's published benchmark is five business days for a first non residential zoning review, with another five for each round of corrections. Fabrication runs alongside that. A complete submittal on a site that already has an approved signage plan is the fast version.
A ground sign over 42 inches tall needs a sealed engineered footing detail with the application. The footing is resisting wind overturning rather than just carrying weight, so it is stamped by a licensed engineer.
Yes. A lit sign requires a non residential permit application and an electrical inspection in addition to the sign permit, and the wiring has to meet the National Electric Code. We scope that at the site visit so it is in the quote rather than a surprise.
Yes, and the thing to check first is whether the site has an approved Common Signage Plan. Raleigh will not issue a sign permit on a multi tenant site until one exists, and if there is one already, your sign has to conform to it.
It depends on type and size, so we quote per project. Industry ranges put channel letters roughly between $3,000 and $12,000 and monument signs between $5,000 and $25,000 before permitting and engineering. We price the install, the permit and any engineering separately so you can see what is what.
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We get on the roof, photograph what is actually there, and hand you a written report with a price. No charge, and no obligation to book the work with us. If the roof has years left in it, that is what the report will say.
Whether you need a roof replacement, roof repair, or annual inspection, we’ve got you covered.
