Inver Grove Heights “Hockey Day” Banner
Banners provide great value for any business. They’re flexible, durable, and extremely cost effective when compared to other types of signage. If you’re wondering where or how to install your banner, we’ve got the details on how to hang it so it makes a great impression.
What Is a Banner?
Banners are long strips of material featuring a business name, event, or other information. Unlike traditional signs, they’re flexible, rollable and easy to transport or install.
Banners can be used both indoors or out, vertically, horizontally, or as free-standing signs. Commonly used to announce a sale, grand opening, or even help people find their way there are lots of types of banners including:
- Short-term and temporary banners
- Long-term heavy-duty vinyl banners
- Mesh banners for fences and construction job sites
- Retractable and trade show banners
If you’ve ordered a banner from Impression Signs and still have questions about where or how to best install it, we’ve got you covered below.
Where To Hang My Banner?
- On a wall: One of the best ways to hang a banner is on a flat wall to keep it steady and stable. If you’re planning to hang your banner on a wall, velcro strips along the edges make a great temporary hanging method, while hooks and screws provide a more permanent solution.
- In between posts: Suspending or hanging a banner between posts is another common display method. You can hang a banner this way using rope, zip ties, or screws to secure it to the posts.
- From an awning or ceiling: Banners are often hung from somewhere high using rope or string. Stringing a rope or string through grommets will keep your banner the most secure if you choose to hang it from an awning. If you’re hanging it from a ceiling, make sure you’ve also attached hooks to the ceiling to use.
- On a fence: Fences provide a nice, mostly flat, supportive surface for a banner to be secured to. The method of attachment will depend on the type of fence: Banners can be secured to chain link fences using grommets and zip ties or hanging clips; wooden fences can support banners utilizing rope, grommets or pole pockets (pole pockets are hemmed in or sealed areas where the material makes a loop, like the top of a curtain). If you require pole pockets, this is something to ask for when ordering, as more material may be needed to create them.
- From a table: A banner can be attached to a table by securing the grommeted corners to each corner of the table or legs so that it hangs down in front. If your banner has pole pockets, rope or string can be fed through them to secure the banner to the table as well.
Installation Methods for Banners
Installing a Banner Using Poles
To install your banner using poles, your banner must have pole pockets. Simply slide a pole through the pole pockets, sometimes you will also need to secure the pole’s ends so that the banner hangs from it, if it is not taught enough. Alternatively, you may opt for a frame that will support the banner as well.
Installing a Banner Using Bungee Cords
You can also hook through a grommet with a bungee cord. Bungees can be used to fasten banners to fences, tables, and a variety of other surfaces. They stretch, keeping a constant tension on your banner, making it lay flat and easy to read. To secure your banner using bungee cords, simply hook the end of the bungee cord through a grommet and then hook the other end to the surface you want to attach it to and continue to do for each corner.
Installing a Banner Using Rope
There are a couple ways you can secure a banner using rope. You can use a rope to tie each grommet hole down or you can install guide ropes ac ross a space in order to suspend the banner from above. If you chose to tie the grommets of your banner, slip knots are an ideal knot to use because they allow the rope’s tension to be tightened without coming undone. You may also choose to thread rope through the banner’s pole pockets to suspend it from two anchor points.
Installing a Banner Using Zip Ties
Zip ties are perfect for installing banners to a chain link fence or any other surface that features numerous holes or hollows that allow zip ties to slip through. To install, loosely apply zip ties to the top grommet holes and through the appropriate hollows. Once the top grommets are secured, do the same for the lower grommets. Then tighten each zip tie to ensure that the banner is secured evenly.
Installing a Banner Using Hanging Clips
Hanging clips (also known as carabiners) can be easily clipped through grommets, which can then clip to hollows, anchor points, or other objects. Like zip ties, hanging clips allow for easy installation to chain link fences or any other surface that features numerous holes or hollows that allow the hanging clips to fit through.
Installing a Banner Using Suction Cups
If you’d like to use your banner as a window display, suction cups with protruding hooks are a great method of installation. To install, first make sure your window or surface is clean and dry. Then attach the suction cups to the window evenly (you’ll want to measure the length of your banner first and match this to the distance between suction cups). Line up each hook to your banner’s grommets and hang your banner.
Installing a Banner Using Velcro Strips
If you want to attach your banner to a wall but don’t want to drill holes, velcro strips are a great temporary alternative. Velcro consists of two sides: an adhesive side and a velcro side. To secure your banner, simply attach one side to the wall, and one to a back corner of your banner and do the same for all four corners or edges. When you want to display your banner, simply attach each of the velcro strips together.
Installing a Banner Using Screws
If you’re looking to hang your banner up for a long amount of time, you can secure your banner to a surface permanently using a drill, screws, and washers. Before you drill, ask two people to assist you in positioning the banner. Mark a spot on your surface through each grommet, in the center of the circle. When you remove the banner, drill a hole into each mark (just make sure your drill bit is capable of drilling a hole into your chosen surface). When you’re finished drilling, line up the banner as you did before and insert screws with washers into each hole or grommet to further secure your banner to the surface.
Ready to Make an Impression?
No matter which method of installation you choose, the first step to making a great impression with your banner sign is choosing a great design. If you haven’t already ordered with us, please know we are happy to help you get started. Impression Signs and Graphics can help design your organization’s banner to ensure that your message stands out. Contact Impression Signs here to get your banner started.
Reference glossary:
A pole pocket is when the banner is folded over on itself and sewn to create a pocket that’s open on one or both ends. These pockets make for easy installation using either poles that fit into each pocket to support the banner, or using a rope that can thread through the pockets to hang the banner.
Grommets are hollow metal rings inserted along the edges and corners of a banner designed to make it easy to hang the banner. Grommets reinforce the hole and allow for hanging without tearing. You can either thread or hook a variety of materials through these grommets to hang your banner.
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