Layout Set for the Mounting Template: Tape Measure, Markers and Painter's Tape

How the layout goes:

• Place it. Your drawing shows where the sign sits on the wall. Measure from the edges of the wall, the windows or the door to the same points, and make light marks.
• Hang it. Tape the template flat to the wall with the painter's tape. It holds the paper without pulling paint or leaving residue when it comes off. Use plenty of strips on a long template so it does not sag in the middle.
• Level it. Check the template with a level before you mark anything.
• Check it. Step back, or cross the street, and look at the spelling, the spacing and the height.
• Mark the holes. Mark every stud hole through the template with a marker or the pencil. On lit letters, mark the power lead hole too.
• Take it down and drill. Drilling is cleaner and more accurate on the bare wall. Keep the template: it helps if you ever re-hang the sign.

Marker or pencil? The markers show up well on brick, stucco and concrete and stay visible while you drill. The pencil leaves a lighter mark on a painted indoor wall and works well on wood. Either way, the hole marks end up behind the letters.

On rough brick or stucco, brush off the dust where the tape goes so it grips, and add extra strips.

The rest of the install needs a level, drill bits for your wall and silicone to seal the holes. We sell each of those on its own, so you only buy what you are missing.