Scaffold Banner Advertising Guide
Practical guidance from the team that surveys, makes and installs commercial signage. If you have a live project, we can help you choose the right route.
Scaffolding on a prominent building is visible for weeks or months regardless of what is on it, which makes a printed scaffold banner one of the more cost-effective large-format advertising opportunities available during a build. Retailers undergoing a refurbishment often use this to advertise the reopening, while developers use it to promote the finished units before completion. This guide covers what affects durability and cost, and the wind loading considerations that make scaffold banners different from a standard banner. We print and install scaffold banners for sites across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and London.
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Mesh banners let wind pass through, which is important on taller scaffolds where a solid banner would create dangerous wind loading on the structure.
What affects durability and cost
Mesh banners let wind pass through, which is important on taller scaffolds where a solid banner would create dangerous wind loading on the structure. Print quality, mesh percentage, and eyelet spacing for secure fixing all affect both durability and cost, and the banner needs specifying to the scaffold contractor's own wind loading requirements rather than treated as an afterthought.
Common questions
Yes, this is usually set by the scaffold design's wind loading calculations rather than a fixed rule, so we confirm it with the scaffold contractor before production.
Quality printed mesh banners hold up well for the typical duration of a scaffold contract, generally several months to a year in most UK weather.
Yes, this is a common use case, often combined with a completion date or promotional message.
This is usually coordinated with the scaffold contractor, since the banner needs fixing securely to the scaffold structure itself.
Yes, though this affects material and mesh choice, so it is worth specifying upfront if both sides need to be visible.