Pylon & post-mounted signs

Pylon, post-mounted, monument

All three are freestanding — they don't touch the building — but they aren't designed the same way.

A pylon is tall and narrow, mounted on one or two clad posts, and built to be read at driving speed from a main road. It's the answer for strip malls and businesses set back from a boulevard.

A post-mounted sign is the simpler version: a cabinet on an exposed post, cheaper, common in industrial parks.

A monument is low and wide, sitting on a base of concrete, stone or aluminum. It's read at low speed — office entrances, clinics, residential developments.

Refacing: the job we're asked for most

A pylon lasts decades. The business inside it doesn't. The large majority of pylon enquiries we get aren't new structures at all — they're faces that need changing because a tenant left, the brand changed, or the polycarbonate yellowed and cracked.

A face isn't a structure: it's a polycarbonate or acrylic sheet, flat or formed, carrying graphics that are printed on it or applied in vinyl. We produce it to dimensions measured on site and keep the existing structure. It costs considerably less than a new pylon and avoids reopening a permit file.

When the cabinet itself is done — corroded frame, holding water, LEDs dead throughout — we replace the cabinet on the existing posts. We measure first; a pylon's real dimensions are never the ones on the original drawing.

What to know before ordering

A pylon is a structure. Its height, area and setback from the street are regulated by the municipality, and the rules aren't the same in Longueuil, Brossard and Saint-Bruno. The foundation is an engineer's business — it doesn't get improvised.

We build the sign portion: cabinet, faces, LED lighting, post cladding. We supply the dimensioned shop drawings for the permit application, and we work alongside the contractor or engineer handling the foundation and erection.