At a glance
What to know: Send one final list of room names, destinations, arrows, pictograms, sizes, quantities, materials, finishes, and artwork. We make and label the coordinated sign family for your installer.
Key takeaways
- Give every physical sign or insert one clear ID and one final set of messages, dimensions, materials, and finishes.
- Have your accessibility or code specialist supply any required tactile, Braille, contrast, pictogram, mounting-location, life-safety, egress, or fire specifications.
- Have your installer provide final dimensions, surfaces, placement, mounting, hardware, access, and fit information.
Choose What You Need
What we can make
- Produced signs
- Directories, directional panels, room identification, department markers, inserts, and coordinated sign families
- Production source
- Customer-approved sign schedule, wording, arrows, pictograms, quantities, dimensions, materials, finishes, and placement references
- Materials
- Acrylic, wood, aluminum, aluminum composite, PVC, printed graphics, vinyl, and layered assemblies within the accepted specification
- Production methods
- Printed, cut, routed, engraved, dimensional, or layered output when supported by the selected product and approved files
- Regulated elements
- Made only from complete customer-approved specifications; our quote and artwork check do not establish or certify compliance
Options to choose
- Permanent room sign, customer-specified changeable insert, printed panel, dimensional identification, or a documented mixed sign family.
- One approved material and finish system or several sign types tied together by the supplied brand and production standards.
- One batch, named phases, or a multi-version package with quantities and revisions controlled by the approved schedule.
- Customer-specified flat, layered, routed, engraved, printed, or cut construction when supported and accepted in the quote.
- Part IDs, orientation, version labels, or grouping requested before production for you or your installer.
We make wayfinding signs from your completed sign plan. Include the final destinations, placement references, mounting details, accessibility specifications, life-safety information, and property requirements that apply.
What We Need for Your Quote
Your sign details
Final dimensions & specifications
- An approved sign schedule with a unique identifier, final dimensions, quantity, placement reference, orientation, viewing side, and material for every item.
- Installer-approved mounting specifications, hole locations, clearances, insert dimensions, and required tolerances.
- Complete customer-approved tactile, Braille, contrast, mounting-location, pictogram, life-safety, or other regulated specifications for any applicable item.
Artwork files
- Final wording, arrows, pictograms, logos, fonts, colors, finishes, and artwork version tied to each sign-schedule identifier.
- Vector production files and cut or engraving paths where required, with fonts outlined or supplied.
- Your completed placement plan, used to identify and organize the signs for production and labeling.
Order preparation
For your installer
- Request part IDs, room or zone labels, orientation marks, version labels, or a component list tied to the approved sign schedule.
- Ask for placement references, part labels, or mounting preparation based on the final files supplied by your installer.
Packaging, grouping & labels
- Describe any requested grouping by floor, zone, phase, or sign type and any associated labeling so availability can be evaluated in writing.
Plan These Separately
- Building surveys, destination inventories, field measurements, site verification, route planning, wording decisions, and placement design.
- ADA, accessibility, tactile, Braille, life-safety, egress, fire, or other code consulting, compliance design, approval, or certification.
- Mounting or structural design, hardware selection, electrical decisions, permits, property approvals, and suitability review.
- Installation labor or scheduling, access coordination, occupied-site planning, field placement, troubleshooting, repairs, and maintenance.
Where This Service Fits
- Designers and agencies supplying a complete, approved wayfinding package for production.
- Contractors and installers ordering coordinated room signs, directories, and directional panels to verified specifications.
- Facilities teams producing approved replacements, additions, or versioned inserts within an established sign family.
- Offices, schools, campuses, retail, hospitality, and mixed-use properties whose qualified team has completed the sign schedule and compliance review.
- Offices, schools, churches, clinics, nonprofits, and facilities teams ordering coordinated room and directional signs.
How Your Sign Order Takes Shape
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1) Send the final sign list
Include IDs, messages, artwork, placement references, quantities, materials, finishes, regulated specifications, mounting details, phases, and versions.
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2) Match artwork to each sign
Connect every artwork file and construction detail to its sign ID and add any missing dimensions, arrows, pictograms, cut paths, or mounting preparation.
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3) Review every sign layout
Check each message, arrow, pictogram, size, color, material, finish, construction, hole, identifier, version, and tolerance.
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4) Make, group, and label the signs
Print, cut, route, engrave, fabricate, finish, assemble, group, or label the approved sign family as listed in the quote.
Questions About This Service
What wayfinding and room signs can be produced?
Requests can include directories, directional panels, room identification, department signs, inserts, and coordinated sign families. The approved schedule and quote define the exact materials, construction, quantities, messages, and components produced.
What should be included in my sign schedule?
Include every destination, room name, message, arrow, pictogram, sign ID, placement reference, final dimension, material, finish, quantity, and mounting specification. Your planning provider creates the routes and placement plan; we use the completed schedule to make and label the signs.
Can you make signs with tactile, Braille, or other regulated elements?
Ask us to quote a fully specified component. Your accessibility or code specialist must provide and approve the tactile, Braille, contrast, pictogram, mounting-location, life-safety, egress, fire, and other regulated requirements; our manufacturing layout does not certify compliance.
Can production start from photographs or a rough floor plan?
Photographs and floor plans can explain context, but production requires an approved sign schedule with final wording, dimensions, quantities, placement references, materials, finishes, artwork, mounting details, and any regulated specifications.
Can room names or inserts be changed later?
A customer-designed sign family may specify replaceable inserts or repeatable components. Submit the approved insert dimensions, construction, artwork, and schedule for review. The quote will confirm whether we can reproduce the component later and retain the needed files.
Does wayfinding production include installation?
No. You and your installer handle field verification, placement, mounting design, hardware selection, access, occupant coordination, permits, code compliance, installation labor, and final installation safety.
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Valley Sign Guys makes custom wayfinding, directory, and room signs for Phoenix-area offices, schools, churches, clinics, nonprofits, and facilities. Surveying, route planning, regulated design, and installation are handled by your design and installation providers.