Ideas for House Numbers

[Ferdinand]

I do not think we have a thread about how to display house numbers and names.

 

This is an idea from a blog called The House that Black Built.

 

It could also be done outside the gate in the paving. I like that as our numbers here are very confused.

 

 

Ferdinand

[Conor]

You've inspired me. We're going to have a couple metres of brick paving off the road on our driveway... Mostly using reclaimed red brick but now I'm going to stick some black bricks in for the house name and number.

 

Note: my legs will not look as good as hers when I take my photo.

Edited September 15, 2019 by Conor

[Jeremy Harris]

I made up a laminated oak board from leftovers from the skirting, drew up a design and had a chap CNC machine it on both sides:

 

[AliG]

I got our house number and doorbell from a German company called Metzler. They work well if you have a very modern look, they are generally stainless steel or RAL 7016.

 

They sell off Amazon or their own website.

 

Not cheap but great quality. I hate going to a nice house and seeing a little plastic doorbell.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/node/11221997031?_encoding=UTF8&field-lbr_brands_browse-bin=Metzler-Trade&ref_=bl_dp_s_web_11221997031

 

 

Edited September 15, 2019 by AliG

[Onoff]

I got a slice of tree trunk, VERY roughly routed the number in and filled with white paint. It's in keeping with the rest of the house...

[Ed Davies]

Something with house numbers/names that people don't think about is that fire and ambulance services need to be able to read them easily, probably at night in foul weather. They may not be going to you house but knowing quickly to look elsewhere could save some valuable time for somebody else. Putting the number in paving might not be helpful if it's dark and wet or, worse, has snowed.

[ProDave]

Being a self employed tradesman so visiting lots of peoples houses daily, it staggers me how many have poor or no house numbering.  Very often if looking e.g for number 34, I eventually find No 40 has a number displayed, and I then have to count back along the row to find 34.

 

I liked the Australian rural house numbering.  My BIL lives at 999 Emery's Bridge Road.  That means his house is 9.99 Km from the start of the road.

[Sue B]

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Edited September 15, 2019 by Sue B
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[Sue B]

20 minutes ago, Ed Davies said:

Something with house numbers/names that people don't think about is that fire and ambulance services need to be able to read them easily, probably at night in foul weather. They may not be going to you house but knowing quickly to look elsewhere could save some valuable time for somebody else. Putting the number in paving might not be helpful if it's dark and wet or, worse, has snowed.

 

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and the Asda delivery driver!!

 

Peter is always commenting on trying to find the right house in the middle of the New forest, on a dark winter’s evening. 

 

Instructions such as “we are the house next the the one with the blue door” don’t help much.

Edited September 15, 2019 by Sue B

[Ferdinand]

35 minutes ago, Ed Davies said:

Something with house numbers/names that people don't think about is that fire and ambulance services need to be able to read them easily, probably at night in foul weather. They may not be going to you house but knowing quickly to look elsewhere could save some valuable time for somebody else. Putting the number in paving might not be helpful if it's dark and wet or, worse, has snowed.

 

I would hold put it everywhere else as well.

 

But a nice design touch, and an excuse to give old fashioned looks to people who ask whilst standing on it.

[MikeSharp01]

3 hours ago, Conor said:

good

And your definition of 'good' is....?

[Construction Channel]

Faye wrote the house name on a slate with a paint pen. I screwed it to the wall. 

Done

[Temp]

Spare a thought for Amazon delivery drivers trying to find your house in the dark... Make it illuminated and big enough to see from the road without a telescope :-)

 

[BotusBuild]

Could get some interesting house names by using What 3 Words. This maps the entire world using 40,000 words - a combination of 3 of the 40,000 represents a 3x3m square.

 

Some emergency services (to pick up on an earlier point made) are already using this when locating emergencies

 

I figure this is actually going to be useful for delivery drivers to our plot when we start work as the post code covers such a huge area.

[Ed Davies]

37 minutes ago, BotusBuild said:

Could get some interesting house names by using What 3 Words.

 

Previous discussion.

[NSS]

30 minutes ago, BotusBuild said:

Could get some interesting house names by using What 3 Words. This maps the entire world using 40,000 words - a combination of 3 of the 40,000 represents a 3x3m square.

 

Some emergency services (to pick up on an earlier point made) are already using this when locating emergencies

 

I figure this is actually going to be useful for delivery drivers to our plot when we start work as the post code covers such a huge area.

Downloaded W3W some weeks ago and it proved useful while on holiday when meeting up with friends in unfamiliar places.

 

Where are you? 

We're at 'saying.ecologic.rewriting'

[Temp]

Oak sign I ordered about 10 days ago arrived today. Got it from this ebay seller...

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Solid-Oak-Personalised-Wood-Sign-Carved-House-Name-Gate-sign-great-as-present/181677893530?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=480633585620&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

Quite a good price compared to one I got 12 years back. The letters are V cut and very crisply painted. I asked for it unvarnished so I can use Osmo UV protection oil on it.

 

[Temp]

I'm currently at.....  interlude.silence.needed  

 

 

[canalsiderenovation]

We have a house name and we really wanted a solid oak front door (initially thought about double doors) made and we liked the idea of the name being carved into the front door.

 

That said we will have electric gates eventually so the house name will be on the gates/post

[Temp]

We saw some fantastic carved oak doors in Belgium.   Perhaps not the best we saw but I still had the link... 

 

https://www.dierick.be/nl/binnendeuren/handsnijwerk

 

[Temp]

This is the sign I got from the ebay link above after I painted it with Osmo UV protection oil. You can choose the font and colour of letters etc

 

Edited September 30, 2019 by Temp