Subcontract Graphic & Sign Installation
You sold it and produced it. We install it, under your name. Window graphics, signs, wayfinding, wall graphics and rollouts for print shops, sign companies and agencies, in Colorado and nationwide.
Why the Install Matters
The graphic is only as good as the install. Your client judges the whole job by how it looks on the wall, and bubbles, wrinkles, bad seams and lifting edges come from the install, not the print.
We are installers first. Print shops, sign companies and agencies send the graphics to us or straight to their client's site, and we show up prepared, install to spec under their name and send completion photos so they can close the job. We've installed for hundreds of shops, sign companies and agencies over 20 years.
Some jobs start with us: we survey the site, take measurements and photos, and send them back so you can produce to size. Others start with graphics someone else surveyed and printed, and we just go knock it out. Either way, we install it like it's our own and represent you properly to your client.
Most of our subcontract graphic installation is window graphics, sign installation, wayfinding signage, wall graphics and murals, and retail rollouts. Vinyl graphics installation is the core of it, and our crews do it every week in occupied stores, offices and schools across Colorado and beyond, the same way we would for our own clients, under your name.
Print shop with a wall to hang? See wall wrap installation for print shops. Need certified installers on the spec? See our 3M certifications.
What We Install
- Window and storefront graphics
- Perforated window vinyl
- Sign installation
- Wayfinding and directional signage
- Wall graphics and murals
- Retail store graphics and rollouts
- Floor graphics
- Trade show and event graphics
What We Install for Our Partners
Window and Storefront Graphics
Cut vinyl, printed vinyl and perforated window graphics you produced, installed on storefronts, doors and glass walls. Seasonal and promo changeovers on your client's schedule.
Wet or dry application as the film calls for, edges trimmed tight to the frames, and perforated vinyl kept clean so it reads from the street.
Need the graphics designed and printed too? See storefront window graphics.
Sign Installation
Lobby logo signs, dimensional letters and panel signs, mounted level, spaced right and anchored for the wall they are going on.
We lay out from your drawings or patterns before anything gets drilled. We do not install electrical or illuminated signs.
Wayfinding Signage
Directional, room, suite and floor signs placed to your sign plan, across a building, a mall or a campus.
Every sign at the height and location the plan calls for, checked off as it goes up, so the punch list stays short.
Wall Graphics and Murals
Printed murals and wall graphics hung seam-tight and straight, including rough and textured walls that take the right film, heat and patience.
Wallpaper, adhesive vinyl and wallcoverings, matched panel to panel and trimmed clean around outlets, doors and trim.
Retail Graphics and Rollouts
The same graphics in every store, installed to the same spec, with completion photos for every location. One store or a national program.
Several of our clients run more than 12 stores each, in Colorado and other states. For those we build graphic kits and guidelines up front, so every store fits its own space but stays true to the brand, with common signs, colors and displays that make stores hundreds of miles apart feel like one company.
Films, Exhibits and Specialty Installs
Wet-install solar and security films, vehicle and fleet wraps, museum-style exhibits, high-end displays, and anything that mounts with hardware, including ADA and lobby signage.
Floor graphics, trade show and event graphics installed on the show schedule, and the odd ones, like a helicopter. If it is a graphic and it needs to go on something, there is a good chance we have installed it before.
Your Client, Your Name, Our Installers
You own the client. We represent your company on site, install to your spec and send the completion photos to you, so you can close the job and bill it.
Your clients stay yours. We don't market to your clients, we don't leave our own cards on your job sites, and we don't publish your work under your client's name. Partner jobs only appear on our site with generic names and labeled as installation, and if you'd rather a job never appears at all, tell us and it won't.
We fit into your workflow on single installs and multi-site rollouts, with the same crew standards at every location. Site surveys and measurements, scheduling and on-site coordination, and insurance and liability coverage are part of the deal. Our installers are 3M Preferred and have experience with all major vinyl and film brands.
Who We Install For
- Print shops: add installation without adding crews.
- Sign companies: overflow and out-of-area installs.
- Marketing agencies: your design installed exactly as approved.
- Branding and design firms: your client's space finished the way you drew it.
- Exhibit and event companies: tight timelines, no surprises.
- National graphics programs: multi-site rollouts installed to the same spec at every location.
How a Subcontract Job Goes
- Send us the job. Scope, files or a sign plan, the site address and the deadline.
- Survey and measure. When the job needs it, we look at the site and measure before anything prints.
- Get the graphics there. Ship them to us or straight to your client's site, whichever works for the job.
- Install under your name. Clean surfaces, a planned layout, and graphics installed straight, tight and to the spec.
- Completion photos to you. We walk the finished job and send you the photos, so you can sign off with your client.
What Affects the Cost
- Size and quantity: square footage, piece count and how many locations.
- Surface: glass, painted walls, textured walls, brick and floors each install differently.
- Sign mounting: the wall type and hardware decide how a sign goes up.
- Access: lifts, high glass and tight spaces add time.
- Old graphics: removing old vinyl and adhesive adds prep.
- Travel: out-of-area and multi-site work adds travel time.
Send us the scope, the files or sign plan and the site address and we will give you a real number, not a guess.
Common Questions
Will you show up under our company name?
Yes. We install white-label, represent your company on site and send the completion photos to you so you can close the job with your client.
Will you contact our client or put the job on your website?
No. We don't market to your clients or leave our own cards on your job sites. Partner jobs only appear on our site with generic names and labeled as installation, and if you'd rather a job never appears at all, it won't.
What do you need from us before the install?
The scope, the files or proofs, the site address and on-site contact, the deadline, and how the graphics are getting there. Site photos help.
What's your lead time?
Usually 1 to 2 weeks from graphics in hand, depending on our workload. Tell us your deadline up front and we'll tell you honestly if we can hit it.
Can we ship the graphics straight to the job site?
Yes. Ship them to us or to your client's site, whichever works for the job and the schedule.
Can you survey the site before we print?
Yes. When the job needs it, we survey and measure before anything prints, so the graphics fit the first time.
Do you install signs, or just vinyl?
Both. Lobby logo signs, dimensional letters, panel and wayfinding signs, plus window, wall and floor graphics. Electrical work is subcontracted to licensed partners, and we can help with permits on some jobs.
How high will you work?
As high as the equipment can get us. We rent lifts to suit each job and bring in partner crews for very large equipment.
Can you handle multi-site and out-of-state rollouts?
Yes. We've installed in Colorado, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Wyoming, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee and Georgia, with the same crew standards at every location.
Do you carry insurance?
Yes. We carry high limits with an umbrella policy, and adding you or your GC as additional insured is routine. We haven't had an insurance claim in 20 years.
Can you install while the business is open?
Yes. Most of our installs happen in occupied stores, offices and schools. We keep the area clean and work around the people there.
Do the graphics carry a warranty?
Eligible graphics carry the 3M MCS Warranty, which covers the film, the ink and the installation. We will tell you up front whether the job qualifies.
Get a Quote
Tell us about the glass and what you are trying to fix. Photos and rough sizes get you a real number faster.
Need Graphics Installed?
Request a free consultation with our installation team.