Before starting out your project, you have to gather the items you'll need.
Resort to online mode to obtain tiles you require if you are unable to purchase them from a nearby ceramic tile provider. There are plenty of online tile providers available, so it won't be a difficult task for you. Apart from tiles, you'll also need wood for frame, screw fasteners, gum, saw, hammer, screwdriver, power drill and bits, and paint and brushes.
Make a layout of your plate sign numbers full-scale on graph paper. Calculate the size of the numbers that you acquire in terms of their length and breadth.
Making use of the graph paper as a standard, you represent tiles on paper. Leave approximately 1/32 inches additional dimension generally from tile measurements. Utilize this overall measurement for the standard to cut wood plate upon which numerals will be pasted. Make sure you write down the accurate numbers in appropriate sequence on graph paper after you take tiles away. This graph paper will turn out to be your operational template.
Prepare a wood frame by trimming it. Bring miter joint into play at corners of 1x4s.
You don't need to support ceramic tiles entirely with wood. On the contrary, you may go for the alternative of making a whole wood plate. Take the graph paper template from the previous step into consideration for overall size of cut. Bevel corners of the frame and attach and tighten them with screws. Smoothly rub all sides with sandpaper and remove sawdust by wiping with fresh white cloth. Apply paint to the whole uncovered frame before attaching tiles. However, you need to be careful while painting the wooden frame.
Do not coat with paint where tiles will be pasted to wood with gum.
Your next task will be to paste house number on tiles to frame. To make the attachment long-lasting, apply heavy-duty gums for external use. Position uninterrupted beads on flipside of every tile number and hang around a few seconds, as per glue producer's directions. Then place each number in its proper sequence on wooden frame. Allow pasted numbers to get set all-night until well held.
Fix eye bolts to frame. You must fix the bolts around 1" in from left and right ends of frame.
This is done to hang the frame on the wall. Screw holes should be drilled beforehand to avoid splitting of wood. Another thing to ensure is that eye bolts must be in same relative position to frame, both in horizontal and vertical direction.
In the end, fasten the frame displaying house number on tiles to wall. Decide the kind of anchor to employ on wall of house. You're now fully ready to make your neighbors jealous.
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