Custom Signs in Charleston and Summerville, SC
Imperial Sign Crafters designs, builds and installs custom signs for projects that do not come out of a catalog: dimensional site letters, feature walls, property signage and the structures that go with them, across the Charleston area.
- Built from your sketch or idea
- Drawings before anything is built
- 30+ years in the sign industry
- All work is warrantied
Imperial Sign Crafters is a sign company founded in 2017 at 709 Miles Jamison Rd, Suite 2, Summerville, SC 29485 that designs, builds and installs custom signs across the Charleston area, including dimensional site letters, feature walls, apartment and property signage, and covered structures such as pavilions. Every custom piece is drawn and approved before it is built and quoted in writing. Owner Matt Harris has more than 30 years in the sign industry.
What is custom signage?
Custom signage is anything built for a specific site, brand or idea instead of picked from a catalog. Our other service pages cover the common categories. This page is for the projects that do not fit neatly into one of them, or that combine several.
- Dimensional site letters set at an entrance, a park or a development
- Feature walls with your values, history or logo in dimensional letters
- Apartment and property signage that ties identification, leasing and amenity signs together
- Covered structures like pavilions and pergolas that sit alongside signage at a community
- One-off pieces for a specific event, sponsor or space
What custom work have we built?
All of these are in our project gallery or the photos on our services page.
How does a custom sign get made?
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1. The idea | You send a sketch, photo, description or architect's drawing |
| 2. Site and brand | We look at the location, the materials around it and your brand files |
| 3. Drawings | You get drawings showing size, materials, colors and lighting to approve |
| 4. Permits | If the piece needs a permit, the approved drawings go to the city or county |
| 5. Build and install | The piece is built to the approved drawings and installed |
Nothing is built until you have approved the drawings and the written quote.
What does a custom sign cost?
Every custom piece is priced on its own drawings. The main drivers are size, materials, lighting, how and where it is installed, and what permitting the site requires. Send us what you have in mind, even if it is rough, and we will tell you what it takes and quote it in writing. All work is warrantied.
What to send with a quote request
- The property address, so the right city or county and zoning district can be identified
- Your logo as a vector file (AI, EPS, SVG or PDF), or brand standards if you are a franchise or national tenant
- Photos of the building, entrance or wall, plus a wide shot from the road
- Whether the sign needs to be lit
- Any landlord, HOA or property manager sign criteria that already apply
- Your real deadline, such as an opening date or move-in
- A sketch, inspiration photo or architect's drawing
Where do we install custom signs?
Our shop is at 709 Miles Jamison Rd, Suite 2, Summerville, SC 29485, and we work across the Charleston metro: Summerville, Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Goose Creek, Ladson, Hanahan, Moncks Corner, Johns Island, James Island, Daniel Island, West Ashley. If your project is somewhere between the towns listed above, call and ask.
Who approves a sign depends on the parcel, not the mailing address. Our guide to business sign permits in Summerville covers how the Town reviews signs, and each location page covers that area's city or county process.
Who designs your custom sign?
Owner Matt Harris has more than 30 years in the sign industry, including production and design lead work at Signs Now in New York on national accounts such as Prudential, Exxon and BP, and fleet wrap and large fabrication work before that. He appeared on Shark Tank in 2015 with a product he invented and patented, and founded Imperial Sign Crafters in 2017. All work is warrantied. More about Matt.
Custom sign questions
What counts as custom signage?
Any sign built for a specific site, brand or idea rather than picked from a catalog. That includes dimensional site letters, feature walls, apartment and property signage, and covered structures like pavilions, as well as anything that does not fit neatly into our other categories.
Can you build a sign from a sketch or an idea?
Yes. Bring a sketch, a photo of something you like or just a description. We turn it into drawings you can approve before anything is built.
How much does a custom sign cost?
Every custom sign is priced on its own drawings. Size, materials, lighting, installation and permitting drive the number. Send what you have in mind and we will quote it in writing.
Do you work with designers, architects and developers?
Yes. If your designer or architect has already drawn the sign, send the drawings and we will quote to them, or point out anything that will be hard to permit or build.
Do you only make signs?
Signs are the core of the work, but our gallery also includes covered pavilions, a pergola and community mailbox structures. If you have a project that sits between signage and site structures, call and ask.
Our shop in Summerville
Call ahead and we will set aside time to walk through your project, or send photos and your logo and we can start from there.
- Imperial Sign Crafters
- 709 Miles Jamison Rd, Suite 2, Summerville, SC 29485
- Phone
- (843) 926-7446
- imperialsigncrafters@gmail.com
Have something in mind?
Send a sketch, a photo or a description and we will tell you what it takes to build it.
