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Our standard outdoor restroom signs ADA signs are machined from solid aluminum. This means there’s no disintegrating plastic, failing adhesive or separating layers.
While the high grade paints eventually fade, the useful life of your sign is a very long time. We even offer a limited lifetime warranty for all our exterior ADA signs.
Rest assured your investment will hold up outside, and you won’t be circling back in a few years or getting customer complaints about bad signs. And when your facility changes, the signs are made of 100% recyclable metal.
Use All Gender, Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Restrooms signs to identify handicap accessible restrooms outdoors.
Use exterior, metal Accessible All Gender ADA restroom signs to identify handicap accessible restrooms available for everyone to use. Accessible All Gender Restroom signs can contain either the traditional or modified ISA. Scroll down for more information on when to use the traditional ISA versus the modified ISA.
Use exterior ADA restroom signs to identify handicap accessible restrooms. Accessible restroom signs can contain either the traditional or modified ISA. Scroll down for more information on when to use the traditional ISA versus the modified ISA.
Green Dot Sign® outdoor restroom signs and exterior ADA signs are practically indestructible and come with a lifetime warranty. Instead of plastic, Green Dot exterior ADA signs are made from machined solid aluminum, brass or bronze plates. Each sign is then painted, top-sanded to expose the natural metal and lastly dressed with a clear protective topcoat. Because metal ADA sign construction does not have layers, there are not different rates of thermal or hygroscopic expansion causing internal pressure after temperature or humidity swings. All paints are outdoor grade with the longest possible exterior life. Fading will occur around 10 years, but usable life is much longer.
Outdoor ADA signs are an often overlooked aspect of building sign systems. All too often, designers specify the same materials for both interior and exterior sign applications. This oversight leads to disastrous results, as typical interior signs fail when exposed to outdoor conditions.
Some designers believe plastic exterior signs are durable enough. However, if you look closely at the architectural grade plastic sheet base material most commonly specified it has a two year SHELF life. While it is compatible with exterior paints, lipstick on a pig doesn’t make it not-a-pig.
There are two common reasons plastic exterior ADA signs fail. Firstly, photopolymer signs inherently use photo-sensitive plastic. UV protective paints can delay the process but do not block all the suns’ rays and the material disintegrates in due order. It’s right there in the name.
Secondly, raster braille signs rely on compression to hold braille in place. Last time we checked, being outside means your exterior ADA signs are exposed to temperature swings. Expansion-contraction cycles cause material deformation, and before you know it, casual touching can make the braille pop out. To make it worse, the most durable exterior adhesives used to hold letters in place for raster braille exterior ADA signs are rated for 5 years, but most are not rated for exterior use leading to letters also popping off.
The solution to these problems is to use a base material that survives outside, such as aluminum.
Signs use words and symbols to communicate messages. “ADA sign” refers to signage marking U.S. public building rooms, spaces or features that are regulated by the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The U.S. Department of Justice published the ADA in order to prohibit discrimination against those with disabilities. Federally regulated signage provides the 7.5 million Americans that are legally blind or visually impaired equal access to public spaces across the U.S.
ADA sign requirements enforced today were released as part of the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design (SAD). Detailed federal signage requirements direct the location and content of identification, directional and informational signs. Some, but not all, door signs are regulated by the ADA.
Take the guesswork out of whether your Handicapped Accessibility signs will pass inspection with Green Dot Sign® ADA compliant braille signs. Review our ADA Signage Requirements FAQs to learn about federal accessibility signage guidelines.
U.S public buildings are required to post exterior ADA signage in two instances. First, if not all building entrances are handicap accessible, signage must direct toward the nearest accessible entrance. Additionally, if not all entrances are accessible, handicapped accessible entrance(s) must be marked with ADA signs that include the International Symbol of Accessibility (ISA or person in a wheelchair pictogram).
Signage that directs towards an accessible building entrance does not need to contain braille or raised characters. It is best practice to place wayfinding signs at every turn along the route to the accessible alternative. When no turns are required, directional signs should be posted every 35 to 50 feet.
Second, exterior tactile signage is required if an outdoor space is part of a building structure, such as a courtyard or shared rooftop patio. ADA signage with braille and raised characters identifying outdoor building spaces must be placed at doorways leading back inside the building. However, exterior ADA sign is not necessary at building doors leading to parking lots or sidewalks.
