How to Make a Granite Post Sign | Ask This Old House
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video, This Old House mason Mark McCullough helps a family farm install their antique street sign on an original granite post.
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Mason Mark McCullough helps a farm manager bring an old granite post back to its original glory. To do so, Mark measures, grinds, and drills to attach an antique road sign to the face of the post. After that, he uses a Dremel tool and stencils to sculpt the street number into the post for a timeless look.
There are few things as exciting for a homeowner as finding some of an old home’s original antique touches. When a family farm uncovered a granite post and an old street sign, they wanted to proudly display both at the entrance from the road. Mason Mark McCullough knows just how to help.
Difficulty: ⅗
Time: 6 hours
Cost: Under $30
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Mark helps a homeowner refashion an old 1800’s granite post into a road marker for their farm.
To rehang the original farm sign, Mark first has to make the front face of the post more plumb. To do this, Mark traces the outline of the desired area with a pencil [amzn.to/3HjwmkI]. He then uses an angle grinder [amzn.to/428ejWR] to carefully chip away at the uneven stone, making sure that the HEPA vacuum [amzn.to/3VdYdIJ] is attached to clear out any dust. To secure the sign, Mark takes an electric drill [amzn.to/3ABcfuy] with an SDS masonry drill bit [amzn.to/3LbAAMs], and drills two holes in the granite post, making sure that the holes are the same spacing as the sign. Finally, Mark anchors the sign to the post with masonry screws [homedepot.sjv....].
Mark measures [amzn.to/3oKVJ8K] from the top of the post down to the top of the newly hung sign. Then from the bottom of the sign down, he marks the same measurement with a pencil. This is where the top center of the first stencil [homedepot.sjv....] will go. Mark tapes the stencils to secure them in place and traces out the numbers with a marker [amzn.to/3AEunUg], coloring them in completely to get very clear numbers. Next, Mark uses an etching rotary tool [amzn.to/41Jq7yW] and a grinding stone bit to begin carving out the numbers. To smooth out the carved sections of the numbers, Mark goes back in with a hammer [amzn.to/41GBPKA] and chisel [amzn.to/449rh8r]. Finally, Mark uses a small angled brush [amzn.to/40LC3Pt] and latex exterior black paint [homedepot.sjv....] to paint in the numbers. The exterior paint will fade over time with the outdoor elements to bring out an authentic colonial-aged look.
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Materials:
Masonry screws [homedepot.sjv....]
Number templates [homedepot.sjv....]
Black paint [homedepot.sjv....]
Silicone caulk [bit.ly/41rLAfm]
Tools:
Measuring tape [amzn.to/3oKVJ8K]
Pencil [amzn.to/3HjwmkI]
Level [amzn.to/423vokx]
Safety glasses [amzn.to/3oR7NFm]
Ear protection [amzn.to/41MFZkc]
Grinder with a diamond wheel [amzn.to/428ejWR]
Hammer drill [amzn.to/3ABcfuy]
SDS masonry drill bit [amzn.to/3LbAAMs]
Impact driver [amzn.to/3ndFnVJ]
Permanent marker [amzn.to/3AEunUg]
Rotary tool [amzn.to/41Jq7yW]
Hammer [amzn.to/41GBPKA]
Masonry chisel [amzn.to/449rh8r]
HEPA Vacuum [amzn.to/3VdYdIJ]
Paintbrush [amzn.to/40LC3Pt]
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How to Make a Granite Post Sign | Ask This Old House
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Awesome book that gives you step-by-step photos th-cam.com/users/postUgkxTNB_zFBSnTo_O1PqfVUwgi7ityw0JlKt and directions to make every day project. I can see myself making a few of these projects and giving them as housewarming and holiday gifts!
Changed your mind a bit on the shape of the ‘3’. Looks better without the dip down
Mark McCullough is a natural for TV, and I really enjoy his segments.
This one is cool because it is a pretty simple task but it is also somewhat time consuming and a touch daunting. Well done.
I like this, a post that will last long after we are all gone
I doubt it stays in because the bottom screw isn't all the way. It's unleveled with the post. It's doesn't sit flush
Probably a new owner will change it out one day. Time will tell.
Etching w/dremel tool and how to attach & plumb signage /metal to granite or stone were excellent, brief tutorials. 👍
What a beautiful property. Homeowner seems like a real nice fella. Well done this old house
My man using that free Harbor Freight tape measure...must have got it with a coupon.
LOL
It was either that or the free flashlight!
Hey, I just sold my free harbor freight tape in a yard sale for two bucks . 😁
@@Guardducks do that a few hundred times a week and you got yourself a side hustle!
I would have painted the blue concrete screws to match the lighter color or black. Now they just stick out at ya
It's important to establish a solid base and foundation for this delightful piece of stone history, like art. Love the sign as well...
Beautiful property & post (and project). 👌
Tommy I hope you read the reviews…. I LOVE watching you work
what a pro you are!!!
More Lawn Videos Please like you guys used to in the older shows
Nice job, but those numbers should have been about twice that size.
Agreed. And spaced farther apart...
Superb!! Stone posts have long served as property markers.
Numbers are too close...they will run together from a cars distance...
Should of installed a solar light to illuminate the sign at night
Awesome my only complain is the numbers are too small
Bigger numbers takes a lot of time to carv
I like the design, but you still can't see it from the road. Those numbers are so small, you can't see them unless you're standing right in front of the post.
Fresh black paint would finish the sign off.
I just placed a large stone at the front of my property with the intention of engraving my house numbers. I have a dremel tool. What kind of bit do you recommend?
Also, what type of paint? Great video!
That's great except it's on the wrong surface... driver won't notice the number till they drive right pass it... Should've placed on the front AND rear side. or all three sides?
It Could have been a GraveMarker too you know. Granite was first used for headstones in the early 1800s. Some Granite Grave markers were Just Post Style Similar to what is in Video. So possible Somewhere near were this was taken from Could be a Graveyard that just got it's Grave Marker Stolen from.
Will this create a haunting?
@@oldtwinsna8347 it already has. On the next episode of This Old House Tommy comes in to do some ghost busting!
Nice job Would a cedar shim work just as well to level.
i would have chosen something else than those blue tapcon screws they also make stainless ones
I hate those things, half the time they strip out. Garbage.
still can't see it at night haha
The bottom hole he drilled went in super fast. Can you really drill granite that fast or was that part of the video sped up
Tap cons😂😂
Do better also them numbers are tiny
Before anyone does this. Check the laws in your area. Where I live, you can't put anything like that too close to the road, because it could kill someone if they hit it with their car. They made my neighbor change out their mailbox with one that was designed to break at the bottom.
Do you guys know how to raise a 100 year old wood frame cottage in Naples, FL. ?
The last hurricane flooded the town and we need to protect this historic cottage.
Thank you
If you're trying to beat the average flood level when the water comes in, I'd recommend finding a company that specializes in lifting and cribbing a house first so masons can come in and install piers for the house to rest on. It's not something I'd recommend a homeowner do
@@sethbrandenburg941 thank you. Appreciate that
Mark needs to stick to throwing mud and laying brick. He is not a sculptor with the Dremel....hahahahaha
Wouldn’t it have been much simpler to just put a wedge or something at the bottom to make the sign level? Rather than modifying and grinding the old stone.
You aren't supposed to drive tapcons with impact drivers.
it will be fine. This is a sign, not structure.
@@justanotherguy8791 Yeah dude, but this is This Old House, its show to demo how to do stuff, and they should be doing it right.
I would have considered mounting the sign to a larger plate with room for the street numbers, a black plate with white numbers. That way the plate could have been mounted to the stone post, made plumb with shims from behind instead of milling out the stone. And the sign with numbers would be visually unified on the same panel. Much less effort, with better aesthetic effect. Such a beautiful piece of granite, shame to mar it any more than necessary. Who knows, the owner may want to repurpose it one day.
Im no expert at reading emotions, but I’m pretty sure he said with his face… JESUS CHRIST DONT DO THAT, DONT DESTROY THIS STONE, I DONT REALLY LIKE THE SIGN, MY WIFE DOES, I MIGHT WANT TO TAKE IT DOWN EVENTUALLY.
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Hey Mark, get a personality!
Geewiz, don’t you know how to talk without saying “uh”? 🙄🤔🙃
I would prefer the numbers next to each other