Sidewalk / A-Frame Insert

Sidewalk / A-Frame Insert — made to your size in a choice of 2 fabrics, from 60gsm to 190gsm.

Promotional banners are the everyday workhorse — short campaigns, quick turnarounds, and a need to look sharp for as long as the offer runs and no longer.

This product is offered across more than one fabric because the right answer depends on where the panel is going and how long it needs to last. The table below sets every option side by side on the specifications that actually decide the choice — weight, opacity, finish and weather behaviour — so you can compare them directly rather than opening a page for each one.

Best for

• Storefront and sale-header banners
• Hanging ceiling banners
• Retail promotional walls
• Sidewalk and A-frame inserts
• Feather and forecourt promo flags

Fabric options compared

Which fabric should you choose?

• 300D WP Stain-Resistant — A polyurethane-backed weave for the jobs that live outside through whatever the season brings.
• 60gsm WP 210T — A light coated cloth with an opaque core — weather protection without the weight of a tarpaulin.

Key advantages

• One product, 2 fabric specifications — compare and choose without leaving the page
• Polyurethane back coating stops rain passing through the weave
• Coated surface resists dirt pickup and wipes down between installations
• Added opacity keeps colour dense and stops light washing the artwork out
• Substantially longer outdoor service than uncoated knits and light wovens

Choosing the right specification

Buy for the campaign, not for the decade. If the offer runs six weeks, a light knit does the job at the lowest cost and stores flat for reuse next season. Save the coated wovens for anything going up permanently. If you rotate messaging often, consider a frame system with interchangeable fabric skins — the frame is the capital cost, the graphics are cheap.

How ordering works

• Send your artwork — Upload print-ready artwork at any stage — we check scale, resolution and bleed before anything goes to press and come back to you if something needs adjusting.
• Made to your size — Every panel is cut and finished to your dimensions. Tell us the finished size you need and how it is being fixed, and we will allow for hems and fixings correctly.
• Printed by dye-sublimation — Colour is transferred into the polyester fibre under heat, so the image becomes part of the cloth rather than a layer sitting on top of it.
• Finished and shipped — Hems, eyelets, pole pockets, silicone edge and other finishing are applied before your order is folded, boxed and dispatched worldwide.

Related specifications

Closely related products in this range include Everyday Promo Banner (115gsm Knit), Retail Promo Wall Banner, Hanging Ceiling Banner, and 2 more. They share this fabric and finish, so the choice comes down to format and size.

Technical detail

How water resistance is measured. Resistance to water penetration is quoted as hydrostatic head in millimetres and tested under AATCC 127 in the United States, or the equivalent ISO 811 in Europe. Pressure is raised at a constant rate against the fabric until three points of leakage appear, and the height of the water column at that moment is the rating. A polyurethane coating applied at 80-120 g/m² typically delivers 1,200 mm or more, and 600D PU-coated constructions of this type usually sit in the 1,200-1,500 mm band. These are typical figures for the construction rather than a measured result for your specific roll — ask us if you need a tested value for an order.

What to expect from service life. Indoors and out of direct sun, printed polyester holds its appearance for five years or more. Outdoors, published ranges for dye-sublimated polyester run from roughly six to twenty-four months depending on how exposed the position is, with the shorter end applying in high-ultraviolet regions such as the Southwest, Florida and the Gulf Coast, and in coastal or high-wind locations. Sheltered and north-facing installations reach the longer end. Coated and tarpaulin-grade constructions extend beyond that band because the coating carries the UV load.

Best suited to

Long-term outdoor installations that live through the weather — fence banners, building and scaffold wraps, café barriers and outdoor table covers.

Also in this range

For indoor décor and soft draping, our knit and satin ranges give a softer hand; for the longest outdoor service, see our tarpaulin range.

Not sure which fabric is right? Order a free swatch pack and see the weight, texture and finish in your own hands before you commit to a full run.