9-1-1 SIGN PUT UP

We will probably have the new house teaser tomorrow, it's been crazy busy and I didn't finish the post.

But in the spirit of updates on the new house, here is one of the recent things we had to do; we had to get an address sign put up.  Not just any address sigh, we have our number on both sides of our mailbox...but this is something different:

We must have a 9-1-1 sign to be exact.

Since we are rural, the emergency services for our county wants all homes to have a reflective sign posted at the entrance to their property.  It's highly reflective and can be seen during the day and at night in the event of police/fire/medical emergency.  Our builder, and indeed all subcontractors, also require it to be put up in case of an emergency on the site.

Our house number is blocked out here for privacy reasons of course, but it has huge, reflective white numbers.  You order the sign from the county ($25) but what they don't give you when you pick it up, are any sort of mounting brackets (?!).  There is one hole on each end, but the sign is horizontal, and it's supposed to be on your mailbox post (which is vertical).  They don't allow them to be mounted sideways and that wouldn't work any because the you couldn't see both sides.  After some research, we found that you need to use what is called a "wing bracket" (hey, we learned something new, ha).

I ordered it and got it put up.  Dad always told me, if you have the right tools, you can do anything.  He left me a LOT of tools, ha, so I grabbed what I needed from the barn, some deck screws (weatherproof), hex head bit, drill bit, cordless drill, etc and headed to the mailbox to get it done.

I got the bracket up first (using deck screws so it'll last as long as possible).  After that, you just slide in the sign and use a hex bit to turn screws that hold it in place, tightening the sign.

And just like that, our sign is up, and we are compliant with the county (and the builder).

One more step on the journey!