HARDWARE OPTIONS FOR OUR ANGLE FLAGS(tm)

2.) If you want to use your Basic Hardware in a location where you cannot use a corner-tie, for example above a door, we have a set-up that will enable you to do that. It’s another bracket with a short pole with a screw-eye in the end of it. The bracket angle and pole length are adjusted to position the screw-eye a little below the bottom inside corner of the flag, and then the corner of the flag is attached here instead of to the wall. This bottom-tie-rod costs $29 with either a wood pole or a fiberglass pole.

3.) Our Heavy-Duty Hardware has a welded-steel bracket, a steel pole, and a chain (instead of nylon-cord) corner-tie. This hardware is a good choice if you’re in an extremely windy spot or a spot where kids might pull on the flag and break a weaker bracket or pole. This set up costs $67 with lag bolts for mounting on wood and $70 with expansion anchors for mounting on masonry.

4.) Our Heavy-Duty Hardware with an extra-long pole and a bottom-tie-rod is a good choice if you plan to put your flag up high and leave it up all the time. By keeping your flag farther away from the building and making it more stable, it makes it last longer. This set up is similar to our regular Heavy-Duty Hardware but the pole is one foot longer; and, instead of a corner-tie, a second bracket holds a rod to which you tie the bottom inside corner. This costs $129 with lag bolts for mounting on wood and $135 with expansion anchors for mounting on masonry.

5.) We have hardware for canopies and booths of all kinds for use at craft shows, trade shows, etc. Usually this costs $39.

6.) We make custom hardware for special situations.

If you have questions about hardware,
please don’t hesitate to phone (800-338-0359) or email (bisgrove@bisgrove.com).

HARDWARE PRICES

USING OUR HARDWARE
(POLE, BRACKET, AND CORNER-TIE)

1.) The first thing to do is to decide where to put your flag. Keep in mind that a spot with more shade and less wind will make your flag last longer. Make sure that the flag will not rub or scrape on anything sharp or rough. Keep in mind that the flag will hang a foot or so below the bracket and that the corner-tie attaches about 40" below the bracket for a Large Angle Flag and about 28" below for a Small.

2.) To mount your flag on the pole, simply slide the pole through the sleeve on the flag. Then put the leather tab in the top of the sleeve over the screw on the top of the pole. If you have a Large Angle Flag, your pole must be 6’ long. The flag will fit on a shorter pole, but it will be too close to the building and will probably wear prematurely. A Small Angle Flag uses a 4’ pole.

3.) Mount the bracket on the wall. If the surface you mount the bracket on is not exactly vertical (like clapboards), then the flag will not hang straight the way it should. If you have an adjustable bracket, you sometimes can adjust the bracket to a different notch to compensate for this. If that doesn't work, then just shim with washers between the bracket and the wall to make the flag hang straight.

4.) Put the pole with the flag on it in the bracket. Make sure the flag hangs straight. If it doesn't, then you'll need to go back and adjust as described in step 3. When the flag is straight, if you have an adjustable bracket, tighten the nut that holds the bracket together with a wrench.

4a.) If you have a heavy duty bracket, your pole should have an 11/32" hole in it 2 1/2" from the bottom. A 1 1/2"x 5/16" hex cap screw goes through the bracket and pole to keep the pole from twisting in the bracket.

5.) The screw-eye for attaching the anti-tangle corner-tie should be put in the wall below the bottom edge of the flag. It should be positioned so that there is as little slack as possible in the tie (as low as you can without pulling the flag). The fishing-swivel end of the corner-tie attaches to the flag. The brass snap-swivel end attaches to the screw-eye. Do not shorten the tie--if you do, it will not work properly because the pull of the tie needs to be down toward the ground more than in toward the wall. The tie should be 33" for a Large Angle Flag and 22" for a Small.

6.) If you are going to mount your bracket on masonry (brick, cement, etc.), you should use masonry expansion-sleeve-anchors rather than lag shields. Shields loosen up after a while. We have the proper anchors and instructions for using them. (When people are buying hardware, we try to ask what surface they are mounting on so we can give them the proper anchors with their order, but it doesn't always happen.)

7.) If you want to mount your bracket in a location where you cannot use a corner-tie, for example above a door, we have a set-up that will enable you to do that. It's another bracket with a short pole with a screw-eye in the end of it. The bracket angle and pole length are adjusted to position the screw-eye a little below the bottom inside corner of the flag, and then the corner of the flag is attached here instead of to the wall.

8.) If you have a special situation and you have a problem mounting your hardware, please don't hesitate to phone (800-338-0359) or email (bisgrove@bisgrove.com). We may have seen your situation before and have an answer for you.

MOUNTING BRACKETS ON MASONARY

2.) Mark one of the holes and drill the proper size hole for the anchor you're using. (The anchors we supply for adjustable brackets use a 5/16" hole. Those for our heavy-duty hardware use a 3/8" hole. The plastic shield we supply for the corner-tie screw-eye uses a 5/16" hole.)

3.) Position the bracket over the hole. Put the anchor through the bracket and into the hole. Tighten the nut.

4.) Make sure the bracket is level. Next drill the hole diagonally across from the first hole. (Drill into the masonry through the hole in the bracket.)

5.) Put the anchor in the second hole and tighten the nut.

6.) Drill the remaining two holes, put the anchors in, and tighten the nuts.

7.) One at a time, remove each nut, put a lock washer under it, and then retighten.

8.) Check for level. The tube on a bracket for an angle flag should be at a 45 degree angle. A bottom-tie-rod should be horizontal. If necessary, loosen the nuts and put washers behind the bracket to shim it to level.

NOTE: If you don't have a hammer-drill or a rotary-hammer, you'll find it very helpful to borrow or rent one. You can drill into masonry with an ordinary drill with a masonry bit, but it is time consuming and hard. The right drill makes drilling into masonry as easy as drilling into wood. Taylor Rental and other such places usually rent hammer drills and rotary hammers.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, please don't hesitate to phone (800-338-0359) or email (bisgrove@bisgrove.com). The person to talk with is Mark Bisgrove.

USING YOUR OWN (NON-BISGROVE) HARDWARE

2.) An Angle Flag(tm) is made to be used with a corner tie to keep it from wrapping around the pole in the wind. The tie for a large should be 33" long. For a small, it should be 22" long. If you use a shorter tie it will not work properly because the pull of the tie needs to be down toward the ground rather than in toward the wall. The screw-eye for attaching the tie to the wall should be positioned so that there is as little slack as possible in the tie (as low as you can without pulling the flag).

3.) To make your flag hang straight, your bracket needs to be at a 45-degree angle. If the surface your bracket is mounted on is not exactly vertical (like clapboards), you may have to put washers as shims between the bracket and the wall. If you have an adjustable bracket, you may find that you have to tighten the wingnut on your bracket with pliers or a wrench in order to keep the bracket at a 45-degree angle.

4.) If your bracket is mounted in a location where you cannot use a corner-tie, for example above a door, we have a set-up you can use. It's another bracket with a short pole with a screw eye in the end of it. The bracket angle and pole length are adjusted to position the screw eye a little below the bottom inside corner of the flag, and then the corner of the flag is attached here instead of to the wall.

5.) If you have a special situation, and you have a problem, please don't hesitate to call. We may have seen your situation before and have an answer for you.

USING OUR FLAGS WITH GROMMETS
(Our Angle Flags(tm) used to attach to the pole with screws thru grommets.)

For our Angle Flags(tm), you need a set of 3 plastic attachers (listed in price list above).

For each attacher, the steps are:

• Slide the attacher over the pole.
• Remove the screw from the attacher.
• Position the grommet that’s in the flag over the screw hole in the attacher.
• Put the screw through the grommet and screw it into the attacher.
• Tighten the screw until it clamps down on the pole.
• Finish tightening the screw with a screw driver so that it doesn’t come loose.  The screw just needs to be a little more than finger-tight.

 To attach a flag with the attachers:

• First, attach the top grommet to the pole (as described above).
• Second, attach the middle grommet (if your flag has one) but don’t tighten the screw all the way—just get it started.
• Third, pull the bottom of the flag taught and attach the bottom grommet to the pole.
• Fourth, if your flag has a middle grommet, finish tightening the screw.

SLEEVE CONVERSION INSTRUCTIONS
(ADDING A SCREW TO A POLE IN ORDER TOBE ABLE TO USE A FLAG WITH A SLEEVE)

2.) Drill a 1/8" hole in the pole in the location where the screw is to go.

3.) Screw in the screw until approximately 1/4" of stem remains outside the pole.

USING OUR CANOPY-HARDWARE

2.) Mount the bent-pipe-bracket on the leg of your canopy using two hose clamps. The easiest way to do this is to put one of the clamps around the leg of your canopy, then put the long end of the pipe-bracket through the clamp, and then finish tightening this first clamp. Next put on the second clamp. One hose clamp should be near the bottom of the pipe-bracket, and the other should be about 6" higher. The purpose of the small hose clamps which we attach to the pipe-bracket is to help prevent the pipe-bracket from twisting in windy situations. The pipe-bracket should be positioned with the flat raised screw part of the clamps against the leg of your canopy. These small clamps can be repositioned if you need to in order to accomodate odd mounting situations. They can also be removed completely if you find that you don't need them.

3.) Put the flag pole in the bracket with the leather tab on top and without the flag twisted around the pole.

4.) Attach the corner-tie (the end with the fishing swivel) to the grommet in the bottom inside corner of your flag. Put the ball-bungee around the leg of your canopy and attach the corner tie to it. The bungee should be positioned so that there is as little slack as possible in the tie (as low as you can without pulling the flag). Do not shorten the tie. If you do, it will not work properly because the pull of the tie needs to be down toward the ground more than in toward the leg.

5.) If you have a special situation or you have a problem mounting your hardware, please don't hesitate to call. We may have seen your situation before and have an answer for you.

CONTENTS OF CANOPY HARDWARE KIT:
--1 pole with finial - fiberglass (white) or wood (natural wood color) - 4-foot or 6-foot
--1 bent-pipe-bracket
--2 #36 hose-clamps*
--1 nut-driver
--1 ball-bungee
--1 corner-tie
--1 "Using our Canopy-Hardware" sheet.

* We supply #36 clamps because they work on all sizes of canopy legs from large to small. If your canopy has small legs, you could use smaller clamps. This would save you time in tightening the clamps and also would make your set-up look neater by eliminating the excess hose clamp sticking out. Smaller clamps are available at any hardware store and cost less than $1.00 each.

USING A BOTTOM-TIE-ROD
(Instead of a Corner-Tie)

2.) Attach one fishing-snap to the flag and the other to the screw-eye. Then tie off the string, leaving very little slack. Finally, put clear fingernail polish or glue on the end of the string and the knot you've made.

3.) If you have a problem, please don't hesitate to phone (800-338-0359) or email (bisgrove@bisgrove.com).

BISGROVE DESIGNS • Master Flagmakers(tm) • 800-338-0359 • Fax 978-465-0309
http://www.bisgrove.com  •  bisgrove@bisgrove.com

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Last updated 29 June 2005