Housenumbers Limited - British Made, Always
Solid Brass Door Numbers - Stick on Fixing
Solid Brass Door Numbers - Stick on Fixing
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Beautiful solid brass door numbers in a stylish narrow art deco style, with self-adhesive fixings suitable for smooth flat surfaces.
Introductory offer, save £3 per number to celebrate our new numbers!
These modern door numbers are laser cut from 3mm solid brass with a brushed finish. The slender design of this font make these perfect for narrow areas on door panels or on door frames. Each number is 100mm high. The widest digit is 26mm wide making these numbers the most slender numbers on our site, with any pair of door numbers from this range easily fitting into an 80mm wide panel.
Brass is a beautiful and durable alloy, but it naturally oxidizes over time when exposed to air and moisture. The numbers will stay looking like the pictures if you install them on interior doors or walls. In external conditions, to ensure your brass house numbers retain their shine and continue to look their best, regular care and cleaning are essential.
However, you may decide to allow your brass house numbers to build up a natural patina over time. Your order will be delivered with full care instructions to follow to keep your number bright if you would like to avoid patina, as well as installation instructions.
Please contact us about custom orders in this beautiful brass material.
Here are some simple steps to help maintain the finish of brass house numbers, and a detailed care sheet will be shipped with your order:
1. Regular Cleaning
- Frequency: Clean your brass house numbers every 1-3 months, depending on your local climatic conditions and exposure to elements. For example, more frequent cleaning will be needed if you live on the coast.
- Cleaning Solution: Use a soft, lint-free cloth and a gentle cleaning solution made from warm water and mild dish soap. Avoid harsh chemicals or abrasive cleaners, as they can damage the brass surface.
- Procedure: Dampen the cloth with the cleaning solution, gently wipe the surface in the direction of the grained finish, and then dry with a clean, dry cloth to avoid water spots.
2. Remove Tarnish Promptly
- Brass naturally tarnishes over time, forming a patina (a darker, oxidized surface). If you prefer to maintain the shiny finish, use a brass polish such as Brasso, which is readily available from many outlets. Apply with a soft cloth, polish in line with the linear finish on the surface of your house number, then buff with a clean, dry cloth.
3. Avoid Abrasive Materials
- Avoid using rough sponges, scouring pads, or steel wool when cleaning your brass house numbers. These materials will scratch the surface and lead to further oxidation.
- Stick to soft cloths or microfiber towels for cleaning and polishing.
4. Protect the Surface
- Regular polishing: This will protect the finished surface and keep it bright (see Tarnish, above).
- Waxing Option: Some people prefer to apply a thin layer of car wax or lanolin, which creates a protective barrier against the elements.
- If using Lanolin: Apply the cream evenly across the metal parts you wish to protect. Allow the lanolin cream to cure completely, which may take up to a week. Regularly reapply the lanolin cream to maintain the protective barrier, especially in high-moisture environments or areas exposed to salt.
- Do this after installation has been carried out to avoid the wax or lanolin impacting the fixing tape.
If you would prefer a low maintenance material then our range of stainless steel numbers require very little care to keep the silver colour bright.
About Us
About Us
Housenumbers Limited is a family run e-commerce business based in Dorset.
The company was established in 2005 by Katherine & Charles Ellis, after their family failed to find a house number they loved for a new house extension. Our circular number, which now forms part of our logo, was admired by friends and neighbours to such an extent that the business just took off from word of mouth recommendations. It is now run day to day by daughter Josie and workshop manager Rian, with Katherine and Charles still on board, plus their small and dedicated team.
Managing Director Josie keeps the place running day to day, looks after our corporate customers, finances, website & marketing.
Director & founder Charles designs all of our products, & is our CAD & electronics expert.
Director & founder Katherine assists during busy periods and helps with accounting.
Rian joined the team in 2023 as an assistant, and was soon promoted to be our workshop manager. Rian organises our workshop schedule and the manufacture of our bespoke signs, plus works on the technical design of new products with Charles.
Becky is our workshop assistant, and helps with the manufacture of our products. She can also found in our order packing & dispatch room, assisting with shipping orders.
Sarah is our packing and dispatch assistant, and newest team member, who makes sure that each order is perfectly packaged and meets our high quality control standards.
Gary is our expert metal worker who hand finishes all our stainless steel orders.
And finally Margot the family dog, who is often on site to welcome our postman and couriers!
We believe in supporting British jobs and manufacturing, which is why all our products are designed and hand finished in-house, after being laser cut here in the UK! We also believe in offering outstanding customer care and every order is important to us, from each online retail order to large scale corporate orders for new-build estates, and every beautiful bespoke sign in between; we will make sure you are delivered a high quality service and product. Twice a month we batch-produce bespoke signage to our customers' specific requirements, and we specialise in helping you create something truly unique for your home. Please click here to contact us about our bespoke design services.
Please do contact us using the form below if you have a custom request or question for us and we will get back to you as soon as possible!
British Made
British Made
We have always manufactured here in Dorset, and use a handful of other UK based suppliers from up and down the country, our new workshop and office are located in Sixpenny Handley Dorset.
The primary part of our manufacturing process is laser cutting, and we have British based stainless-steel suppliers who cut our metal parts for us on state-of-the-art laser cutters. We also have our own laser cutter for all our acrylic products which are made entirely in house. We have been operating a waiting list for our beautiful custom items for the last 10 years due to popular demand.
When a bespoke house name arrives on site after laser cutting, we hand finish the item using our finishing tools to make sure that the surface is flawless, and to remove any metal burs from the edges and letters meaning there is no chance of sharp edges. We then use our welding tools to add welded fixings. Our metal fixing systems are unique to Housenumbers Limited - you can't buy them off the shelf anywhere else! We have a variety of spot-welded fixings which are selected based on the type of material you are fixing into, such as wood, brick or cladding.
Finally, some of the stainless-steel house names will be taken to our local powder coaters in a nearby town for matt or gloss custom coloured finishes to be added. The most popular are black and anthracite grey, but you can give us a custom RAL number if you are trying to match an architectural feature on your home!
We source quality LED modules and IP rated hardwire drivers from our long term trusted suppliers in China, who quality control check every item to ensure the highest electrical standards are met. We allocate every electrical order to a batch number to ensure that we can always trace your order details, and that replacement parts can be supplied to you further down the line when needed in exactly the same spec.
Our workshop team operate in a stunning converted barn that houses our laser cutter, welding bay, finishing benches and stock, with an equally lovely office space for our admin and packing team to process and dispatch your orders. We dispatch using Royal Mail for most of our orders and DHL for our bespoke signs.
You can read all about how we try to minimise our environmental impact in our sustainability statement, but we truly believe that the biggest impact we have is by making products you won’t need to replace right here in the UK!
Instructions
Instructions
Please select the type of instruction you require from the list.
A copy of the correct instructions will be included in your order, so please make sure to reference the included physical print out instructions with your delivery, before beginning installation.
Self-Adhesive Fixings - Stainless steel and Acrylic stick on numbers.
Acrylic numbers and acrylic signs with stand-off fixings.
Hidden Fixings for Masonry or brickwork
Hidden fixings for Wood
95mm numbers will have a 12mm fixings (like the file download)
150mm numbers will have a 16mm fixing
250mm numbers will have a 20mm fixing
If you are looking for LED instructions please contact us with the product details, as each LED product size, material & connection type has a unique instruction.
Quality you can trust...
Our numbers and signs have been installed on countless architect builds, have been featured on homes from Channel 4s 'Grand Designs', and we supply 1000s of numbers a year to new build sites up and down the country.