Outdoor advertising
Neon signs and decorations
Flexible neon follows any line — warm, living light for facades, windows and seasonal decor.
At a glance
- Any shape or script
- Warm, steady glow
- Low power draw
- Indoor and outdoor versions
About this solution
Outdoor neon is the line of light that draws rather than lights: the outline of a terrace, lettering on a facade, the shape of a logo on a dark wall, the garlands of a holiday display. Unlike a lightbox or lit letters it has no surface — only the line — so it reads as a drawing made in light, with the glowing-tube look of classic neon.
It is made from flexible LED neon in a sealed silicone profile rather than glass gas tube: the same continuous, warm line, but at low voltage, with no glass to break and far lower consumption. Outdoors the profile is chosen with a protection rating against rain and dust, the ends are sealed, and the power supplies go in outdoor enclosures or inside the building, with the cable through a single wall penetration. The drawing mounts on acrylic or composite backing cut to its outline, or directly on the facade in clips.
Outdoors, what separates good work from poor is sealing and fixing. An unsealed end lets water into the profile and the line starts flickering in sections. Clips go on close together — closer still on bends — because the profile expands in heat and shrinks in frost, and a sparsely fixed line drifts out of the drawing. Colour is chosen for the night, not the showroom: on a lit street a warm white neon disappears where a red or blue one is seen.
Outdoor neon is almost always made as part of a larger job — a facade, a terrace, the fit-out of a venue or a building's seasonal decoration — where it is installed with the rest and fed from the same board. At the design stage what matters is the weight of the line, because a thin typeface cannot be rendered in neon below a certain size, the total length on one power supply, and the cable route, which on a facade has to disappear.
Frequently asked questions
All frequently asked questionsDoes neon stand up to rain and frost?
Outdoor LED neon does, if the profile carries an outdoor protection rating, the ends are sealed and the power supplies sit in an outdoor enclosure or inside the building. Silicone does not crack in frost; what has to be watched is that water cannot get in at the ends and that the line is clipped often enough not to pull away as it expands.
Is it real glass neon?
It is LED neon: a silicone profile with LEDs inside, giving the same continuous, warm line as a glass tube. Outdoors that difference matters more than indoors: it does not break in hail or from a knock, runs at low voltage and uses far less power over a whole night.
Can it be mounted directly on the facade?
Yes, in clips, on render, composite or timber, with the cable through a single penetration to the inside. For a complicated drawing, or a facade that cannot be drilled, the neon goes on a backing of clear acrylic or composite cut to the outline, which is then fixed at a few points.
What should I send for a quote?
The drawing or the text, the width you want, a photograph of the place — by day and, if possible, by night, to see how lit the street is — and whether the neon is part of a larger job, such as a facade or a terrace. From the drawing we measure the length of the line, and the photograph shows which colour will be seen.
Send a request
Your project starts here.
Tell us what you need, and we’ll put together a tailored quote.