We recommend customers only use the "conceal-mount" technique for installing a bronze plaque against a concrete or brick building or wall.

For decades, bronze foundries have given customers the opportunity to choose the method of mounting they prefer according to whether it was on a brick/concrete wall, wood-sided building, drywall, flag pole, etc. If it was for anything other than a brick/concrete wall, a foundry would drill holes through the front of the plaque so different types of screws or toggle bolts could be used for mounting.

We feel that providing customers with the option to screw in a plaque from the front is an open invitation for a thief to unscrew the plaque in a few minutes which is why "conceal mounting" is the only method we recommend.

The conceal mount installation includes creating a paper template outline of the reverse side of the plaque; marking on the paper where the holes are in the plaque; measuring, leveling and marking the drill holes in the surface of the building or wall; drilling slightly larger holes than the diameter of the threaded "studs" that will be screwed into the back of the plaque (see photo at left); hand-tightening the four threaded studs into the plaque; filling the drilled holes with industrial-grade epoxy; setting the plaque with the studs into the holes flush against the wall; and letting the epoxy set according to the manufacturer's directions.

When mounting a bronze plaque on a wood bench, the threaded studs will likely show through on the reverse side after drilling holes in the wood and installing the plaque so we recommend purposely "scoring" or stripping the ends of the exposed threaded studs with a metal file or hacksaw so the nuts can't be removed and the bronze plaque too easily removed.