West Coast Self-Storage — Kennewick, WA
Plumb Signs · Real-World Signage · Kennewick, WA
Two signs. One mobilization.
A face replacement, LED retrofit, and full repaint on the existing pylon — plus a brand-new 7′×46′ flex-face wall cabinet — for West Coast Self-Storage at 9501 W 10th Ave in Kennewick. Built in Tacoma, installed in the Tri-Cities on one trip across the Cascades.
Project Overview
West Coast Self-Storage operates self-storage properties up and down the West Coast under the West Coast Storage parent brand. The Kennewick facility at 9501 W 10th Avenue sits on a busy commercial corridor in the Tri-Cities, with two distinct identification needs: a road-facing pylon at the property entry that pre-dated the current brand standard, and a long building elevation along the property’s south side that needed a full-scale wall-mounted brand mark visible from a distance.
Plumb Signs delivered both as a single 2023 engagement out of our Tacoma shop. The existing pylon got new white lexan faces with current-brand vinyl overlay, an internal LED retrofit, and a full cabinet-and-pole repaint. A new 7-foot-tall × 46-foot-wide single-face flex-face cabinet was fabricated and installed on the south elevation of the storage building — 322 square feet of internally illuminated brand presentation, sized for the building and engineered to read at highway speed.
One site survey, one engineering package, two coordinated permit submittals to the City of Kennewick, one fabrication run, one install trip across the Cascades. The reason two assets on one property landed in the same week.
Project Snapshot
At a Glance
(West Coast Storage parent)
Kennewick, WA 99338
Four Views · Two Signs · Day & Night
Before, After, Daytime, After Dark
The pylon refresh told as before-and-after, the new 7′×46′ wall cabinet shown in property context and again after dusk — the read self-storage tenants actually see when they show up at 9 p.m. to grab something out of their unit.
Two Assets · One Engagement
What Got Built, What Got Refreshed
A face-and-LED refresh on the existing pylon at the property entry, and a brand-new flex-face wall cabinet on the south building elevation. Two distinct fabrication scopes, one site visit, one electrical commissioning.
- Faces: (2) 4′-0″ × 9′-0″ white lexan, current-brand vinyl overlay
- Illumination: White-LED retrofit modules (replaces legacy fluorescent / older-gen LED)
- Finish: Full cabinet & support pole repaint, current brand color, in-field application
- Re-use: Existing cabinet, pole, footings, electrical service, permit equity
- Result: Current-brand pylon at a fraction of a ground-up replacement
- Dimensions: 7′-0″ tall × 46′-0″ wide (~322 sq ft face area)
- Construction: Aluminum-framed single-face flex-face, tensioned vinyl with brand overlay
- Illumination: Internal white-LED bank, UL 48 listed assembly
- Mounting: Direct-to-building on the south elevation, structural anchors engineered for site
- Engineering: Plumb Signs shop drawings + licensed engineer of record stamp
Flex face is the right material once a cabinet face crosses about 10 feet on a side — rigid acrylic and polycarbonate panels at 7×46 scale tend to warp, sag, or crack under thermal cycling. Tensioned vinyl over an aluminum frame holds tight, takes paint and overlay graphics cleanly, and stays serviceable from the back.
Detail & Engineering
How the Wall Cabinet Got Permitted
A cabinet detail against the elevation, the engineered shop drawing that went to the City of Kennewick with the structural engineer’s stamp, and the aerial site plan locating both signs on the property. Click any tile for full-resolution.
Our Process
How a Two-Asset Program Lands in One Trip
Four phases — survey to commissioning — one shop.
Site Survey & Brand Match
Surveyed the existing pylon (cabinet, pole, footings, electrical), measured the south building elevation for the new cabinet, captured current West Coast Storage brand standards.
Engineering & City Permits
In-house shop drawings for both signs, structural engineer-of-record stamp on the wall cabinet load calc, two coordinated permit submittals to the City of Kennewick.
Refurb + New-Build in Tacoma
New lexan faces and white-LED retrofit modules staged for the pylon; aluminum cabinet welded, flex face tensioned, and white-LED bank wired for the new wall sign — bench-tested before the crate.
One Trip Across the Cascades
Existing wall signage removed, pylon faces swapped, LEDs retrofitted, cabinet and pole repainted in-field, new 7′×46′ cabinet hung and electrical commissioned — all on one Kennewick visit.
Service Area
Commercial Signage Across Eastern Washington
Plumb Signs is based in Tacoma and dispatches statewide for fabrication, installation, retrofit, and service. Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland are a regular travel corridor for us — the West Coast Self-Storage project on W 10th Avenue is part of a larger pattern of commercial signage work we ship east of the Cascades.
We design, fabricate, permit, and install across the South Sound, Eastern Washington, and the wider Pacific Northwest — pylon signs, monuments, illuminated cabinets, flex-face wall cabinets, channel letters, wayfinding, ADA-tactile, and full retrofit / service programs.
Frequently Asked
About LED Retrofits, Flex-Face Cabinets & This Project
Who built the West Coast Self-Storage signs in Kennewick?
What is an LED retrofit on an existing sign cabinet?
What is a single-face flex-face cabinet sign?
Why replace just the faces on the pylon instead of the whole sign?
How big is a 7-foot by 46-foot wall cabinet sign?
How does Plumb Signs handle structural engineering for sign permits?
Why does night illumination matter so much for a self-storage property?
Does Plumb Signs serve Kennewick and the Tri-Cities from Tacoma?
Refreshing one sign — or adding a new one alongside it?
Plumb Signs handles face replacements, LED retrofits, repaints, and full new-fabrication programs as one engagement. Tell us what’s at the property and what you’re trying to do — we’ll scope the whole package in one conversation.
