SwissAlpine service · Crans-Montana
Letterbox plaques — Crans-Montana
Letterbox, chalet and apartment plates for Crans-Montana, engraved in Switzerland.
Crans-Montana grew from two separate villages that merged, and the building stock shows it: traditional chalets sit next to sizeable apartment residences, sometimes on the same street. The two need different things. A chalet wants one name plate that will last twenty years; a residence wants a matched set of letterbox and doorbell plates, identical in font and size, that can be added to when a flat changes hands. We do both, and we keep your specification on file so a replacement five years later still matches.
Which material at this altitude
Above roughly 1,500 metres the sun is harsher and the freeze–thaw cycle runs most of the year. Two consequences. Black and coloured anodised aluminium loses depth faster here than on the Plateau, so we steer alpine orders towards natural silver anodising, brushed stainless steel or brass. And black acrylic, excellent indoors, becomes brittle outdoors under repeated frost — a screw hole intact in October can craze by spring. For an exterior plate at this altitude we fit brass or stainless steel, and nothing else.
Ordering from abroad
Residences here are usually run by a management company, and that is who should receive the parcel: a set of twelve plates delivered to an empty flat helps nobody. Give us the agency address at the order and we ship there, with your reference on the label so it reaches the right file.
Why owners here choose SwissPlaques
- Matched sets for apartment residences
- Specification kept on file for later replacements
- Chalet name plates in brass or stainless steel
Questions
Can you produce a matched set for an entire residence?
Yes, and it is cheaper per unit. Send the dimensions of one existing plate and the list of names; we produce the whole set to one specification and deliver it in a single parcel.
Will a replacement plate still match in five years?
Yes. We record material, finish, font and exact dimensions for every building we supply, and produce from that record rather than from a fresh measurement.