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How to fit a house number

Updated: 22 October 2026

The plaque or the digits are already chosen, and the box does not contain one universal kit. One listing includes a template and pegs. Another includes stainless-steel standoffs. A third tells you which film to leave on. A fourth is a peel-and-stick digit with no screws at all. This is how to fit a house number from the products in this set. The [house number comparison](/hub/garden-decor/house-number) is where the choice of product sits. No listing states a masonry bit size, so this page does not invent one. Stop if the wall is listed, or if anyone is talking about a mains cable.

The plaque or the digits are already chosen, and the box does not contain one universal kit. One listing includes a template and pegs. Another includes stainless-steel standoffs. A third tells you which film to leave on.

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Vicloon Vicloon self-adhesive silver digit 2

Best overall

Vicloon Vicloon self-adhesive silver digit 2
9.4/10about £3.49
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Badgemaster Badgemaster anthracite house plaque

Rank 2

Badgemaster Badgemaster anthracite house plaque
9.4/10about £9.99
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K Smart Sign K Smart Sign Exalted floating house plaque

Rank 3

K Smart Sign K Smart Sign Exalted floating house plaque
9.0/10about £7.99
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On this page
  1. 1.Template, plugs, and screws
  2. 2.Standoffs and push-on pegs
  3. 3.The film on a Perspex plaque
  4. 4.Adhesive digits

Template, plugs, and screws

If the plaque has holes, or a paper template, the first job is the marks, not the drill. The floating Exalted composite, B08LVTFS7N, includes instructions, a fitting kit, and a template. Hold the template where the number faces the road, check it is level, and mark through it. UK reviews call those instructions helpful. They also say the finished board only pushes onto the mounts. On the Perspex plaque, one UK review judged the supplied plugs a poor match for brick. The EDSG slate is pre-drilled and does not list a fixing kit. One review found a hole that was not fully drilled. If that hole is incomplete, stop and ask the seller.

Standoffs and push-on pegs

Standoffs hold the face off the wall on a metal barrel. The Badgemaster plaque, B0D2HPJ9ZF, at £9.99, states stainless-steel standoffs and screws, and reviews mention a mounting guide. The title says a centred horizontal line. One UK review says the numbers were not exactly central, which you will see before the holes go in. On B08LVTFS7N the sign pushes onto the mounts, and one reviewer thought it could be lifted off. Hidden fittings look tidy. They lock less well than a screw through a standoff if someone can reach the board. The solar listings are a third case. B0CX1VRR9S says snap-on fixings for the plaque. The shared reviews say the lamp itself is on a sticky pad. That pad belongs on the solar house number light page.
Vicloon Vicloon self-adhesive silver digit 2

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Vicloon Vicloon self-adhesive silver digit 2
9.4/10about £3.49
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The film on a Perspex plaque

On B016OW4O0E the listing is specific. Do not peel the film on the acrylic. The film on the steel back-plate can be peeled to show the back-plate colour. Buyers who treat every film as packaging will take the face off the product the seller told them to leave. Follow the peel instruction in the bullet. The Bellisima film is a different object. Reviews say a hairdryer loosened it. That step is not permission to peel the Perspex face.

Adhesive digits

The Vicloon digits fix with the pad on the back. Peel the film and stick. There are no screws in the bullets. The silver digit, B0B515RNRQ, is one piece. The black digit, B0BGHBPPT7, has a piece count of 2. Both are about 76 mm long. You get one serious attempt. Mark a light level line, hold the digit against it without peeling, then peel and press. Rough brick is the surface to refuse. The silver listing asks whether the digit sticks on brick and does not answer. If you have not chosen the face yet, go back to the house number buying guide.

Common questions

What do I do with the template?
You use it to mark the holes before you drill. On the floating composite, B08LVTFS7N, the template is in the box with the fitting kit and the instructions. Level it, mark through it, and then fit the mounts the kit actually contains. A template from one plaque does not mark the holes for a different plaque. The Badgemaster reviews mention a separate mounting guide for the standoffs.
Which film do I peel on the Perspex plaque?
On B016OW4O0E you peel only the film on the steel back-plate. The film on the acrylic stays. The listing says the back-plate film comes off to show the back-plate colour. The Bellisima laser-cut plaques are the opposite problem: their protective film is hard to peel, and UK reviews used a hairdryer. Do not use that hairdryer step as a reason to strip the Perspex face.
Will the supplied rawlplugs hold in brick?
Not on the evidence of one Perspex review, which found the screws and rawlplugs a poor match for brick. The Paramount sample includes screw heads that were too large, later replaced by the seller. If the plugs spin in the hole or the render is weak, stop. This page does not name a drill bit, because these listings do not print one.
How do standoffs differ from push-on pegs?
Standoffs, as listed with the Badgemaster plaque, are stainless-steel barrels and screws that hold the face off the wall. Push-on pegs, as reviewed on the Exalted composite, let the board push onto the mounts, and one reviewer thought the board could be lifted off. Hidden fittings look cleaner. They lock less well if someone can reach the plaque.
Can I stick a digit straight onto rough brick?
The silver Vicloon listing asks the question and does not answer it. Reviews describe glass, and the black digit also describes PVC and an outside fence, not a textured brick face. That is a reason to use a smooth face, or a screwed plaque, instead of hoping the pad fills the pits in the brick.
When should I stop and call someone?
Stop for a listed wall, a cavity or a metal post you cannot specify, or any mains lighting. Class 2A is not permission to drill a listed building. Stop if the supplied plugs are spinning in brick, if a slate hole is not fully drilled and you would be forcing a 4–6 mm stone, or if the job has turned into wiring.

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Sources

Advertisement consent, numeral size and numbering powers are from the UK sources below. amazon.co.uk prices, stars and review counts are the twelve listings in this comparison. This is not a laboratory test.

  1. Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007, Schedule 3, Class 2A (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  2. Planning Portal, adverts and signs (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  3. GOV.UK, advertisements (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  4. Department for Transport Circular 3/93, Appendix C (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  5. Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847, section 64 (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  6. Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations 1984, Schedule 4 (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  7. Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, regulation 28 (retrieved 22 October 2026)
  8. Consumer Rights Act 2015 (retrieved 22 October 2026)