Flagpole installation inSarasota, FL

Flagpoles in Sarasota

A design-conscious Gulf coast city with a bayfront downtown, an arts and college base, and three barrier islands in front of it. We cover Sarasota and the Sarasota County area, including downtown and Main Street, the Bayfront, the Rosemary District, St. Armands Circle, Lido Key, Siesta Key, Longboat Key, the Ringling campus and Sarasota Memorial.

Wind here. Sarasota sits in a Gulf coast waterfront area, which works out to roughly 150 mph under the code your town uses. That figure decides how wide and how thick the pole has to be, so we check it against your address before we quote. Sarasota takes design seriously and it shows in what people specify. The mid-century Sarasota School of Architecture is still the reference point for a lot of the building stock, so clients here ask for a pole that suits the building, which usually means an anodized finish rather than satin. The design wind speed sits right at the top of the published flag-flying range, and the two are not measured the same way, so we never treat a stock pole as a pass; the adopted figure is checked for the address and the shaft and footing follow from it. St. Armands, Lido, Siesta and Longboat are barrier islands with open Gulf in front and sand underneath, which means a higher figure than the mainland and a wider footing for the same pole. Salt reaches the mainland too, so stainless or bronze hardware is worth the difference anywhere near the water.

Most of the people who call us from Sarasota are arts and cultural institutions, colleges and schools, hotels and resorts, condominium and community associations, medical campuses, churches and waterfront restaurants.