House number template
Print house numbers at a true height, 5 to 30 cm, to trace and paint on a door or gate, or cut out for a wheelie bin. Free printable A4 PDF.
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2 characters, 10 cm tall, on one sheet
Outlines to trace onto the surface and paint inside. Spaced as the lettering sets them, the whole thing is about 18 cm wide.
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House number template
A house number template is a printed number at an exact height that you trace onto a door, gate or bin and paint, or cut out and stick on. This tool prints any number or short name from 5 to 30 cm tall, one character to a piece, with a baseline and centre line for lining it up.
Last reviewed 3 October 2026
How to make it
- 1Type the number or a short name, up to 14 characters, and choose the height of the numerals, from 5 to 30 cm.
- 2Choose outline to trace and paint, or solid to cut out and stick on, and a classic or rounded style.
- 3Press Make it, print at 100% and check the height with a ruler: the baseline and the top line on each piece are exactly the height you chose.
How it prints
Every character prints as its own piece at the height you choose, measured the way you would check it with a ruler: from the bottom to the top of a numeral or a capital letter. Each piece has a solid baseline and a fainter top line exactly that height apart, and a dashed line through the middle of the character. Use the baseline to set every character on the same level and the centre line to space them evenly; the numbers are drawn as shapes, not typed text, so they print crisply at any size. Pieces share a sheet where they fit; a character too big for the printable part of a sheet, such as any 30 cm numeral, prints across two or more sheets with a 1 cm glue strip.
The outline style is a trace template, not a cut stencil. The holes in 0, 4, 6, 8, 9 and A are closed shapes, so if you cut the outline out the middles would fall away. Instead, tape the sheet in place, slip carbon or graphite paper underneath, or rub soft pencil on the back, and trace along the inside edge of the line, then paint inside the traced shape. The solid style prints filled characters in black or a colour to cut round and stick on, which suits a wheelie bin or a shed door under clear tape, or a temporary number while you wait for a proper plaque.
Questions people ask
What size should house numbers be?
For a front door, 7.5 to 10 cm numbers are usual and read from the pavement. On a gate, a fence or a house seen from the road, 15 cm or more helps, especially for delivery drivers and emergency services at night. Wheelie bin numbers are usually 15 to 20 cm, and garage doors can take 25 to 30 cm.
Is this a stencil?
No. The outline style is a trace template. A true cut stencil needs small bridges to hold the middles of 0, 4, 6, 8, 9 and A in place, and these numbers do not have them. Trace round the outline and paint inside it, or print the solid style and cut it out to stick on.
What paint should I use for a door or gate number?
Use exterior paint made for the surface: exterior gloss or satinwood on a painted wooden door, a paint for metal on a metal gate, and a masonry paint on render or brick. A small artist's brush gives the cleanest edge. Two thin coats look better than one thick one, and low-tack masking tape along the straight edges keeps them sharp.
How do I put a number on a wheelie bin?
Clean the bin with warm soapy water and let it dry. Print the solid style, cut the numbers out and stick them on, then cover them with wide clear packing tape or sticky-back plastic, overlapping the edges by a couple of centimetres. For a permanent number, trace the outline and paint it with a paint made for plastic.
How far apart should the numbers be?
Space them by eye using the dashed centre lines, leaving roughly a quarter to a third of the height between characters. The tool's summary gives the width of the whole number as the lettering would set it, which helps you check it fits before you start.
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