Attaching Wood Shutters To Vinyl Siding

Measure the thickness of the lap on the siding.

Attaching wood shutters to vinyl siding.

There are two methods of installing vinyl exterior shutters. Using metal screws with painted heads is an alternate method to install exterior shutters on all types of siding stucco and masonry. Shutter inches in a lawn mower baseball hail damage or shutters wooden exterior shutters all i have or a pilot holes through the vinyl or carpentry skills consider adding shutters on the size of a inch larger than wood window. Measure the same distance upward from the bottom of your shutters and make a mark on your siding for the next screw.

If your shutters do not have holes for screws you should place them near the top of the sidebars. Tap the shutter fastener gently with a hammer to snug the shutter against the siding. To remove shutters do not attempt to pull out the shutter spikes. Do not over tighten or this will cause the shutter to dimple.

Grasp the shutter fastener supporting shank and push it through the shutter hold and into the wall surface. Most vinyl siding is made to imitate wood lap siding so the lap of the siding is measured at the bottom of the simulated wood panel where the real wood would overlap each other. The first uses non corrosive metal screws. To avoid warping don t attach the shutters tightly.

Use a drill with a multi purpose 11 64 inch bit to pre drill holes through the shutter for the screws at each reference mark. The shutters on the left of one window and the shutters on the right of the other would be attached to the same piece of siding which would then be pinned at both ends with screws. Approximately 5 inches from the shutter s top is an ideal location for screws. Also drill the hole in the siding 1 4 inch larger than the fastener.

Drill and attach to the mortar not to the brick. Step 3 add these two measurements together then add 1 2 inch. You ll need a masonry bit and masonry wall anchors or suitable spikes if provided with shutters. The second approach employs a vinyl spike.

How to hang shutters on vinyl siding attach the shutters may end standardsized vinyl and inch diagonally from the market.