Attaching Wood Shutters To Vinyl Siding

Drill and attach to the mortar not to the brick.

Attaching wood shutters to vinyl siding.

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. 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. 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. To remove shutters do not attempt to pull out the shutter spikes.

How to hang shutters on vinyl siding attach the shutters may end standardsized vinyl and inch diagonally from the market. Grasp the shutter fastener supporting shank and push it through the shutter hold and into the wall surface. Measure the same distance upward from the bottom of your shutters and make a mark on your siding for the next screw. Measure the thickness of the lap on the siding.

Do not over tighten or this will cause the shutter to dimple. 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. Reposition the shutter on the wall. Also drill the hole in the siding 1 4 inch larger than the fastener.

If your shutters do not have holes for screws you should place them near the top of the sidebars. The second approach employs a vinyl spike. To avoid warping don t attach the shutters tightly. 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. You ll need a masonry bit and masonry wall anchors or suitable spikes if provided with shutters. Screws are used to attach outdoor shutters to wood vinyl and other soft siding. When the siding needs to expand it would become distorted in the middle since it would not be able to expand left or right due to being pinned at both ends.

Tap the shutter fastener gently with a hammer to snug the shutter against the siding.