Wood Shutters On Vinyl Siding

You ll need a masonry bit and masonry wall anchors or suitable spikes if provided with shutters.

Wood shutters on vinyl siding.

More importantly they need to be anchored into something solid behind the vinyl siding. In addition the screws would penetrate the moisture barrier. You do want to be careful not to squish the siding because remember the siding is somewhat soft. Louvered vinyl exterior shutters pair in 002 black builders edge decorative 15 in.

And most of the shutter companies will sell those as part of the shutter too so you certainly can do that. Spikes are designed to secure shutters to masonry brick stucco hardboard or other hard surfaces. Louvered vinyl exterior shutters pair in 002 black actual 14 5 in. There are two methods of installing vinyl exterior shutters.

I prefer them to vinyl shutters and would like to reuse them. Builders edge decorative 15 in. Also drill the hole in the siding 1 4 inch larger than the fastener. The second approach employs a vinyl spike.

The shutters would need to be screwed to the plywood sheathing but may sag in time because of the weight of the shutter. The builder discourages this for several reasons. The first uses non corrosive metal screws. Screws are used to attach outdoor shutters to wood vinyl and other soft siding.

Cedar or pine is very common in shutters and is light which presents no problem. 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. These fasteners can be metal screws or plastic shutter fasteners that are suitable for clamping exterior shutters to a variety of wall surfaces wood aluminum vinyl stucco hardboard brick or masonry. X 54 75 in are designed with a deep wood grain texture for the appearance of wood shutters without the maintenance worries of wood.

Vinyl siding expands and contracts with the weather. Step 3 add these two measurements together then add 1 2 inch. I have seen shutters constructed of composite materials that can be fairly heavy and thus you may want to go to a 12 and or add more of them. 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 avoid warping don t attach the shutters tightly. Vinyl shutters which typically have a wood look are longer lasting but cannot serve as functional shutters to protect your windows. Also it would impede the vinyl siding from floating. And there are vinyl siding fasteners that are used in that situation so that you pierce the siding without causing a leak to happen.

All vinyl siding products when the appearance of the hardware that they need to put holes just removed if you are residing our home.