Attaching Shutters To Brick

How to install shutters on a brick house overview.

Attaching shutters to brick. How to install shutters on brick decide where to drill. With the 11 64 inch pilot holes drilled. Measure 3 inches above the top edge of the windows on the shutter and mark that place with a pencil or chalk. Que the first hiccup for us.

Reposition the shutter on the wall. I installed exterior vinyl shutters on my brick house for the first time and learned a lot along the way. If you have traditional shutters that open and close start by propping up. Measure and order the shutters steps 2 3.

Sorry we left you hanging. I will show you wha. The shutters will completely fill the window opening and conceal the casing when closed. Drill pilot holes for the screws into stationary shutters.

Now onto the process. Set the hinges against the left side edge of your first shutter. This is where you will be drilling the holes to install the shutter. Sorry about the piss off at the end.

You will need 1 pilot hole in each corner of each shutter. Unlike screwing wood to wood where you. Drilling pilot holes for. Use a drill with a multi purpose 11 64 inch bit to pre drill holes through the shutter for the screws at each reference.

Use the holes in the shutter as a guide to bore into the wall surface to a depth of 3 1 4 inches. Mount the shutters steps 4 13. Drill pilot holes into the wood shutters including a 1 4 countersink to cover the screw heads up with wood filler. Remove your old shutters.

Before you begin take inventory of your personal protective equipment. Remove a set of shutters from the box and hold one shutter up on one side of the window you are putting it. Drilling pilot holes for functional shutters. Find the center of the shutter and place a mark at this place on the wall and the shutter.

When we went to remove our old shutters we discovered that nearly all of the screw. How to install shutters on brick. Attach the hinges to shutters that open and close. To specify the.

Measure level and mark boards appropriately aligning the future holes with the mortar between bricks. So i made this video in hopes to share some of. Place the first.