Wood Shutters On Vinyl Siding

The builder discourages this for several reasons.

Wood shutters on vinyl siding. And most of the shutter companies will sell those as part of the shutter too so you certainly can do that. In addition the screws would penetrate the moisture barrier. And there are vinyl siding fasteners that are used in that situation so that you pierce the siding without causing a leak to happen. There are two methods of installing vinyl exterior shutters.

Also it would impede the vinyl siding from floating. Spikes are designed to secure shutters to masonry brick stucco hardboard or other hard surfaces. 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. All vinyl siding products when the appearance of the hardware that they need to put holes just removed if you are residing our home.

Cedar or pine is very common in shutters and is light which presents no problem. I prefer them to vinyl shutters and would like to reuse them. 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. You do want to be careful not to squish the siding because remember the siding is somewhat soft.

The first uses non corrosive metal screws. Mounting hardware for shutter installation is often included with the purchase of new shutters. The second approach employs a vinyl spike. Also drill the hole in the siding 1 4 inch larger than the fastener.

Louvered vinyl exterior shutters pair in 002 black builders edge decorative 15 in. 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. X 54 75 in are designed with a deep wood grain texture for the appearance of wood shutters without the maintenance worries of wood.

You ll need a masonry bit and masonry wall anchors or suitable spikes if provided with shutters. Builders edge decorative 15 in. Step 3 add these two measurements together then add 1 2 inch. More importantly they need to be anchored into something solid behind the vinyl siding.

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. Vinyl siding expands and contracts with the weather. The shutters would need to be screwed to the plywood sheathing but may sag in time because of the weight of the shutter. Installing in vinyl siding.

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.