Add Fake Shutters To A House With Siding

Shutters give homes a fresh cozy look and are fairly inexpensive.

Add fake shutters to a house with siding.

I want to add shutters onto my house of hardie plank but i am afraid of two things. First to the right we have a perfectly hung shutter. Go bold with red shutters or black shutters. Reposition the shutter.

Wood arched shutters with operable louvers. For shutters shorter than 55 plan on placing the screw positions approximately 6 inches from the top and bottom on each side of the shutter. Installing in vinyl siding. Unfortunately this house is the exception looking like a clown house with its drunken mixed up shutters.

If you follow my instagram page you ll see a healthy spattering of shutter fails. With each shutter hold it in the desired installed position and mark the siding or window with a pencil. If you re looking for an instant update to tired siding on your home installing shutters can make a big difference. Push shutter locks through the holes in the shutter and into the hole in the wall surface.

Measure the thickness of the shutter. They give me a little bit of rage that no other architectural element does i ve written about the other design flaws that drive me nuts here the purpose of this post isn t just to vent though it will be therapeutic for me but rather to explain why. How to attach shutters to vinyl siding. It s true that i have a problem with fake shutters.

Use a hammer to gently tap the fasteners to snug the shutter to the siding. Measure the thickness of the lap on the siding. They add a third dimension to your home s siding and similar to window shutters can be done in an accent color. The shutters on this window are installed backwards.

Then use a drill to secure the shutter to your house with screws. Also make sure to mark each screw position as you are holding the shutter in place. Add these two measurements together then add 1 2 inch. If the shutters were to close they would not fit into the arched shape of the window.

Most vinyl siding is made to imitate wood lap siding so the lap of the siding is. To avoid warping don t attach the shutters tightly. With this stucco and stone house the window headers are made from stone or stucco while wood and brick sided homes use wood or composite materials. Overtightening fasteners during shutter installation can create warping or dimples on the surface of vinyl.

Will the siding hold up to the weight and will they move during big gusts of wind. Every shade is a match. Vinyl siding expands and contracts with the weather. Use the pencil marks on your house as a guide for drilling pilot holes for your screws.