Attaching Shutters To Brick

How to install shutters on a brick house overview.

Attaching shutters to brick.

Set the hinges against the left side edge of your first shutter. How to install shutters on brick decide where to drill. Sorry about the piss off at the end. Now onto the process.

Measure level and mark boards appropriately aligning the future holes with the mortar between bricks. Measure 3 inches above the top edge of the windows on the shutter and mark that place with a pencil or chalk. Measure and order the shutters steps 2 3. So i made this video in hopes to share some of.

Mount the shutters steps 4 13. Drilling pilot holes for functional shutters. Sorry we left you hanging. Place the first.

The shutters will completely fill the window opening and conceal the casing when closed. Drill pilot holes into the wood shutters including a 1 4 countersink to cover the screw heads up with wood filler. When we went to remove our old shutters we discovered that nearly all of the screw. Unlike screwing wood to wood where you.

I will show you wha. Reposition the shutter on the wall. Using pilot holes to mark the brick 1. Remove a set of shutters from the box and hold one shutter up on one side of the window you are putting it.

If you have traditional shutters that open and close start by propping up. Use the holes in the shutter as a guide to bore into the wall surface to a depth of 3 1 4 inches. With the 11 64 inch pilot holes drilled. Temporarily hold a shutter against the side of the window.

Find the center of the shutter and place a mark at this place on the wall and the shutter. Que the first hiccup for us. You will need 1 pilot hole in each corner of each shutter. It was directed toward the yellow jacket that was trying to sting us.

Remove your old shutters. Before you begin take inventory of your personal protective equipment. This is where you will be drilling the holes to install the shutter. Use a drill with a multi purpose 11 64 inch bit to pre drill holes through the shutter for the screws at each reference.

I installed exterior vinyl shutters on my brick house for the first time and learned a lot along the way. To specify the. Attach the hinges to shutters that open and close.