Add Fake Shutters To A House With Siding

Use the pencil marks on your house as a guide for drilling pilot holes for your screws.

Add fake shutters to a house with siding.

Measure the thickness of the lap on the siding. I want to add shutters onto my house of hardie plank but i am afraid of two things. Measure the thickness of the shutter. With each shutter hold it in the desired installed position and mark the siding or window with a pencil.

Add these two measurements together then add 1 2 inch. First to the right we have a perfectly hung shutter. 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. How to attach shutters to vinyl siding.

Unfortunately this house is the exception looking like a clown house with its drunken mixed up shutters. Go bold with red shutters or black shutters. Will the siding hold up to the weight and will they move during big gusts of wind. 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.

When your house has vinyl siding there are certain steps you will need to follow to properly install your shutters. The shutters on this window are installed backwards. If the shutters were to close they would not fit into the arched shape of the window. If you re looking for an instant update to tired siding on your home installing shutters can make a big difference.

Also make sure to mark each screw position as you are holding the shutter in place. 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. Or opt for something softer like powder blue shutters or seafoam green shutters. With white house siding the sky is the limit when you are choosing shutter colors.

Vinyl siding expands and contracts with the weather. Wood arched shutters with operable louvers. Then use a drill to secure the shutter to your house with screws. Shutters give homes a fresh cozy look and are fairly inexpensive.

They add a third dimension to your home s siding and similar to window shutters can be done in an accent color. Every shade is a match. It s true that i have a problem with fake shutters. Most vinyl siding is made to imitate wood lap siding so the lap of the siding is.

Use a hammer to gently tap the fasteners to snug the shutter to the siding. Push shutter locks through the holes in the shutter and into the hole in the wall surface. To avoid warping don t attach the shutters tightly. If you follow my instagram page you ll see a healthy spattering of shutter fails.