shutter installation for brick homes
judsteam
| Posted in Construction Techniques on
wanted to hear how others are installing vinyl shutters on brick homes. while my method seems lame even to myself i was wondering how others do it. my lack of creativity and enthusiam in this area has led me to my method – 1.drill holes in mortor joints 2. fill holes with liquid nails (doesn’t this stuff solve all?) 3. attach shutter by inserting shutter plugs in before mentioned holes. i typically use 6 or 8 plugs per shutter. i’m sure that this isn’t textbook but i installed approximately 20+ shutters this way before hurricane isabel hit our area (southeast virginia) and all stayed put.
thanks,
j.d.
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Greetings jud,
As a new poster, Welcome to Breaktime.
This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again.
Perhaps it will catch someones attention that can help you with advice.
Cheers
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You may want to try your question at the JLC forum or perhaps the info you seek can be found at the Building Science site.
Best to you.
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Years ago Jud, when I remodeled, I used to drill the holes, then plug them with a wooden dowel rod, then drive a screw into them. The vinyl shutters have changed alot though. We used to have a wood subframe.
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