How To Remove Shutters From Siding

Lift the shutter off the brackets if you have newer model shutters.

How to remove shutters from siding.

Use a drill or screwdriver and attempt to remove one of the fasteners. How to remove vinyl shutters step 1. Hello debbielynne first unscrew and remove them from your house. Tap the chisel with a hammer to cut the end off the pin off flush.

Any ideas how to remove this without damaging the siding. Use care when removing shutters because this. Any idea how to prevent this from happening again. Place a chisel bevel side up on the face of the shutter with the tip of the chisel below the rounded face or button of the pin.

Inspect the face of the shutters to find the fasteners. Shutter locks are plastic screws that have a flat head and are tapped into the side of the building to attach the shutter. Newer model shutters are mounted by. I m not sure who manufactures the paint.

Use a hammer to very gently tap the shutter lok until it is flush with the surface of the exterior window shutter. The paint on our shutters has bleed run onto the vinyl siding leaving a faint paint smudge below each shutter. Vinyl shutters typically use four to six fasteners per unit spaced around the perimeter. Evaluate which type of shutter mounting system holds your shutters in place.

Then re attach them to the house. Do not keep tapping as this will make the shutter start to dimple and you will need to purchase new shutter loks and start over because there is no way to pull them back out. Many shutters especially those made of vinyl are installed with fasteners called shutter locks. Then clean them real good.

I recommend spraying the paint on to the shutters. There is a paint made especially for this purpose. I hope i m explaining this correctly. If you need to remove the house shutters but the screws have no head you cannot remove them like you would a traditional screw since there are no grooves for a screwdriver.