How To Attach A Window Box To Vinyl Siding

Hullo! Now that we take told y'all how to make the window boxes and how to fill them with flowers we are going to teach you the final step in the process, how to attach them to the house. We researched a ton to figure out how to practice this just nosotros never really found a good way four houses (like ours) with vinyl siding. Everything we saw/read nosotros needed to remove the siding which we didn't want to do. We were determined to figure out a different style of doing it and we finally did. It really wasn't that hard and allow me tell you… Those boxes are not going ANYWHERE!

Materials You'll Need (to attach 2 window boxes):

• iv x 3/8″x3.5″ Galvanized hex-head lag screws
• 4 x 3/viii″ galvanized washers
• White Caulk

Tools You'll Demand:

• Stud Finder
• Ability Drill
• eleven/32″ drill chip
• 1/2″ drill bit
• Socket wrench with 9/16″ hex head
• Speed Foursquare
• Caulk Gun

What To Do:

Stride 1: Locate the studs on the house using a stud finder. This part was the trickiest and I was honestly a little unsure as to whether I was going to find the studs and could actually attach the weight of the boxes without ripping the siding off the house. Nosotros did non have a zilch tool to remove the vinyl siding so we could not get behind it to get a better look and figure out where the studs were so we had to make do with the tools we had. We could not attach our window boxes to the jack studs (the studs on the outer edge of the window frame) because our box was too brusque and didn't reach to those so we had to find the studs under the bottom seal of the window. The shape and size of the vinyl fabricated information technology a little tricky to use the stud finder besides equally the fact that we were searching through multiple layers of building cloth to detect them. Nosotros used the Deep Scan fashion of the stud finder and swiped it back and forth along the vinyl underneath the window probably close to twenty times because nosotros got multiple imitation returns or only nothing at all. We made sure we were pressing the stud finder firmly against the siding but not too hard and had to make certain it was a perfectly direct line across. Later nearly 15-xx times nosotros were pretty confident we found the two studs under each window and marked their location with a pencil.

Footstep 2: Drill the pilot holes in the house. Later locating the studs and marking them, nosotros placed two marks where each stud was. One marker was 1.5 inches below the bottom of the window frame, and another 3 inches below that marker. We used the ane/2″ drill bit because information technology is slightly bigger than the 3/eight″ lag screws we were going to employ and would requite us some wiggle room with the vinyl siding. We drilled plenty so that we were through the vinyl, weatherproofing wrap and just started to become through the wood after that but non all the way through. Nosotros and so changed out to the 11/32″ drill bit (merely slightly smaller than the lag screws) and finished drilling that all the way through, which luckily was the stud. We did this for all 4 marks.

Step 3: Drill holes in the window boxes. This step involves translating the holes we just drilled into the house and making sure they will line up with the holes on the back of the boxes. We took the boxes and held them under the window so that the top was even with the lesser of the window frame and marked on the back side of the box where the studs would be. From at that place we made a mark aligned with the studs 1.5 inches from the top of the box and another 3 inches below that mark so that they would line up the holes we just drilled into the business firm. Nosotros used the 11/32″ drill fleck to drill through the back side of the window boxes where the marks were.

Stride 4: Make certain your measurements are correct. Put the lag screws through the holes in your box and line them upwards with the holes yous made in the house to make sure all of the measurements are correct before caulking the holes.

Step 5: Caulk the holes in the house. Caulk the holes in the wall to keep them waterproof and seal off the vinyl.

Step 6: Adhere the boxes to the house. Lastly, nosotros put the lag screws through the holes in the window boxes with the washers on the within of the box, lined up the screws with the holes in the wall and used the nine/16″ socket wrench to ratchet the screws into the side of the house. We tightened the screws down. Non as well tight so that it squished the vinyl siding but tight plenty to make sure it is secured against the house. That box isn't going ANYWHERE!

Step vii: Step back and savour your new projection!

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Source: https://jordanjean.com/how-to-attach-window-boxes-to-vinyl-siding/

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