Installing your own shutters can be tricky. Those with no prior DIY experience will in particular find the process fraught with numerous possible mistakes and it is in light of this that shutter companies have taken to offering a custom installation option with all of their products.
Those keen to give the business a go on their own, however, will find that with guidance, hanging shutters correctly can be relatively simple. To begin with, it is necessary to hold up the shutter to the window and mark, in pencil, where the pilot holes need to be drilled.
Using the correct drill bit, drill through the marks you have made on the shutters until there are four neatly made holes, two on each shutter. Remember, it is vital that these holes are drilled in the same place on each shutter. If their positions are different, the shutter will hang at a lopsided angle.
Holding the shutter in position, push a shutter fastener through the holes to hold the shutter in place on the wall. Before you embark on the process of hanging the shutters, it is important that you get the correct type of shutter fastener for the shutters you have bought.
There are several different kinds of fasteners, dedicated to holding up wooden, plastic and fibreglass shutters respectively. While the process of setting up your own shutters may seem relatively simple, there are subtleties and technicalities involved which make it quite difficult and thus a good job to let the experts do for you.