Attaching Window Boxes To Aluminum Siding

Set the empty window box on top of the two brackets.

Attaching window boxes to aluminum siding.

With some special hardware and care you can overcome both of these issues. Center the box by measuring the overhang on the brackets as shown. Need ideas to decorate your window box for the fall. Attaching these window boxes was the final step in my curb appeal overhaul after i had painted and attached shutters and attached this creative solution to my weird ugly siding.

Aluminum siding is still a very popular home exterior and it can be versatile when it comes to ornamentation and things like window boxes. Center the window box photo by mary beth montgomery. Traditionally window boxes are nailed or screwed right into the siding of a house but this doesn t work when you ve got vinyl siding nailing and screwing can damage the vinyl siding beyond. Be sure that the angled side of the box faces outward.

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Unfortunately much misinformation exists about attaching window boxes to aluminum siding with hooks. Hanging window boxes can be tricky if your house is covered in vinyl siding. The only safe way to attach a window box to this type of exterior is by using screws. To hang window boxes in the most common way you would have to put holes through the siding.