How To Make Outdoor Timber Shutters

Resize the pattern with a photocopier if necessary.

How to make outdoor timber shutters. Very traditional and good looking. How to build outdoor shutters by heide braley. I used 4 screws per shutter. Sink your 14 1 5 8 inch wood screws into the holes.

However depending on the exterior of your own home you may need to hang differently. To hang them i used 2 1 2 outdoor deck screws and screwed them into the siding. Kinda grumpy and refuse to make all the cuts i want. Dry assemble the shutter facedown on a table using 16d nails to maintain the gaps between boards.

Cut out your template and make sure its widest point extends only a little more than halfway into a board. Here is how they turned out. But replacing them would cost 200 each so i decided to create diy wood shutters. Step 5 paint the shutters with an exterior grade paint that matches or contrasts with your house colors priming the wood first if necessary.

For more projects visit ron hazelton s website. The exterior of this shed was wood so it was easy to hang. Diy wood shutters notes these are instructions for one wood shutter only one side of the window. The young guys are very helpful.

Learn how to build and install board and batten storm shutters from home improvement expert ron hazelton. Here are the basics you need to know before you start to do this project. In our small town it all depends who is cutting wood at lowe s. The older ones not so much.

To add charm and give our old home a cottage feel we created wood shutters. Exterior wooden shutters can be decorative and serve a function. Diy wood shutters. We have had many requests to make a tutorial on how we built our wood shutters so here it is.

The traditional design i chose is very similar to popular faux wood plantation shutters or interior wood shutters found in stores with slats or louvers and a pull. Shutters can make or break the curb appeal of a house and it is important to consider the different materials that shutters are made of. Prices will vary considerably between the different materials and each will have its own positives and negatives. Deciding to build wooden shutters will require many design choices.

Make the cutout illustration by gregory nemec. Build your own diy wood shutters tutorial. They can add to the value of your home since they look great. If going into brick you may need to use special screws for brick.

After removing them the house lacked the charm and curb appeal that the old outdoor wood shutters provided. We originally planned to paint them however the cedar was so pretty that we just went with a light stain. We ve got wood shutters at least 50 years old the second set on our 1921 house that will need replacing soon so i may be making a few sets for moi. Get a printable version of this tutorial.