First time homeowner here. Thanks for posting this video!!! I had a shutter that was ripped off with the shur-lok broke halfway in the house. I had no idea how to get them out nor replace. This videos step by step made for an easy job! Again, thanks!
THANK YOU!!! SO MUCH!!! I was trying to help remove these and was worried about my husband being on a ladder trying to pull these off by force! What a blessing this video is, thanks again!!!! Now I am excited!
It's 5/2023, and I've found this video very helpful! I feel confident enough to do my own shutters as a single woman. I've contracted out a lot of work on my home. However this is something I'd like to do myself on my ranch style home and i think ill enjoy it. Thank you! And thanks to Google for recommending your videos!
I am also a new home owner and my shutters where very faded so, I also found your video helpful in taking them off. I'm also using this video to put them back on. Those shutter spikes(Lowes sell them as that name) are expensive around 7 bucks for 12. Been breaking all the splines off when hammering them through the shutter. I burned through a box. Just realized your guys are pushing them most of the way through before hammering them into the house, think that could be my problem and will try tomorrow. To frustrated at this point. Thanks again though for the help, I appreciate it.
Just what I needed to repair my shutter. Quick and simple does the trick. One suggestion, use a soft mallet to hammer the plastic screws in place. This might save you some time from having to touch up the painted screws. Thank you so much!
Hey Chris; Thank you very much for the video as I also have shutters that the buttons have broken and was wondering how to remove them without destroying them. You saved me much $$. I didn't know it was that easy. Thanx again
When they can’t be forced in with a screw driver I use a drill and put a drywall screw into the broken off part and pull it out with a claw hammer,drilling them out can make the hole larger causing the new shutter fastener to be small for the hole.
Buddy Jones 3 weeks ago First time homeowner here. Thanks for posting this video!!! I had a shutter that was ripped off with the shur-lok broke halfway in the house. I had no idea how to get them out nor replace. This videos step by step made for an easy job! Again, thanks! Like Buddy here I have the same problems. What happens if the shur-lok breaks half-way in the house of a brick wall? Do I still drill out the broken plastic piece?
As someone noted,it's probably not the best method especially where they have been exposed to a lot of sun.. probably better to find a way with a reciprocating saw to cut them from behind the shutter. It's a Shame they stopped using screws.. when I was in the trade, most of the vinyl ones were put up with screws.. easy get down and back up. I also miss the wooden shutters...just nailed up
DON'T DO IT! This method of chopping of the heads works great for fairly new plastic shutters or maybe plastic shutters that have NOT been exposed to the sun. I used this method on one side of my house no problem. Then I went to the side of the house exposed to the sun and I broke two shutters. The sun dried out the shutters making them brittle. One tap with the hammer on the all-in-one tool broke/shattered the shutter near the hole. Thought it must be an outlier. Tried again and broke the next shutter even worse. I had to use a cutting tool on the rest.
Great video. I got 8 of the 12 removed. 4 are being stubborn. They are flush against the brick. I cannot push back and drop in behind house because the hole does not go all the way through. I tried regular drill bit and when it did not work, I bought a concrete bit, but it's not drilling plastic out either. Any suggestions?
What do you mean? I didn't understand? I have same issue, screws are left and broken in holes...My wall is not bricks...Please explain in details how they can pulled out..much appreciated.
Thanks for the video. My only concern is drilling out the old fasteners. My fear is I will just get a bigger hole with the old fastners still in the hole. I started with a 1/8th inch hole hoping do break the fastner apart. I will try the 1/4 inch drill next. I hope it works.
This was EXACTLY what I needed !!! I got all of mine removed thanks to you !!! Now I need to figure out how to clean and paint my shutters. They are polypropyene and copolymer according to the label. Do they have to be primed?
I followed your instructions but haven't been able to replace the shutters using new fasteners. They keep bending then breaking. I even drilled inside the hole on the siding to make sure there's room for them (I didn't remove the part of the previous fastener behind the siding).
I wanted my shutters painted black as they are a faded red color. I called around and no painter would use black paint as its not rated for shutters... Is this true?
Great video. I'm struggling..It just seems like too much work to do for a better look than a screw. Can someone convince me to use the spikes (buttons). They were provided..
Thanks for the video! Very helpful. Question: When you power wash behind the shutters, do you need to plug the holes to keep water out? Also, if I decide to just remove the shutters (they need new Shur-Loks every few years...), what do you recommend doing with the holes in the siding? Thank you!
I removed the broken shur-loks from the holes. When hammering the new ones in some holes, the holes felt to be too big or the shur-loks weren't gripping to anything. What should I do?
i have these shutters and would like to spray paint them, but i want to take them off and do it in my garage, is that possible? it looks like the only way to take them off is your method to where your cutting the button off. i would need a way to save them somehow...is that possible?
Any advice on creating stable footing on a somewhat sharp pitch? I need to get up to a window that's right above the overhanging roof of a bay window. I need to paint window frame, remove shutters. ...a little nervous.
