What’s the best way to fasten plywood over my windows and patio doors in a hurricane?
metsfanrich asked:
The front of my house is brick, but the sides and back are vinyl siding.
Carina
The front of my house is brick, but the sides and back are vinyl siding.
Carina
Tags: Front House, Hurricane, Vinyl Siding
March 22nd, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Freida
Brick – concrete screws.
Siding – screws.
Power drill the plywood into the frames. Reverse drill the screws to take it down.
March 24th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Arica
I would say nails, but it’s gonna do damage to brick and siding…try your local hardware store and see if they have any good ideas
March 25th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Franklyn
If you need to do it fast, a nail gun is great. I have special screw holes around my windows that fit boards perfectly. i’ve had to put up and take down a ton of these things at the last min. and i can tell you it’s great to be prepaired.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Edmond
Nail or screw the plywood into the window frame.
March 29th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Ed
look at the old housed that are still standing…….i bet they all have shutters
March 30th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Deanna
Don’t,
It was on the news the other day that unless you are on the fringe on a storm covering your windows with plywood is a waste of time unless you can some how fasten to the frame of the house. The wind will blow off the plywood and it will act like another missile. If you are in a hurricane area the best bet would to get professionally fit storm shutters that you can put on just for this purpose. You can even find shutter that work as actual storm shutter AND make your house look nice when not in use. SO look around (if you can) before you start making unsightly holes in your vinyl or brick
April 1st, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Kathern
As I assume you’ll want to do this over and over again and want a quick way to put them up and take them down, why not glue lengths of studding (threaded rod) into approriate holes in the walls using an industrial strength glue such as araldite. Find appropriate fixing places in the siding. Then, match up these studs with holes in the plywood and use wing nuts to attach the plywood. Once the job is done, you can store the plywood and quickly fit and remove it at any time and the holes/threads won’t get worn and they shouldn’t rust if you use stainless steel threaded rod. It’ll be cheap too.
You could also perhaps rig up some slides down each side ot the window frames to hold the plywood using extruded aluminium.
PS It’s not a good idea to fit plywood over your windows and patio doors in a hurricane, it’s much better to do it before! ;0)
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Eddie
why not put anchors at each window corner. then you can screw the plywood in and take it back out easily. and the anchors will be there for the next hurricane. stay safe. m
April 5th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Katrina
There are many techniques that I’m sure will be explained by the other answerers. I find that putting up the plywood IN a hurricane is too much work. The wind and rain are really distracting. I usually do it BEFORE the storm comes.
Good luck with your weather.