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How To Install Your Diy Shutters
Before you start you will need:
• small hammer
• Phillips Screwdriver (star)
• drill
• spirit level
• Appropriate fixings for your window type
(rawl plug etc.)
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What we’ve sent you
• Wide rectangular boxes containing shutter panels
• Long box / boxes containing the shutter frames
• One box marked with a sticker saying ‘HARDWARE’
The hardware provided will include*
• Bow tie shape ‘hoffman key’ fixings to join together each
mitered piece of frame to form the shape of your window.
• Long screws to fix the frame to the wall or window.
• Small screws to ‘lock’ the hinge in position at the end of
the installation. Each hinge has 3 fixing holes & to fix the hinge in
its final position screw through middle hole.
• Small wood caps or a cover strip to cover the frame holes on
inside mount frame holes, NOTE these caps are not for the side of
the panel as these holes will allow you access to adjust the tension
of the movement of the slats.
• Wood stain or paint for touching up if necessary.
• You will also have small round magnets recessed in the back of
the shutter panels and magnet plates fitted on the frames.
• Outside mount shutter frames will generally have the fixing
hole predrilled.
*Contents listed reflect most ranges. Some ranges may not include
exactly the items as listed.
hardware
contents
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How To Install Your Diy Shutters
STEP 1 - Assembling Your Shutter Frame
Remove all the frame pieces from the long box. All frames are routed to accept a Hoffman
Key. Position the frame pieces face down according to how they are marked being sure to
use an installation mat to avoid damage to the face of the frame. The frames will be marked
on the mitres to indicate the side of frame. T=top B=bottom L=left R=right. Insert the Hoffman Keys (leading edge first) into the routed out frames. Gently tap in the keys with a small
rubber mallet until the face of the frame is even. The next step would be to attach any
T-posts that may be included through the pre-drilled holes in the T-post holes in the frame.
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STEP 2 - Fixing Your Shutter Frame Into Position
Your frame will be mounted in 1 of 3 ways:
Outside Mount – This applies to sash windows where there is no recess. The
frame is surface mounted onto the window or a surround. Fixing holes will be
predrilled through your frame so that your frame fixes directly to whatever sits in
front of it. You can caulk or fill the small fixing hole after installation.
An L frame or a Deco Camber can be fitted in this way.
Deco camber frames will be supplied with a front insert piece to cover the fixing
holes/screws.
Inside Mount, Tight to Window – This applies to recess windows. If the frame
and shutters are fitted tight to the window, the panels will open to 90° within the
recess.
An L frame can be installed tight to the window.
Inside Mount, to Front of Recess – This applies to recess windows. If the frame
and shutters are fitted at the very front of the recess, flush with the internal wall,
the panels should open 180° and can sit back against the interior wall.
An L frame or Z frame (semi recessed frame) can be installed at the front of the
recess.
Decide which of the above applies to you, and then follow these steps;
1. Lift the assembled frame to the window
2. A
N OUTSIDE MOUNT, where the frame is to be mounted around the opening,
determine where the outside edges of the frame are to be located. With the
frames in position, secure the left or right side of the frame just above the top
hinge using a nail or screw. Using a spirit level on top of the frame, next secure
the other side in the frame.
2.1 When happy with the position, insert a bradawl or small screwdriver through
the frame holes to mark where you need to drill
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2.2 If fixing into masonry, please remove the frame, drill your hole and use the
appropriate fixing for your installation. If fixing directly into wood or uPVC the
screw will be able to drive directly into the wood or UPVC
2.3 Screw the frame firmly in position. If fitting to UPVC, once you feel the screw
start to bite, stop drilling
2. A
N INSIDE MOUNT, place the frame inside the opening making sure there is
enough clearance for the slat size selected. (If required pull frame forward in the
recess) With the frame in position, secure the left or right side of the frame just
above top hinge using a nail or screw, being sure to center the frame from side
to side.
Nearly there
already!
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How To Install Your Diy Shutters
STEP 3 - Hanging Your Shutter Panels
All hinges have been attached to the panels and frame, so the only thing that will
be necessary is to gently tap in the hinge pins with a rubber mallet. The hinge
pins should go in without much problem if the panels are in the right positions. If
one pin seems to be tight, just loosen one part of the hinge with a small Phillips
screwdriver allowing the pin to slide into the other, and re-tighten the hinge
screws.
It is important that you identify the correct layout of your panels before hanging.
Full height panels and café style panels will ALWAYS have the identification label
on the bottom of each panel.
Tier on tier panels will have the identification label on the top of TOP tier panels
and on the bottom of the BOTTOM tier panels.
Panel location numbers are as follows…
Full Height LLRR panels = 1234.
Tier on Tier LLRR panels = 1234 (top tier)
LLRR panels = 5678 (bottom tier).
To attach the panels to the shutter frame
simply line up the part hinge on the shutter
frame with the part hinge on the shutter
panel & drop pin in hinge to secure together.
Once the panels are inserted, close the
panels and move the bottom of the frame
left or right to align the panels. Once the
panels are aligned, and all the margins are
even, open one panel and secure the side
of the frame just above the lowest hinge.
Continue attaching the frame with nails or
screws just above every hinge. On wider
shutters it will be necessary to secure the
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How To Install Your Diy Shutters
top and bottom frames as well.
Step 4 -Finishing Off Tips
Any slight gap between shutter frames and the recess wall can be filled with
decorators caulk. Available from all DIY stores.
If at first panels do not line up, unscrew part of frame and play with its position as,
as little as 2mm movement can affect the hanging of your shutters.
If a panel is not closing easily, loosen the screws in the hinges and then close
panels in frame and apply light pressure to the stiles (NOT SLATS) This should
help free the installation.
For white outside mount shutters, white caulk can be put into frame holes, then
smooth over with a clean damp cloth.
Ensure that the frame is being been installed in the position where the window
has been measured. Not all windows are square so if you measured up tight to
the window the same frame may not fit at the front of the recess. Magnet position
can be adjusted/pulled forward if required using a Phillips screwdriver.
French doors have 3 sides of frame with no piece on bottom, full height generally
have 4 sides of frames & tier on tier panels have 4 sides of frame.
Where there are large handles on a window ensure you fit frame in recess to
allow sufficient clearance for slat tilting.
That’s it. Congratulations on a job well done.
We hope you enjoy your shutters for years to come. Finally if you do encounter any
problems during your installation then call our team on 0845 46 33 787 for help!
You can also view our installation help video on www.shutters.co.uk
If you would like further advice on your actual window, please email a clear digital image to
[email protected] Ensure all curtains are moved away from the window and
that handles and the full window is in the photo.
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How To Install Your Diy Shutters
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If you would like further advice on your actual window, please email a clear digital image to
[email protected] Ensure all curtains are moved away from the window and
that handles and the full window is in the photo.