How To Attach Window Boxes To Wood Siding

Center the box by measuring the overhang on the brackets as shown.

How to attach window boxes to wood siding. Be sure that the angled side of the box faces outward. The only other tools you need to attach your window box to vinyl siding are wood screws a drill and drill bits. To hang window boxes in the most common way you would have to put holes through the siding. Center the window box photo by mary beth montgomery.

With some special hardware and care you can overcome both of these issues. Outdoor planters brighten up outdoor spaces without the space or digging requirements of a traditional garden. 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. Fake floating shelves.

There are a few ways to attach a window box to siding. Many planters attach to houses and. To install a window box on siding is a moderate task that many diy enthusiasts can often accomplish. Don t add the soil and plants until after the box is installed.

But if you fall in love with these steel brackets like my kind of weirdo here s another sneaky awesome and easy project i made them with. Set the empty window box on top of the two brackets. Hanging window boxes can be tricky if your house is covered in vinyl siding. A filled window box is surprisingly heavy.