Aluminum siding is still a very popular home exterior and it can be versatile when it comes to ornamentation and things like window boxes.
Window box brackets for aluminum siding.
Secure the window box to the brackets with a drill and 2 5 inch 6 4 cm screws.
Attach the bracket to the house with a 3 inch decking screw then follow the directions in step 3 for plumbing the bracket and driving the second screw.
There are also purely decorative wall brackets available.
I used l shaped brackets.
Drill a pilot hole and counterbore into the bracket near the bottom of the siding as in step 2.
Window boxes can also scratch the exterior of your siding where they hang.
Hanging window boxes can be tricky if your house is covered in vinyl siding.
Many of these window box wall brackets add structural support to your window box while creating a beautiful backdrop for your flowers.
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.
Use the drill to insert galvanized decking screws that are 2 5 inches 6 4 cm into the upper back of the box and the top of the mounting brackets.
Fake floating shelves.
Easily hang our hayrack planters onto iron deck rails with our affordable cable tie kits use our adjustable deck brackets for wooden.
Step 6 center the window box photo by mary beth montgomery.
Line up the holes in the bracket and the planter push the bolt through the holes and tighten a nut over the.
Although some of these brackets for flower boxes were created to match specific window boxes many will also fit other designs and blend seamlessly with.
With some special hardware and care you can overcome both of these issues.
Set the empty window box on top of.
The only safe way to attach a window box to this type of exterior is by using screws.
If you rent your home and can t make changes to its exterior or if you aren t comfortable with the thought of drilling holes in your aluminum siding you can purchase special window box brackets.
To hang window boxes in the most common way you would have to put holes through the siding.
Whenever there was rain and it soaked the planter boxes the weight would pull the siding away from the house.
We have many styles of window box brackets heavy duty wall brackets and hooks for hanging flower baskets to mount window hayracks under windows or on walls j hooks are the most affordable solution or use vinyl siding hooks to mount hayracks to vinyl siding.
You will need to fasten the box to the brackets or it will easily fall off.
Planter boxes usually need two mounting brackets depending on the size of the box.
Unfortunately much misinformation exists about attaching window boxes to aluminum siding with hooks.