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Finishing the Front Porch and Installing Custom Pine Exterior Shutters
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Finishing the Front Porch and Installing Custom Pine Exterior Shutters
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" They're still a little bullet carpentry left on the porch right Ryley there's some most of it's already been down latticework is in place -- have railings have already been put on just one cap piece left to go okay. And then we've got the ceilings yet to do with him we're just gonna use four by eight sheets of plywood and put some battens over the yet scenes. And I'll take care of that that'll be a completely trimmed out porch I noticed you got pressure treated lumber on the crown moldings out here on the outside. Part of the porch and it's that they used on here is the pressure treated what about this the the -- that these are made out of concrete block but you've gotten stuccoed up already. Therapy managed like a husband Bob who just trowel it on. And that's at -- guardian it's not sprayed on its trowel -- on pretends he did a good job looks very very neat. Wet Charleston green has a lot of black and these are nice shutters from withers custom shutters pat and Randy withers are you doing -- space. Now these are all customers in the name implies that you start with the southern yellow pine right correct it's it's not. Is it pressure treated is that what gives it this kind. Yes so this that -- Up pressure treated yellow pine. And the pressure treatment penetrates all the way down to the heart would you think these are -- what we were here. Yeah and that they didn't get as much. Penetration that's what color is different but these are made individual slats in each place that they're not operable but they are meant for exterior use. There operable from the point of view shut them down against a storm right there -- excellent excellent and they're so sturdy that's what I like about this. Let's talk about how they how they get installed is that the key is to have really good sturdy hardware when when he got over here. For either of."
" shutter dogs which will when the panel is open it'll hold up hold the panel back against the wall and you can see they're also kind of an ornamental. I'm beautiful look at stack and so they're nice sistered. And these -- what they called -- yes and if you go to your average hardware store to find something get something pretty flimsy. And then what about the hinges themselves. Doesn't votes stamped raw steel into with a zinc treatment. And they come in a variety of offsets and depths were depending on your application. In your home and while the idea with your shutters for the exterior ones at least is that they should work in -- storm you can close them up there you go on vacation. And you can do it from the inside correct absolutely they're fully functional and it's just slide bolt knowledge that. As these -- we put enough historically correct the rail. Of the shutters below the lock rail of the window sure when you open the window there's plenty -- room to. Activate your tribal let's see assault. We've already got our Iraq marking its birth hinges. We place the shutter in what's. And you bring it on a little quarter inch slat of wood for the spacing right right. And we've already. We've got some some marks here where are gonna make our first. Real person bruised and in the -- amount. We'll -- we'll into the Shelton it marks."
" Almost done doesn't. Isn't that the dog that keeps it against the wall but now there's a storm coming -- just pull these guys shot. -- pulling it from inside the house. And -- it. And we've done that's a beautiful job thanks fellows thank you -- all right."
