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Plantation Shutters Installation

Bob Ryley installs plantation shutters in a bedroom wall. A wood jam had to be fastened to the wall to allow the shutters to be mounted and adjusted.

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Plantation Shutters Installation

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" plantation shutters that we're putting in here. Are really nice sturdy solid wood. Custom made -- our friends down South Carolina there aren't that nice yes and are they difficult to install these these commercial windows yes they had their hours that costs. To put in these contact even more difficult to cut first -- that -- that -- with all right. Plus these windows yet we don't have any casings. Does it without got regular regular window and it in a house has a casing. You've already got this would replace those that -- pretty good job if that it took some time. Basically what we did was apply -- Jim. On to the dry well tonight it just give us something -- hinges and agendas what allows you that give and take to get these to fit perfect because you don't want to. Tamper with the shutter itself you don't want to -- Now sanded down precisely -- prefinished in relatively. Right so. Do you have described chance to get them just right. Yes we did this and with the best opening of the Kosovo -- little. Aren't done on the backside of the fact that right okay. And then we just drive some screws right into the walk right we're got -- the metal studs behind here that we secure the it's. That is to -- studs. Right. Right now again this -- period okay. It's the it's. Cassette tape. And it's good. Okay finish the other door OK. And the same business here. Not. Much happening -- Okay. All right -- Hollywood. Not bad. Now let's look at the ones that go into the loft area which are bypass -- in design OK. The bedroom area. Has a pocket door that closes at all from the kitchen and then this opening that faces. The living area really works well with the shutters. And I guess this is pretty standard stuff is that it is it's basically an extension of -- pocket to a popular zoo much longer track and aluminum track with the kind of rollers that used for pocket doors and our shutters. Simply. -- I was for an wrap up when popular time. That. These are made of poplar. -- For the heat. It's possible to work with the OK and so when there in the open position like that -- still let daylight in. Or you can. Close them they'll slide up to decide to have before opening and then the hard part is going to be installing these pieces that go right here. Because they are stationary. And they have to be prescribed -- cut to three in you know cut to fit in two different places exactly rightful place and it would get that -- a minute."

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