Comments on: The Shutter Project https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/ Reuse. Rehabilitate. Restore. Architectural salvage and repurposed pieces for the home. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:49:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31375 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:49:33 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31375 Did you have to strip them? That’s the worst part!

I haven’t been able to work on them b/c of the rain. I should’ve been out there today finishing up.

]]> By: hallie https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31373 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:12:54 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31373 I’m right there with in hell on this one. Currently redoing 5 sets of shutters that I got from a salvage place. They are so pretty – but so so tedious to paint!

]]> By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31115 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:43:34 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31115 Vinyl? Why bother?

]]> By: Centers and Squares https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31110 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:41:59 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31110 Good for you to restore the shutters. Even though it sounds like a pain I think it makes such a difference in the look of the house. In my city we have more triple-deckers than brownstones and very, very few still have shutters even though most, if not all, did originally. I love the look – and hate the new vinyl ones.

Liz

]]> By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31104 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:37:43 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31104 It’s a bit of a process, but 4 tools:

1. heat gun
2. Stanley knife
3. crow bar
4. paint scraper

The heat will soften the caulk and the paint. You’ll have to scrape and cut it out. Use the crow bar carefully to wiggle and loosen the shutters. It took hours just to get them out. Then I first had to strip those bastards.

]]> By: brooklynista https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31102 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:13:41 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31102 How did you get the shutters that had been painted and caulked into the walls out of the walls?

]]> By: Arkady https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31087 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:12:50 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31087 Wow! Thanks tons!

]]> By: RH https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31086 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:29:53 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31086 Hmm, I don’t think I noticed any missing staples.

Have you tried these places?
http://www.shuttermedic.com/
http://www.martinshutters.com/

]]> By: Arkady https://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31083 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:56:22 +0000 http://reclaimedhome.com/2009/06/08/the-shutter-project/#comment-31083 Where did you find staples for the louvres that are missing them? I need about a dozen & have been looking for years.
Thanks,

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