Window Boxes And Wooden Siding

Center the window box photo by mary beth montgomery.

Window boxes and wooden siding.

A filled window box is surprisingly heavy. Set the empty window box on top of the two brackets. Window boxes are a common way to display flowers or grow vegetables when you ve got a lack of garden space. To hang window boxes in the most common way you would have to put holes through the siding.

It may even rot faster than the window box if the box is made of treated wood and regularly traps moisture between. Center the box by measuring the overhang on the brackets as shown. Be sure that the angled side of the box faces outward. Installing a window box on vinyl or wood siding 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. With some special hardware and care you can overcome both of these issues. Hanging window boxes can be tricky if your house is covered in vinyl siding. Window boxes can also scratch the exterior of your siding where they hang.

This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to properly mount window boxes and this old house landscape contractor roger cook shares expert planti.