Step 1: Assemble the Frame

  • Take the 4 pieces of frame – labelled top, bottom, left, and right. Place them on a flat, hard, clean surface.
  • Arrange them according to their labels with the back facing up and join them by sliding the plastic swallow tail joiner into the slots in each corner.

Steps 2-3: Install T Posts & Apply Packers (If Applicable)

  • If you have T posts, these will be labelled top and bottom, and numbered if there are more than 1. Numbers are always from left to right.
  • Screw the T posts into the holes on the top and bottom frames until the tip of the screw is just poking out. This will make it easy to line up the holes on the ends of the T post to the screw. Once they are lined up – screw them in the rest of the way.
  • If you ordered packers for your shutter – glue them behind the lip of the frame on all four sides.

Step 4: Insert the Frame into the Window Opening

  • Insert the assembled frame into the window opening making sure you have the top frame at the top.
  • Starting either left or right – screw the frame into the opening. Screws should be just above the top hinge and just below the bottom hinge. (If your shutter has a middle hinge – put in a third screw above or below it).
  • Do not screw the top and bottom yet.

Step 5: Test Fit and Install Side Panels

  • Test fit your left and right panels. Panels are numbered with 1 starting left.
  • Lift panels carefully (not with the slats). With the hinge pins within reach, line up the panel and push the hinge pin in from the top. If they are very firm – lever the panel outwards as if you are opening it – this makes it easier.
  • Do not install any panels off T posts yet.

Step 6: Adjust Panels for Alignment

  • Stand back with the left and right panels installed and assess how straight they are when closed. This is the point where you can adjust the top and bottom screws in the sides of the frame to straighten up the shutter.

Step 7: Secure Top and Bottom Frames

  • Once you are happy with how the panels sit – you can screw off the top frame into the opening. Put one screw in each corner roughly the same distance from the corner that you put the side screws in.
  • If you have T posts put another screw either side of the post. Repeat with the bottom frame.

Step 8: Install Additional Panels (If Applicable)

If you have T posts – you can now fit your other shutter panels.

Step 9: Cover Screws & Stand Back to Admire Your Work!

  • Use the sticky dots to cover your screws.