Window frame mounting?

[jrock_at_rons]

So I completed my seven window frames last night.  Because they are pine, I'm going to paint them so they don't rot.  I'll be mounting my C9s to them with surface clips. 

 

After that its on to mounting.

 

I'm thinking of adding eye hooks to the top corners and then mounting 'L' bolts/hooks to the cedar trim of the windows.  To put them up then I would just need to hang the eye bolt from the 'L' (or hook) and attach a small latch to the bottom (to keep them from blowing in the wind).

 

Has anyone else done this?... or have a better 'tried and true' method of mounting window frames?

 

 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2014 by jrock_at_rons

[indi]

I built my frames the same as you have done. Except I used RGB ribbons mounted to the inside. I used wood wedges around the frames. My windows have metal cladding and I didn't want to drill holes. I have had mine up for a week or so with no problems YET!!!. I hope they work or I will have to think of something else.

[NWSanta]

Yeah that's where I am right now. I use to mount stuff right to the house for all year round clips on the house. However this year, the UV has destroyed my clips. So onto plan B, which I think is where you are with the Window frames.

[Mr. P]

I use 1/2 in pvc pipe and make a square frames that fits my windows. I then mount my lights to the pvc pipe frame and snap the pvc frame on to clips which are permanently attached to my windows. At the end of the season I un-snap the frame with the lights attached and store the frames. I also do this for all the eaves.

 

http://www.holidaycoro.com/Half-Inch-PVC-Pipe-Mounting-Clip-p/768.htm

[aesl1982]

would it be hard to use those holiday coro clips on brick

[arw01]

I spent many hours last year making some wooden frams exactly the size of the windows, recessed some dumb rgb strips in them, soldered it all up, painted em, and then used lag screws in each corner of the old wood house window frames to slip my new frames over and spin a wingnut on.

 

Worked great, held up perfectly, no banging etc.

 

WELL this year buying all new windows for the house, so that idea is out the door.

 

My installers are supposed to leave me some small metal l brackets at the top and the edges that will be installed BEHIND the window wraps and thus will be a permanent mount I can clip to, use magnets on, or drill through to hold my frames in.

 

I find if you don't secure it hard, the wind will bang them.

[jrock_at_rons]

Ahhh... lag bolts!... Why didn't i think of that?  That would be easier than hooks and loops and it would not allow for any movement (windy here in Wisconsin).  Thanks for the tip. 

 

I hopefully post some pics when i get them up and secured. 

[Mr. P]

would it be hard to use those holiday coro clips on brick

 

The only drawback about using them on brick is that you would have to drill holes in the brick and use anchors.

[thevikester]

would it be hard to use those holiday coro clips on brick

Here is something else that I learned, as I use these clips on my gutters, and frames I built for my garage doors...I had them attached for a month, (in Florida) and one of 2 things happened, they either became brittle, or I had the screw too tight...as about 1/4 of them snapped.  I was very careful on the alignment to make sure that I wasn't coming in kitty wompus when I GENTLY pressed the PVC into them...I don't really think it was the screw tightness, but it could have been,  just an FYI....thankfully I had bought plenty of extras, and have gotten my lights up on those particular areas, I'm in the process of the window frames now, which will be wood frame with those clips, and then PVC attached to the clips...I love the concept, will be interesting to see how many I have to replace next year...

[WhitePlainsNY]

My frames are huge compared to wrapped PVC or thin boards. Mine are held in place by one hanger bolt and a wing nut at the top middle of each frame. To stop it from flapping in the wind there is a knotted length of string on the bottom of each frame that is trapped by the window sill. I use a rope to haul it up from ground level on the outside of the house. Once outside the window, it's easy to lift each frame with one hand and mount it on the bolt and then secure it with the wing nut.

[Dennis Laff]

If you use the blue concrete screws ( Home Depot ) they come with a special drill bit .drill a hole into the brick then just srew the screw into the brick then unscrew after season then reinstall next year