I need to replace vinyl shutters on my brick-front home. I will replace the existing ones with identical sized new ones that will use the same drilled holes.
The problem I had before was that when I took off the old shutters the old Shutter-lok fasteners often broke off with nothing to grab on to. At ground level I had been able to drill them out by pressing with all my body weight while drilling. I will not be able to do this for the higher ones since I have to be on a ladder.
Is there a effective tool I can use to extract these plastic fasteners from the pre-drilled holes in the brick without applying significant force? Is there better ways than drilling?
Best Answer
Shutter-lok fasteners are just made out of plastic (polypropylene), and typically anchor into a 1/4" predrilled hole. They should not be hard at all to drill out with a sharp 1/4" drill bit.
An alternative is to:
If you drilled the metal screw far enough into the Shutter-lok, they will come out together. If any Shutter-lok plastic remains it will now be even easier to drill out with a 1/4" bit.