Window shutter frame assembly and method for installation

A method for mounting a window shutter assembly to a wall comprising the steps of:

• fastening to a wall an elongate frame base having a first length, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a first longitudinal axis, the top surface having a mounting channel with a first width, the mounting channel extending parallel to the first longitudinal axis of the frame base along the entire first length of the frame base, the mounting channel having a base surface and a first side surface and a second side surface, the base surface of the mounting channel having one or more mounting points through which fasteners may be disposed, the bottom surface of the frame base comprising a placement channel with a third width and a third length, the placement channel extending parallel to the first longitudinal axis of the frame base along the entire first length of the frame base;
• inserting into the mounting channel in the frame base an elongate concealing strip having a second width, a second length, a comer, and a second longitudinal axis, the second width of the concealing strip being approximately equal to the first width of the mounting channel, the second length of the concealing strip being approximately equal to the first length of the frame base, by placing the comer of the concealing strip against the first side surface of the mounting channel and then rotating the concealing strip into the mounting channel such that upon insertion of the concealing strip into the mounting channel the concealing strip is retained in the mounting channel by friction alone, and the mounting channel is concealed;
• affixing a hanging strip to a wall, the hanging strip having a fourth width and a fourth length, the fourth width being approximately equal to the third width of the placement channel, and the fourth length being less than the third length of the placement channel;
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• placing the frame base over the hanging strip so that the hanging strip is wholly contained within die placement channel.

A window shutter assembly mounting kit comprising:

• an elongate frame base having a first length, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a first longitudinal axis, the top surface having a mounting channel with a first width, the mounting channel extending parallel to the first longitudinal axis of the frame base along the entire first length of the frame base, the mounting channel having a base surface and a first side surface and a second side surface, the base surface of the mounting channel having one or more mounting points through which fasteners may be disposed, the bottom surface of the frame base Fuhrer comprising a placement channel with a third width and a third length;
• the placement channel extending parallel to the first longitudinal axis of the frame base along the entire first length of the frame base;
• an elongate concealing strip for insertion into the mounting channel having a second width, a second length a comer, and a second longitudinal axis, the second width of the concealing strip being approximately equal to the first width of the mounting channel, the second length of the concealing strip being approximately equal to the first length of the frame base, such that upon insertion of the concealing strip into the mounting channel the concealing strip is retained in the mounting channel by friction alone, and the mounting channel is concealed;
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• a hanging strip having a fourth width and a fourth length the fourth width being approximately equal To the third width of the placement channel, and the fourth length being less than the third length of the placement channel.