Mark Kosmowski
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We recently had a vinyl shutter blow off during a windstorm. It was held on by some plactic "compression screws" - they aren't really screws, but have little thread-like rings to give resistance when put into the holes.
The problem is that three (out of 6) of these things broke off leaving some plastic inside the hole. I have managed to drill an 1/8" hole in each plastic thing, but the drill bit had not enough "grab" to pull these things out with.
My next thought is to try to drive a screw into the plastic remnants and then use the wonderbar to pull the little irritating things out. I'm still waking up and am going to enjoy an hour or two of weekend laziness before going out to try anything new, so if any of you have better ideas, I'd appreciate hearing them!
The problem is that three (out of 6) of these things broke off leaving some plastic inside the hole. I have managed to drill an 1/8" hole in each plastic thing, but the drill bit had not enough "grab" to pull these things out with.
My next thought is to try to drive a screw into the plastic remnants and then use the wonderbar to pull the little irritating things out. I'm still waking up and am going to enjoy an hour or two of weekend laziness before going out to try anything new, so if any of you have better ideas, I'd appreciate hearing them!