How To Install An Outdoor Wall Mounted Flag Pole

Use the pole height and flag size to determine the right fixtures.

How to install an outdoor wall mounted flag pole.

With both pieces of velcro still joined and now attached to the pole remove the other sticky back slide banner sleeve up and into adjacent position and press against the adhesive back. Hold the flag pole bracket in position and mark the mounting holes onto the brick with a pencil or marking. With both pieces of velcro still joined remove sticky back from one side and place on pole in desired position. Snap the flag to the top and middle clip the bottom clip is for a second flag or for flying half staff then push each flagpole section all the way up until it locks.

Slide pole though sleeve of banner to view positioning. Please check with your lo. Be sure to drill each hole on the brick face and not on the mortar. The first step to installing a flagpole is preparing a hole in ground.

Use a post hole digger to break the ground and work into the soil. Tape 1x2s to the pole and brace them to the ground to hold the pole plumb until the concrete hardens. The fixtures should be located 6 to 3 from the flagpole in low voltage 12v residential applications. Hold the butt of the pole over the opening in the ground sleeve and ask your helper s to begin lifting the pole from the top end.

For large residential commercial and line voltage applications 120v fixtures should be from 12 to 3 from the base of the pole. Repeat steps for the bottom of the pole sleeve. As the flag pole stands more and more upright your helpers can slide their hands down the pole toward you. Now the part you ve been waiting for.

Aim the fixture at the ball at the top of the flagpole. This video will show you step by step how to install mount a residential flag pole to your home with out damaging the vinyl siding. If you plan to install a 25 foot flagpole in your backyard which faces lake superior you ll need a flagpole and a flag that can sustain persistent high winds and rain. Position the flag pole bracket with the top mounting holes near the center of one brick and the lower mounting holes near the center of.

A lightweight manual digger will suffice for smaller poles but you ll likely need a heavy duty one for larger posts. The fixtures should be placed 180 apart if using two and 120 apart if using three. On the other hand if you simply want to mount a small flag outside your front door in a suburban cul de sac you won t have the same needs. Position the bracket where you want it draw the positions of the holes and drill the holes with a 1 4 inch masonry bit.

How to attach a flag pole to brick.