Devices and methods for attaching cladding to windows and doors
A method for attaching cladding to a frame of a door or window using a pneumatic device and a customized tip attached to the pneumatic device. The method includes the steps of placing cladding against the frame, placing or pressing two prongs of the customized tip in a channel of the cladding, and actuating a scrail through an opening of the customized tip. The customized tip may further include shoulders pressed against opposite top edges of the channel when the two prongs are placed into the channel. Actuating of the scrail through the opening of the customized tip may include actuating or shooting the scrail outward between the two prongs, through the cladding, and at least partially into the frame via the pneumatic device while the shoulders are pressed against the opposite top edges of the channel and the two prongs are paced into the channel.
1 . A method for attaching cladding to a surface using a pneumatic device, the method comprising:
placing the cladding against the surface for attachment thereto;
placing at least a portion of a customized tip into a channel of the cladding at a first location along a length of the channel, thereby pressing the cladding against the surface at the first location, wherein the customized tip is a hollow no mar tip attached to the pneumatic device and modified such that a first portion of the customized tip has a reduced length corresponding to a depth of the channel and a reduced width less than a width of the channel; and
actuating a scrail through an opening of the customized tip, through the cladding, and at least partially into the surface via the pneumatic device.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the customized tip further comprises shoulders cooperatively extending a width greater than the width of the channel.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the channel comprises a bottom surface and two opposing side surfaces, wherein the shoulders are pressed against top edges of the two opposing side surfaces and a contact surface of the first portion of the customized tip presses against the bottom surface of the channel during the actuating of the scrail.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the actuating of the scrail comprises pulling a trigger of the pneumatic device, wherein the pneumatic device is configured to drive the scrail at a force sufficient to pierce the cladding and the surface.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the customized tip comprises two spaced-apart prongs with a nose of the pneumatic device located therebetween.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the nose of the pneumatic device protrudes approximately an equal length from a body of the pneumatic device as the two spaced-apart prongs of the customized tip, such that the two spaced-apart prongs and the nose of the pneumatic device both contact a bottom of the channel during the step of actuating the scrail.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the width of the channel is between ⅜-inch and ½-inch or between ¼-inch and ⅝-inch.
8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising placing the first portion of the customized tip into the channel of the cladding at a second location along the length of the channel, thereby pressing the cladding against the surface at the second location, and actuating the scrail through the opening of the customized tip, through the cladding at the second location, and at least partially into the surface via the pneumatic device.
9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising attaching a cladding cover piece to the cladding or the channel of the cladding.
10 . A method for attaching cladding to a frame of a door or window using a pneumatic device and a customized tip attached to the pneumatic device, the method comprising:
placing cladding against the frame with a backside of a bottom of a channel of the cladding pressed against the frame;
placing two prongs of the customized tip in the channel of the cladding, wherein the customized tip further includes shoulders pressed against opposite top edges of the channel when the two prongs are placed into the channel; and
actuating a scrail through an opening of the customized tip, between the two prongs, through the cladding, and at least partially into the frame via the pneumatic device while the shoulders are pressed against the opposite top edges and the two prongs are placed into the channel.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the actuating comprises pulling a trigger of the pneumatic device, wherein the pneumatic device is configured to drive the scrail at a force sufficient to pierce the cladding and the frame.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the shoulders cooperatively extend a width greater than a width of the channel.
13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein placing the two prongs of the customized tip in the channel further comprises pressing the two prongs against the bottom surface of the channel, thereby pressing the backside of the bottom of the channel against the frame.
14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein a nose of the pneumatic device protrudes from a body of the pneumatic device by an amount corresponding to a length of each of the two prongs of the customized tip, such that the two prongs and the nose of the pneumatic device both contact the bottom of the channel during the step of actuating the scrail.
15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein a nose of the pneumatic device is located between the two prongs during the actuating of the scrail.
16 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the width of the channel is between ⅜-inch and ½-inch or between ¼-inch and ⅝-inch.
17 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising attaching a cladding cover piece to the cladding or the channel of the cladding after actuating the scrail.