Aluminum Flag Pole Mount - How to

hi everyone and welcome back to the ultimate tech hub on today's episode we're going to replace a plastic flagpole holder that's broken this flagpole holder broke during a heavy windstorm so we're going to replace it with an aluminum flagpole mount from a company called viki and the cost for this mount was only nine dollars about four months ago we did an installation video on how to mount a flagpole to your house and here's the link to that video this new mounting bracket comes with a bracket three screws and three wall anchors this bracket has a bolt on the side to lock in the pole this flagpole mount has three holes for installation however these holes are not the same as the one on the plastic we'll have to re-drill a couple holes no big deal so first we're going to remove the old bracket next we'll attach the new bracket to an existing hole i'm going to use the top right then after a test fit make sure the mount is straight then drill in the remaining two holes use a small bit you want the screws to go in tight after attaching all three screws to the mount you can go back and hand tighten with a phillips head screwdriver just to make sure it's really good and tight and that's it it's time to hang the flag looks great let's take a quick look at the plastic mount and see where it broke this is the danger in buying a plastic mount you can see it broke at the top right and i had a feeling this would happen eventually but just not this quickly this plastic mount lasted only four months however this new mount should last for years so guys if you have a plastic mount that breaks just follow these steps to replace it and there'll be a link in the description below to where you can buy this aluminum mount well guys we're all done here and as usual i want to thank you guys for watching if you like these videos give a thumbs up and share it if you love them hit subscribe to keep this channel alive thanks again for watching