There are many types of shutters on the market these days
and choosing the right shutter for your home, and your
lifestyle can be a daunting task. There is a multitude of
choices in style and composition, and also color, size, and
design. Here, we will outline the most popular types of
shutters available in our area, and make it easy for you to
act like an expert shutter shopper! You’ll discover the
hidden secrets inside the shutter itself, see why they can
pay for itself with utility bill savings, as well as look
beautiful and luxurious in your home! Once installed, you’ll
have that satisfying and valuable peace of mind, knowing you
have made an impact on the energy usage in your home.
Shutters are great for every room of the house. Looking just
as great from the outside, as they do from the inside,
shutters are especially appropriate for neighborhoods that
like to keep a clean and uniform look on the block! Beach
side villas, condos, and homes can close the louvers and
still have light inside without affecting our local Sea
Turtle mating season.
We’ll begin with a general description of the most
common shutter features.
Shutters can replace, sit on top of, or cover a marble
windowsill. They can completely install inside the
dimensions of the window or install around the window giving
it a picture frame effect. The choice is yours in color,
louver size, and style. Louvers can come locally anywhere
from 2 ½ to 4 ½ inches wide. The control arm for the louvers
can be in the front, hidden in the back, or not present at
all.
Panels can be hinged, bi-folded on a track, or each panel
can hang from a bypass track system allowing each panel to
‘rest’ on top of each other when all are slid to the side.
The bypass track system is most popularly used application,
to cover a sliding glass door! We even have beautiful
cutouts for door handles, if you’d like to adorn your French
doors with shutters!
Shutters can also cover your arched windows. Traditional
louver or a sunburst pattern, are your choice of style in
shutter arches. Louvers in arches can be stationary or
mobile.
Shutters are made with a divider rail separating the top and
bottom portions of each panel. You decide how high these
rails are to be built in, in order for you to maximize your
control of light and privacy in each room.
Today, most all PVC products used in shutter coverings are
specially infused with material to deflect heat and UV rays.
This is especially helpful to us in the Gulf Coast area as
we try to combat the constantly rising cost of heating in
the winter and, more to the point, cooling in the summer.
Solid Poly Shutters – Shutters created from a solid poly
extruded material, this is then wrapped in the Celuka Vinyl
process. You can get these in white or stained natural
colors.
Wood Wrapped Shutters – Shutters made from solid wood or
fiberboard planks that are stacked together, and wrapped
with a Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) coating. The Vinyl is
actually clad over the wood with a special heating process.
Wood Composite Wrapped Shutters – Shutters made from solid
pieces of compressed composite ‘wood’ wrapped in a material
called Celuka Vinyl, which is a hard poly foam product that
protects and strengthens the shutters.
Wooden Shutters – Solid wood construction from woods such as
Cedar, Oak, Poplar and Pine. However, the most popular, best
quality wood for interior wood shutters is Basswood, and if
you choose wooden shutters in our humid area, you’ll be glad
you chose Basswood, for it’s dependable performance in color
steadfastness and strength. You can get these finished or
unfinished, stained or painted.
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All types available at Blinds Blinds Inc
On the corner of 776 & Spinnaker in
Englewood, FL
941 460-0200
CALL TODAY for a FREE
NO OBLIGATION measure, design plan and estimate.
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