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No exterior feature of your home works harder to project the ‘completeness’ of your home than the shutters that adorn your windows. In their purest functional sense, shutters protect your home’s windows and other glazed features from climatic extremes. From the structural point of view, your windows are your home’s weakest point. One broken window during a storm alters the pressure inside your home and creates a ready entry point for high velocity air flows. Mayhem is your new house-guest. |
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Early colonial settlers quickly discovered that grand European tradition, shutters — doors to close in glazed windows from the outside world — can prevent a lot of heart-breaking rebuilding.So the forecast is foul? Close the shutters and hunker down in front of the fire, safe in the knowledge that your castle will not be breeched by that howling wind tonight. Today, the range of options for protecting your windows is virtually endless — natural timber, vinyl or aluminum? Functional tiltable louvered shutters for greater versatility or solid panels? Double or single? Any style from the colonial to post-modern. Ornate power-coated metal hardware for hinges and catches or functional stainless steel … you can have absolutely anything you want. |
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