Installation & Aftercare
What happens at a consultation
People put off booking a consultation because they do not know what they are agreeing to. So here is the whole thing, described honestly, before you commit an hour of your Saturday.
Advice & Inspiration
Everything worth knowing before you choose shutters
Written by the people who survey, make and fit them. Real prices, real trade-offs, and the occasional recommendation not to buy shutters at all.
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More from the advice desk
Privacy & Light
Do plantation shutters provide blackout?
This is the question we would rather answer before you order than after. It is also the one where most of the industry is quietly misleading.
Design & Inspiration
Which louvre size should you choose?
Louvre size is the decision people spend the least time on and notice the most afterwards. It changes the character of the panel far more than colour does.
Design & Inspiration
Full height vs tier-on-tier
Nine out of ten shutters we fit are one of these two styles. They look similar in a photograph and behave very differently in a room.
Bay Windows
The best shutters for bay windows
Bays are the windows we are asked about most and the ones we most often see done badly by somebody else. The style matters, but the configuration matters more.
Buying Shutters
Plantation shutters: a complete buyer's guide
This is the guide we would hand to somebody at the start of the process. It covers the whole decision in order, and links out to the detail wherever a topic deserves an article of its own.
Buying Shutters
Are plantation shutters worth it?
It is the question we are asked most often and the one companies answer least honestly. Shutters are a considered purchase, not an impulse one, and they are not right for every window in every house.
Costs
How much do plantation shutters cost?
Shutter pricing is easy to explain and almost never explained. Here is how the number is arrived at, what pushes it up, and roughly what you should expect for the windows most people ask us about.
Reading only gets you so far
The louvre size, the style and the colour all become obvious in about ten minutes with samples held against your own window. That visit is free and there is no obligation.