There are 3 main shutter designs, full height, tier on tier and tposts. With each design you can choose the louvre size, how you operate them, the number of shutters and how you open them. It's important the design of the shutters matches the window. In this video, I’ll show you more about each design and the options you can choose.
Full height.
The full height design means the shutters cover the whole window from top to bottom. This is the most popular design and suits most window layouts.
With full height, you can line up a rail on the shutters with a rail on the window. This splits the louvres in half and allows you to open the top separately from the bottom providing extra privacy. Rails are required as standard over certain heights and they vary in width depending on the louvre size you choose. You can find these sizes in the technical information.
Tier on tier
The tier on tier design splits the shutters in half with a horizontal Tpost allowing the top shutters to be opened separately from the bottom shutters. This design works well for tall narrow windows, you don’t want to choose tier on tier if the window is wider than the height.
With a tier on tier design bi-folding shutters look good as they can be folded back neatly, wider shutters will protrude into the room unless you install the shutters at the front of the recess so the shutters could then be wrapped back around the wall.
Choose tier on tier if your window is taller than it is wide, like a portrait style window, tier on their designs work best if there is a halfway rail on your window to match the tier height with.
Tposts
A Tpost is a vertical post fitted within the frame, it divides a full height shutter into sections, ensuring each shutter matches the layout of the window. They can be lined up with any vertical uprights on your window. If the end windows open, with a Tpost design you can easily open just one shutter at a time rather than bi-folding two shutters back.
You can order middle rails with a Tpost design but not tier on tier. Find the minimum and maximum distances between Tposts in the technical information.
Louvres
Adjustable louvre blades fit within the shutter panels, they can be tilted up or down to adjust the amount of light or privacy in your room. There are 2 louvre sizes 64mm and 89mm, this is the width across the blade, both sizes can be used in all 3 designs.
Choose 89mm louvres if you want a clean modern look, they work well with full height and Tpost designs or with wider larger shutters. They are easier clean and provide more light and a better view through the shutters. Remember a larger louvre does require an extension to the back of the standard frame as it protrudes further.
Control rods
Louvre blades are connected together with a control rod, There are two types, a central control rod visible at the front of the shutter or a smaller hidden control rod fitted at the back of the shutter. The louvres are tilted by moving the central rod or moving an actual louvre blade.
The central control rod is more robust, it makes adjusting the louvres quick and easy and suits both louvre sizes.
The hidden rod provides a modern clean look. It offers extra privacy options as you can split the rod across all the shutters or just one shutter, they are good in bathrooms as they make cleaning easy and they look great with 89mm louvres.
Number of shutter panels
Depending on the window width, you can choose how many shutters you have across your window and how you open them. When choosing, it’s important to match the number of shutters to the window sections.
A single window would have one shutter that could be hinged left or right.
A double window would have two shutters opening left and right.
This triple window would have 2 Tposts with a single shutter between each post, the outer shutters would open left and right, the centre shutter could open left or right.
If your window has a wider pane of glass in the centre, you would have two Tposts again this time with two centre shutters opening left and right and the two outside shutters opening left and right.
For taller windows, with a tier on tier option you can choose between 2 shutters opening left and right or 4 shutters that bi-fold left and right.
Most people keep the shutters closed and only adjust the louvres for light and privacy, so don’t worry too much about how or where the shutters open, you will find they remain closed apart from cleaning or to access the window. This is why it’s important they match the layout of the window so let the window design do the choosing for you.
Extensions
Frame extensions are provided to increase the depth of a standard shutter frame, they provide extra clearance between the back of the frame and back of the louvre blades. This is important to note if your fixing back to the window frame because you don’t want the louvres hitting the window or any handles.
28 июл 2024
