Four easy steps to the perfect window treatment…

One of the most important aspects of your shutter installation is choosing the correct layout or configuration. Consider how you envisage using your shutters on a daily basis. You may well intend to draw them everyday like curtains so panel width and folding space will be important, however, shutters are intended to provide light and privacy control whilst remaining across the window (unlike most other window treatments!) The diagrams below show the three most popular configuration options utilised when selecting a layout, these are:

There are 3 main choices of louver:
48mm (1 3/4"), 64mm (2 1/2") and 89mm (3 1/2"). Use the louver guide on the anatomy section to give you an idea of how the different sizes of louver can look. Typically, the larger the louver, the more open and simple the overall look will be. Larger louvers allow more light in as there are less louvers in the panel and they also provide a more transparant and simple look when the louvers are in the open position. Remember that if you opt for our free survey you will be able to see for yourself the dramatic effects of louvre size on your own window.

Middle Rails:
Advised on panels over 1200mm for structural integrity but subject to installation and intended use, may be ommitted.

Special mid rail placement:
The height of the mid rail position can be varied and placed at a specific point within the panel if necessary. This is a no cost option and can enhance an installation by matching the shutter layout to the layout of a windwow frame.

Offset or hidden control rods:
Light Line® Hidden control rods are a new edition to our range of shutters and allow a unique "louver only" view. No control rod is visble from the face of the shutter.

Offset control rods allow you to keep the classic shutter look but with a more unobstruced view. Eventual panel widths used can play big part in ensuring this option looks correct and we will be happy to advise.

See the Anatomy section for additional information on both these options.

With our own in-house facility we are in the unique position of being able to offer virtually any paint finish to complete the process. All the major manufacturers are catered for including: Dulux, Crown, Farrow & Ball, Fired Earth, Sandersons, Leyland, Zophany, Paint Library and many others. All we usually need is the manufacturer, the range or the paint or BS code. If the finish is very obscure, a scan can be taken from a supplied sample which will even allow us to match to those not so available "home-made" colours.

Please note that our standard finish is a semi-matt gloss level and we will be using our own paint products not the actual manufacturers product. This is due to the requirements of the spraying process. Also, there is a one-off mixing charge per colour of £45.

Standard paints (included in the shutter cost) are as follows:

Standard white, Dulux Dove White, Gardenia (BS 10 B 15) and Magnolia (BS 10 B 13) All other paint colours are considered a custom mix.