What are Plantation Shutters?
Considered to be the optimum in window treaments, a Plantation Shutter is really any shutter that has a louver blade that is on the wide side. While we call our 2.1/2" wide louver blades our Plantation Shutters we also offer them in a wider 3.1/2" louver blade. Someone, at some point in time, gave them this name to evoke images of somewhere tropical, sultry breezes and a more relaxed way of life.
For Inside and Outside your Home
We offer interior and exterior Plantation Shutters. While many like to fit the inside of their homes with Plantation Shutters we have had many customers over the years use this style of shutter to enclose porches and cabanas as well as used for functional exterior shutters.
Guaranteed! Operable louvers that never fall out
The industry standard has always been to use staples to attach the louvers to the tilt bar. The problem with this is that the wood louvers and metal staples contract and expand at different rates so the staples eventually loosen and can fall out.
We designed Kestrel shutters so this would never be an issue. Instead of staples we use solid brass screw eyes to secure your operable louvers to the tilt bar. Holes are pre-drilled in to the wood and then the brass screw eyes are threaded in. This means your louvers will never fall out. Ever.
Operable louvers that stay when you open them
Another problem that we found common with operable louvered shutters was the need for a tensioning device to keep the louvers from sagging. These are usually adjustable screws that are stuck in the frame of the shutter. The tension screws need to be adjusted as they become worn and if there is drastic change in humidity.
We decided to go a different route entirely. We balance our louver blades so that they rely only on gravity, which we thought was a very good idea.