Plantation Shutters - Woods and Finishes

All of our available shutter styles, except the 'automated light control', are available in a choice of 6 wooden materials, each one offering its own benefits. Depending on your budget and specifications we will be able explain the differences to you and provide you with a FREE quote for the design, bespoke manufacture and installation of the different styles and materials you are interested in. The 6 materials are:

• CraftWood - entry level shutter - an extremely durable composite wood wrapped in a tough, water resistant polyurethane coating. Find out more...
 
• CorelWood - BassWood frames and panels to provide a 100% hardwood solution at great value. Available in a limited range of colours, frames and styles, and manufactured with a 5mm finger joint. Find out more...
 
• PermaWood - extremely hard wearing, ideal for commercial installations - a hardwood core combined with an ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) plastic coating - now fully waterproof so recommended for more humid conditions for example in either bathrooms or kitchens. Find out more...
 
• Larchwood - Beautiful and stable timber from sustainable Siberian forests. A dense and therefore durable wood with an attractive warm reddish-brown colour. It is particularly resistant to moisture and manufactured using the much stronger mortise and tenon joints between the rail and the stile. Choose either 47mm, 64mm or 89mm louvres. Find out more...
 
• BassWood - our most versatile hardwood. Whether painted or stained, engineered BassWood is the expert’s choice. Renowned for being very stable with a fine and straight grain and an even texture.
 
• CedarWood - the top of our product range, manufactured from the stunning western red cedar tree. Light, durable, moisture resistant and extremely versatile, CedarWood is available in a stained, painted or unique oiled finish.

Shutter Louvre Widths

The louvre size is paramount to getting the best from your shutters. There are 7 choices including a solid panel shutter and an s-shaped louvre which reduces the light ingress. The different slat widths are shown below each with a different stain or paint option.

32mm   47mm   64mm  

89mm   114mm   s-shaped

Shutter Louvre Control

The tilt rod is the control that you use to open and close the shutter louvres and can be seen located centre on the 32mm, 47mm, 64mm, 114mm and s-shaped examples above. This tilt rod can be off centred to either the left or right if so desired by customer choice or to avoid obstrction in the case of multi bi-fold panels. The 89mm louvre example above shows an example of a hidden tilt rod. In this case the louvres all still move together but are controlled by moving just one of the louvres, this is an option for all wood styles, and there is a plate at the back of on one side which connects all the shutter louvres together. New in 2010, if you don't want the hidden tilt rod with the plate at the back, the Basswood and Cedarwood ranges have a hidden tilt rod called a silent tilt rod that is totally hidden and built into the shutter stile. Additionally on the hardwood shutters there is a remote control option. The individual panels each have a built-in motor allowing you to control panels individually or all together from the comfort of your armchair.

Whether you choose to visit us at our showroom in Eastcote, Middlesex (NW London) or you would like to contact us to arrange for one of our trained team to discuss your options either by phone or by visiting you, we are ready to help. Either way, we will have on hand examples and swatches of all the options to assist you in your decision.
 

Shutter Colours & Stains

All our shutters are given either 6 coats of paint or 7 coats of stain to achieve a tough, durable and sumptious finish. As well as a broad range of standard stains and colours, we are also able to match your shutters to many well known trade palettes. And if this vast range still doesn't provide you with the exact colour you require, we can custom match to almost any sample.
 

Plantation Shutters - the finishing touches

Your shutters will give you a lifetime of satisfaction, add value to your property, increase perceived security, but most of all create an iconic design feature in your home that will give you pleasure for many years to come. Beware of cheaper shutters that will not meet your expectations; our shutters are crafted in a state of the art production facility using advanced engineering processes. This ensures that you, our customer, will receive a first class product. Each shutter is engineered to counteract the timber's natural tendency to twist, warp and distort providing you with a truly balanced shutter that will look as good in the future as it does today. Lastly, each shutter undergoes a rigorous final quality inspection.

• Visit our plantation shutter gallery
• Plantation shutters home page
• Check out the different shutter styles available
• Download our Shutter Brochure (pdf format 12MB)
• Contact us for further information on internal wooden shutters