How to Guide

Toolsyoumayneed:
MeasuringTape
Pencil
Paper
Ladder
HowtoMeasure
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utters
Measuringyourwindowsproperlyisanimportantsteptoensureyourinstallationgoesbothsmoothlyand
thattheendresultlooksgreat.Thisguidewillgiveyousomegreatrecommendationsandideasonhowto
correctlyproportionyourshutters.
Thefirstthingyouneedtodecideiswhetheryouare
installingyourshuttersfordecoration(meaningthey
willbefixedandnotbeabletoclose),orifyouwantthemtoactuallyfunction(optiontoopenandclosethe
shutters).Alloftheshuttersonourwebsitecanbeinstalleddecoratively,andallothershutters(excluding
vinyl)canbe
installedinafunctionalfashion.
DecorativeShutters
Whenmeasuringfordecorativeshutters,itisimportanttokeepinmindyourgoals.Mostpeopleinstall
decorativeshutterstoaddcolorandatouchofpersonalstyletotheirwindows.Inthiscase,itisbesttofind
asinglewidthofdecorativeshuttersthatworksforallofyour
windows.
However,somepeopleinsistthattheirdecorativeshuttersshouldalsolookliketheycancloseoverthe
window(eventhoughdecorativeshutterswillnot).Whilethegoalhereisslightlydifferent,itisstillperfectly
acceptable.
Athirdandmoreencompassinggoalisarchitecturaluniformity.Itisimportantto
understandthat
architectureisaregionalscience.Totrulyaddvaluetoyourhomeandgiveitcurbappeal,itshouldlooklike
itbelongsinyourneighborhood.Insomepartsofthecountry,itiscommontoinstall12inchwidedecorative
shuttersonwindowsthatare8feetwide.
Inotherareas,itiscommontomeasuretheglassofthewindow
andinstallexteriorshuttersthatlookliketheywillcovertheglassentirely,butnotthewindowtrim.The
mostcommonwaytomeasurefordecorativeshuttersistomeasurethewindowtrimandinstallshutters
that
aretheentireheightofthetrim.Thebestadvicewecangiveyouistostartbytakingawalkoradrive
aroundyourlocalareatodeterminejusthowtomakeyourhome"fitin",payingcarefulattentiontothe
homesthatareconstructedofsimilarmaterialsand
designtoyourown.
Ifyouhappentobethefir s tinyour neighborhoodtoinstalldecorativeexteriorshutters,asaruleofthumbit
isbesttostartbymeasuringtheentirewindowincludingthewindowtrimbothverticallyandhorizontally.

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