Are My Windows Too Close Together For Shutters

It could also be that the window is too close to a chimney the corner of the house or even a porch post.

Are my windows too close together for shutters.

I spoke with someone who specializes in historic preservation and shutters. I just removed the shrubbery and will be replacing that in the near future. There will be 9 between windows shutters and 9 from the end of the house. Porch will be a bit narrower 10 wide now.

The shutters would appear single but actually are two hinged shutters folded over. It could be that 2 windows are too close like in the picture shown to the left. The width of each shutter must equal half the size of the inside of the window casing. Don t have enough room for exterior shutters.

Saved by kestrel shutters doors. There is also a one car garage to the right. One more thing about shutters. Whatever the reason there are usually a few ways to work around this.

Mount four shutters in the manner you would normally if the window were not ganged. The shutter will close from one side for each of the two windows. Because shutters should look like they could actually close over the windows. Then forget the shutters.

They are much less successful and often an eyesore when they look like skinny parentheses on the sides of a wider window. We re moving the outer windows 3 toward the center and the inner windows 3 in toward the center. The visual effect of patterns will not be disturbed. And contemporary homes with casement windows or odd sized mismatched windows usually have no shutters.

Via the craftsman blog and i would tweak the colour of the shutters too. Mount double shutters at each end. It is not uncommon to have a window somewhere on your home where there is physically not enough room for exterior shutters. Shutters exterior interior and exterior shutter doors windows front yard landscaping house exterior outdoor projects curb appeal shutters.

If both shutters were to close they must sit inside and fill the window casing covering the entire window in both height and width. If your house has windows with odd placement too close to the corners etc.