Window shutter

**Types of Shutters**:
– Interior Shutters:
– Typically divided into narrow units hinged accordion-style
– Operable louvered shutters controlled by a tilt bar or rod
– Configurations include stationary louvers, solid panels, fabric inserts, or tinted glass
– Can be single tier or multiple tiers
– Full height shutters with a horizontal divider rail for greater control

– Exterior Shutters:
– Originally designed for light control, privacy, security, and protection
– Functional shutters hinge on each side of a window or at the top
– Features fixed and operable louvers for rain shedding, air transfer, and privacy
– Solid panels and board-and-batten shutters for security and protection
– Resistant hardwood options like Spanish cedar, Honduran mahogany, and teak

**Applications and Benefits**:
– Used for controlling sunlight, providing privacy, security, and weather protection
– Enhances building aesthetics
– Can be mounted inside or outside a structure
– Suitable for covering both windows and doors
– Different styles serve various functional and decorative purposes

**Materials and Construction**:
– Constructed from various woods, synthetic materials, and composites
– Wood shutters should be finished for extended life
– Composite shutters offer advantages over wood shutters
– Fiberglass shutters are dimensionally stable and rot-resistant
– Exterior shutters can be made from steel, wood, vinyl, or fiberglass

**Related Concepts**:
– Robotic window cleaner
– Roller shutter
– Window blind
– Window treatment
– Window shutter hardware

**Additional Information**:
– External Links:
– Media related to Window shutters at Wikimedia Commons
– Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Window_shutter&oldid=1182980715
– Categories: Windows, Window coverings
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– Commons category link from Wikidata

Window shutter (Wikipedia)

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A window shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails (top, centre and bottom). Set within this frame can be louvers (both operable or fixed, horizontal or vertical), solid panels, fabric, glass and almost any other item that can be mounted within a frame. Shutters may be employed for a variety of reasons, including controlling the amount of sunlight that enters a room, to provide privacy, security, to protect against weather or unwanted intrusion or damage and to enhance the aesthetics of a building.

Depending on the application, and the construction of the window frame, shutters can be mounted to fit within the opening or to overlap the opening. The term window shutter includes both interior shutters, used on the inside of a house or building, and exterior shutters, used on the outside of a structure. On some styles of buildings it is common to have shutters to cover the doors as well as the windows.