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From the drawing board
The decisions, explained the way we spec them. Short, technical and honest: what each choice trades away, where the mistakes hide, and which windows break the rules.
63, 89 or 114 mm: louvre width, light and the view
Blade width sets how the room feels every day of its life. The real trade-offs, with the counts drawn out.
Read the guideFront tilt or hidden tilt
A visible rod or a clean blade line. Which mechanism suits which window, and the era rule that decides most homes.
Read the guideChoosing shutters by exposure
Distance to the surf changes the correct material, and there's a national corrosion standard behind that sentence. The salt-band logic in full.
Read the guideWet-area shutters, done properly
Bathrooms, ensuites and laundries have one correct answer and several tempting wrong ones. The spec, and why timber loses here.
Read the guideCleaning and caring for your shutters
Five minutes a month, material by material. What actually needs doing, what to never do, and when to call us instead.
Read the guideThe Window Schedule
Guides read; schedules decide. Draft your own home's schedule and get a spec verdict per window.
Start the scheduleFree in-home measure & quote
Every window is bespoke. The quote starts at your place, not ours.
A specialist measures each opening, talks through material, louvre width and tilt for your rooms and your exposure, and leaves you a written quote. Nothing is made until the figures are checked on site.
Form only. We reply to arrange a time that suits.