The spec, line by line
PVC panels, hidden tilt, mid-rail at sill height. Every wet room, every suburb.
PVC, because steam doesn't argue with it. A shower turns the room tropical twice a day. Timber responds the way timber always has: swelling, sticking panels, hairline cracks in the paint. PVC's polymer core simply doesn't participate; it cannot swell, rot or peel, and a damp cloth is a complete cleaning system for it.
Hidden tilt, because the fewer ledges the better. A wet room's dust is sticky; every surface films over time. The hidden mechanism leaves one smooth blade line you wipe in a single pass, with no front rod collecting the room's humidity behind it.
The mid-rail at sill height. Set the split where the frosted glass ends or the sill line runs, and the bottom half stays permanently private while the top half vents and lights the room. It is a small drawing decision that makes the shutter work like two independent windows.
Frames that shrug water. Wet-area frames are specified in the same PVC family, so the whole assembly, not just the blades, ignores the room's weather.
The habit that matters more than the hardware
After the shower, tilt the top blades open. A wet room's enemy is trapped humidity, and louvres are, usefully, a ventilation machine: open blades over a cracked window dry the room fast while the mid-rail keeps the privacy intact. Shutters don't replace an exhaust fan, but they make the window's contribution effortless.
Laundries and kitchens
The laundry is a bathroom that also throws lint; same verdict, PVC, and blades wipe clean of dust in one pass. Kitchens split honestly: PVC within the splash arc of the sink, and either material beyond it. That is a per-window call we make at the measure, not a rule you need to memorise.
"But we love the timber look"
You keep it. Painted PVC and painted basswood are indistinguishable from conversation distance; the difference is which one still closes sweetly after two years of showers. Put the real timber in the bedroom where it can grow old gracefully.
Privacy without blockout
Frosted glass plus tilted louvres gives daytime privacy with full light. For bathrooms facing a neighbour's window directly, the mid-rail split does the rest. Nobody needs a dark bathroom at noon.
Free 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.
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