Plantation Shutters by Gator Custom Blinds

PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 10, 2008 – If you are looking for Plantation Shutters in Gainesville, Plantation Shutters in Ocala or Plantation Shutters in Lake City, Gator Blinds has the best price on Plantation Shutters in Florida.

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A Plantation shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of side stiles, top and bottom rails, and louvers. Individual shutter panels can be hinged together to form a shutter unit, which fills a window opening. Shutters may be employed for a variety of reasons, including controlling the amount of sunlight that enters a room, to provide privacy, to protect against weather and to enhance the aesthetics of a building. 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.

Gator Custom Blinds sells interior shutters-

Interior shutters usually hinge on either side of a window opening, and swing inwards to allow access to the window or to allow light to enter a room. Standard shutter panels have movable louvers or slats that rotate open for light and visibility and rotate closed for privacy or to reduce light. Shutters that have moveable slats are described using different terms such as california shutters or plantation shutters. Other interior shutters use stationary louvers that do not move, solid raised panels, fabric inserts, or tinted glass. These 'solid' shutters are most often found on older, Victorian period windows. Shutters can be configured in a single tier unit that used one panel from top to bottom of a window opening. Tier on Tier units feature separate panels top and bottom, which allows the top panels to be opened independently from the bottom panels. Café style shutters only cover the lower portion of a window.

Full height interior plantation shutters can be made with a horizontal divider rail which separates the slats in the upper and lower portions of the shutter panel. This helps gain privacy in the lower section of the window. A tilt bar (rod) is used for adjusting louver position and to keep them in a uniform position. Interior shutters can be constructed from numerous woods, which can be painted or stained, aluminium and a variety of synthetic materials. Interior shutters that are made to close tolerances are preferable for the best possible fit. When louvers or tilt bar (rod) become damaged, replacement kits for these damaged parts may be ordered online and are easy to install.

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