Shutter BoysAluminum shutters in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat's weather and homes
In Medicine Hat, July averages a high of 27.7 °C and January a low of −14.1 °C, about 26 days a year reach 30 °C, 176 nights fall at or below 0 °C, and 331 mm of precipitation falls in a typical year.
63% of homes are detached houses and 21% are apartments or condos; owners live in 71%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population; Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Shade outside the glass
With 26 days a year at 30 °C or more, exterior aluminum louvers or rolling shutters can shade a window before the sun reaches the glass. Inside, tilting wood louvers control light and privacy from the room.
Winter outside
176 freezing nights a year mean ice and snow on anything mounted outside. Interior shutters stay out of the weather entirely and are adjusted from the room.
Changes to the outside of a house
Exterior shutters change how a house looks from the street, so a municipality or condo corporation may need to approve them. Interior shutters don't.
Counting the openings in a Medicine Hat home
Aluminum shutters are usually priced per opening. The middle Canadian home has 6 to 10 windows, before patio doors and basement windows.
The median Medicine Hat home is valued at $300,000 CAD by its owners.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population; Natural Resources Canada, Survey of Household Energy Use 2007, or U.S. EIA RECS 2020 where stated (windows). Prices from our price list.
6 to 10 windows, shuttered inside$2,700 to $5,700 CAD
Interior poplar shutters, each priced as a 36 × 48 in window, flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers, before tax and shipping.
Price your own windows| Feature | Interior poplar shutters (ours) | Interior aluminum (ours, 2027) | Exterior aluminum shutters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounted | Inside, in the window opening | Inside, in the window opening | Outside, on the wall |
| Main job | Light, privacy, the look of the room | The same, in humid rooms | Shade and security outside the glass |
| Adjusted | From the room, by hand | From the room, by hand | From outside, by hand or motor |
| Approval | None needed | None needed | May need HOA or city approval |
| Finish | Any paint or stain | A wood-look finish | The maker’s range |
| Price | Priced live | Announced at launch | Varies by maker |
Where our shutters fit
Every Shutter Boys shutter is made from solid American poplar to the measurements you take, then shipped to Medicine Hat for you to fit. For the inside of your windows, solid poplar is what we sell today; our aluminum interior shutters follow in 2027.
The designer shows the price of each window as you add it, in Canadian dollars.
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Price your windows
Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.