Exterior shutters in Medicine Hat

Exterior shutters are decorative or functional and live outside in Medicine Hat's weather. Interior wood shutters control light and privacy from the room. What each does, compared.
Level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 1, 3½-inch louvers, tilting open and closed.

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. That's drier than 98% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate figures for.

63% of homes are detached houses; 48% were built in 1980 or earlier.

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.

Sun on the outside

With 26 days at 30 °C or more, functional exterior shutters that close over the glass can keep sun off it. Decorative ones that don't close only frame the window.

Freeze and thaw

176 freezing nights a year put anything outside through freeze and thaw. Exterior shutters need materials and fixings made for that; interior shutters never see it.

Exterior and interior shutters compared for Medicine Hat
FeatureInterior poplar shutters (ours)Functional exteriorDecorative exterior
Closes over the glassYes, from the roomYes, from outsideNo
WeatherStays indoorsOut in all of itOut in all of it
Light and privacy controlTilt the louversOpen or closedNone
ApprovalNone neededOften HOA or cityOften HOA or city

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 make.

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