Shutter BoysPlantation shutters in Catalina Foothills
Homes in Catalina Foothills
Catalina Foothills is a city of houses: of its 27,787 homes, 65% are detached, 13% are townhouses and other attached houses and 22% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
The 1980s and 1990s built 51% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 35% are older than that and 14% newer. The median home dates from 1985. Owners live in 76% of homes.
Its housing is much like Casas Adobes's, 8 miles away. Nationally, Catalina Foothills's homes are newer than those in 70% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 76% of homes, and shutters are usually bought to stay with the house. Poplar takes paint well, so they can be repainted years from now if you change a room's colours. Keep your order list: it records every size if you add a room later.
Rounded drywall corners
65% of homes here were built from 1980 on, and many houses of that era have rounded ("bullnose") drywall corners around the windows instead of square returns. A shutter can't sit flat against a curve: choose an outside mount with a frame that clears the corner, or an inside mount if the flat part of the opening is deep enough for your louvers.
Whole-house orders
With 65% of homes detached, most orders here cover a whole house: bedrooms, a patio door, perhaps a bay. Put every window in one list in the designer so the louver size and colour match from the street, and if you have an HOA, send it the drawings before you order.
Catalina Foothills weather and your shutters
At Tucson Camp Ave Exp, AZ (4 mi away), June averages a high of 101.5°F and December a low of 36.3°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to October.
About 165 days a year reach 90°F, 26 nights fall to freezing and 11.9 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around July and least in May.
That's more 90°F days than in 98% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 16 min on the longest day to 10 h 2 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 81° above the horizon in June and 34° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Tucson Camp Ave Exp, AZ (temperature) and Tucson 4.1 N, AZ (precipitation, 3 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 68.1°F | 37°F | 1 in |
| Feb | 70.9°F | 40°F | 1.1 in |
| Mar | 77.6°F | 44.6°F | 0.7 in |
| Apr | 84.8°F | 49.6°F | 0.3 in |
| May | 92.5°F | 57.8°F | 0.2 in |
| Jun | 101.5°F | 67.8°F | 0.3 in |
| Jul | 101.1°F | 74.6°F | 2.3 in |
| Aug | 99.5°F | 73.8°F | 2.2 in |
| Sep | 96.4°F | 67.8°F | 1.3 in |
| Oct | 87.9°F | 54.8°F | 0.7 in |
| Nov | 76.9°F | 43.3°F | 0.7 in |
| Dec | 67.2°F | 36.3°F | 1.1 in |
Months of hard sun
With 165 days a year above 90°F, sun on the window is the main thing shutters do here. Closed louvers stop direct sun before it reaches the room; angled up, they still let light bounce off the ceiling. On south and west windows, white and light finishes stay cooler and show fading less than dark stains; keep stains for windows out of the afternoon sun.
Dry air
Only 11.9 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 31°F apart. Dry air pulls moisture out of wood, so poplar louvers can shrink very slightly through their first dry season; that's normal for real wood.
Fitting them in Catalina Foothills
Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near Catalina Foothills
- Casas Adobes 8 mi
- Tucson 11 mi
- Marana 19 mi
- Casa Grande 66 mi
- San Tan Valley 72 mi
- Queen Creek 78 mi
More about shutters in Catalina Foothills
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Catalina Foothills’s own figures.
Price your windows
Pick your look once, add every window, and see each one drawn and priced. Send it to us and we reply with your quote.