Exterior shutters in Burnaby

Exterior shutters are decorative or functional and live outside in Burnaby's weather. Interior wood shutters control light and privacy from the room. What each does, compared.

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Level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 1, 3½-inch louvers, tilting open and closed.

Burnaby's weather and homes

In Burnaby, July averages a high of 23 °C and December a low of 3.2 °C, about 1 days a year reach 30 °C, 17 nights fall at or below 0 °C, and 1,538 mm of precipitation falls in a typical year. That's wetter than 91% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate figures for.

19% of homes are detached houses; 35% were built in 1980 or earlier.

New Westminster, 6 km away, gets much the same rain and snow in a year.

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.

Multi-unit buildings

69% of homes are in multi-unit buildings, whose outside walls aren't the owner's to change. Interior shutters are the option there.

Shutters in condos

Rain on the outside

1,538 mm of rain a year is hard on exterior finishes, which need repainting or replacing on a schedule. Shutters inside the window stay dry.

Counting the openings in a Burnaby home

Exterior shutters are usually priced per opening. The middle apartment in a building of five or more units has 3 to 5 windows (a US survey; Canada has none by type of home), plus a balcony door.

35% of homes here were built in 1980 or earlier. Newer facades are flatter, with less trim to work around.

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.

3 to 5 windows, shuttered inside$1,300 to $2,900 CAD

Interior poplar shutters, each priced as a 36 × 48 in window, flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers, before tax and shipping.

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Exterior and interior shutters compared for Burnaby
Feature	Interior poplar shutters (ours)	Functional exterior	Decorative exterior
Closes over the glass	Yes, from the room	Yes, from outside	No
Weather	Stays indoors	Out in all of it	Out in all of it
Light and privacy control	Tilt the louvers	Open or closed	None
Approval	None needed	Often HOA or city	Often 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 Burnaby for you to fit. For the inside of your windows, solid poplar is what we make.

The designer shows the price of each window as you add it, in Canadian dollars.

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