Shutter BoysCalifornia shutters in Langford
Homes in Langford
Apartments outnumber houses in Langford: 51% of its 19,050 occupied homes are in buildings of two or more units, 7% of all homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Detached houses make up 35% and semi-detached and row houses 10%.
Much of Langford is new: 65% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 19% in 1980 or earlier. 65% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 33 British Columbia cities we have census figures for, Langford has the newest homes. In nearby Saanich, 10 km away, 56% of homes were built in 1980 or earlier, so Langford's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Langford's homes are newer than those in 93% of the 167 Canadian cities we have census figures for.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Period of construction and tenure come from the 25% sample; counts are randomly rounded.
Shallow openings
65% of homes were built in 2001 or later. Newer windows are often set close to the room side of the wall, and handles, cranks and alarm sensors stick out into the space a louver swings through. Measure the depth to the glass and to anything that sticks out; the designer checks it against the louver size you pick.
Condos and apartments
51% of homes are in buildings of two or more units. Balcony and patio doors suit bypass or bifold panels rather than hinged ones, which need floor space to swing. Check what your condo corporation allows to show from outside before you order: most rules are about the colour seen through the glass.
A whole house in Langford
The most common home in Langford has three bedrooms: 32% of homes. 22% have four bedrooms or more, and 17% have one or none. Homes average 5.6 rooms.
Apartments are the most common kind of home here. No Canadian survey counts windows by type of home; in the US, the middle apartment in a building of five or more units has 3 to 5 (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $1,300 to $2,900 CAD. For scale, that's about 0.3% of the median home value here, $730,000 CAD (owners’ estimates, 2021).
Homes here are smaller than in 82% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for: many orders are a few rooms, not a whole house.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (bedrooms, rooms and value from the 25% sample; counts randomly rounded); U.S. Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, Table HC2.1 (apartment windows). EIA RECS 2020, Table HC2.1
A typical home3–5 windows
All of them shuttered$1,300 to $2,900 CAD
Every window priced as a 36 × 48 in opening in our basic build (flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers), before tax and shipping. Your windows will differ; the designer prices each one.
Price your own windowsYoung children at home
5.8% of people in Langford are under five, more than in 83% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. Canada has limited cord length on corded coverings since May 1, 2021; ours never had any.
Working from home
23% of workers here worked from home on census day in May 2021, during the pandemic, more than in 65% of the 167 Canadian cities we have figures for. Glare on a screen comes from direct sun and bright sky behind or beside it. Louvers tilted up throw daylight at the ceiling instead, so the room stays bright and the screen stays readable; wider louvers give the clearest view when you open them.
Ages, place of work and value: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Rankings compare the Canadian cities we have figures for.
Langford weather and your shutters
At Victoria Gonzales (City) (14 km away), August averages a high of 20.7 °C and February a low of 3.6 °C. No month averages a high above 29 °C or a low below freezing.
About 1 days a year top 30 °C, 10 days drop to 0 °C or below and 675 mm of precipitation falls, most of it around November and least in July.
Daylight runs from 16 h 7 min on the longest day to 8 h 18 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 65° above the horizon in June and 18° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Victoria Gonzales (City). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.8 °C | 3.8 °C | 110.6 mm |
| Feb | 8.6 °C | 3.6 °C | 60.7 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | 4.6 °C | 62.4 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | 6.4 °C | 36.2 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | 8.7 °C | 27.5 mm |
| Jun | 18.7 °C | 10.5 °C | 18.8 mm |
| Jul | 20.6 °C | 11.9 °C | 13 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | 12.1 °C | 16.4 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | 11 °C | 27.8 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | 8.2 °C | 85.4 mm |
| Nov | 9.9 °C | 5.4 °C | 128.7 mm |
| Dec | 7.5 °C | 3.6 °C | 87.2 mm |
Dry summers, wet winters
Barely any of the year's precipitation falls in June, July and August; most comes in the cool months. Wood takes on moisture in the wet season and gives it back in the dry one, so expect the panels to feel slightly tighter in winter than in summer. Fit them in the season you're in, and leave the hinge screws a quarter turn from tight until they've been through both.
Fitting them in Langford
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 Langford
- Saanich 10 km
- Victoria 11 km
- North Cowichan 45 km
- Delta 78 km
- White Rock 82 km
- Richmond 83 km
More about shutters in Langford
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Langford’s own figures.
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