Vinyl shutters in Maple Ridge: vinyl or wood?

Vinyl is cheaper and waterproof; solid wood can be sanded, repainted and made in any colour. Which suits Maple Ridge's weather and homes, room by room.

Design your shutters

Arched window, level 3 moulding, paint stage 2.

Maple Ridge's weather and homes

In Maple Ridge, August averages a high of 25.1 °C and December a low of 0.1 °C, about 11 days a year reach 30 °C, 60 nights fall at or below 0 °C, and 1,649 mm of precipitation falls in a typical year. That's more hot days than 56% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate figures for.

29% of homes were built in 1980 or earlier, and owners live in 79% of them.

Langley Township, 12 km away, has much the same number of days a year at 30 °C or more (11).

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.

Where vinyl does win

In a wet climate, vinyl's real advantage is water: it's waterproof and wood isn't. For a window inside a shower, vinyl is the right product. For every other room, a ventilated painted wood shutter does better.

Bathroom shutters

Heat and vinyl

11 days a year reach 30 °C. Vinyl makers are careful about heat: Hunter Douglas advises against its vinyl shutters in skylights, where it says the frame and louvers may warp. On a hot, sunny glass wall here, solid wood is the safer choice.

Wood vs vinyl, with sources

Vinyl or wood across a whole house in Maple Ridge

Vinyl costs less than wood, and the gap grows across a whole house: the middle Canadian home has 6 to 10 windows. Owners live in 79% of Maple Ridge's homes; for people who stay, what a shutter costs over the years matters as much as the price on the day.

The median home here is valued at $900,000 CAD. In Langley Township, 12 km away, the median is $1,000,000 CAD, higher than here.

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 in poplar$2,700 to $5,700 CAD

Each priced as a 36 × 48 in window, flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers, before tax and shipping. We don't sell vinyl.

Price your own windows

How the choices compare in Maple Ridge
Feature	Solid poplar (ours)	Vinyl / PVC	Composite
Sand to fit an uneven opening	Yes	No	Usually not
Repaint later	Yes	Not recommended	Depends on the coating
Colours	Any paint or stain	Mostly whites	Factory colours
Shower spray	Keep it away	Waterproof	Only with a waterproof option
Skylights and hot glass	Doesn’t soften in heat	Makers advise against skylights	Ask the maker

Where our shutters fit

Every Shutter Boys shutter is made from solid American poplar to the measurements you take, then shipped to Maple Ridge for you to fit. We make solid poplar only, because it is the better shutter in every room that stays dry.

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

Need vinyl for a shower window as well? We can supply it alongside your wood shutters. Ask about vinyl

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Price your windows

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