Patio door shutters in Nanaimo

Shutters for sliding glass, French and balcony doors in Nanaimo: which layout suits which door, and how they compare with vertical blinds.
Condo window wall and balcony door, level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 3.

Doors in Nanaimo's homes

51% of Nanaimo's homes are detached houses, 10% are semis and row houses, and 36% are apartments or condos.

In Nanaimo, July averages a high of 22.4 °C and December a low of 1.2 °C, about 0 days a year reach 30 °C, 40 nights fall at or below 0 °C, and 1,160 mm of precipitation falls in a typical year.

In North Cowichan, 41 km away, 18% of homes are apartments or condos, 18 points fewer than here.

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.

Balcony doors

With 36% of homes in multi-unit buildings, many patio doors here open onto a balcony. Bifold panels fold back in pairs and need little floor space; check what your condo corporation allows to show through the glass.

Shutters in condos

Sliding doors to the yard

In a city of mostly detached houses, the patio door is usually a wide sliding glass door. Bypass shutters slide on a track in front of it, so nothing swings into the room and the door opens with the panels stacked to one side.

Patio door shutters

Patio door options for Nanaimo
FeatureBypass shutters (ours)Bifold shutters (ours)Vertical blinds
How it opensPanels slide on a trackPanels fold back in pairsVanes stack to one side
Floor space neededNoneA little, for the foldNone
CordsNoneNoneUsually a cord or wand
Built to lastSolid poplarSolid poplarFabric or PVC vanes

Where our shutters fit

Every Shutter Boys shutter is made from solid American poplar to the measurements you take, then shipped to Nanaimo for you to fit. Choose bypass or bifold as the layout in the designer and it draws the door to your sizes.

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

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Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.

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