Shutter BoysPatio door shutters in North Cowichan
Doors in North Cowichan's homes
63% of North Cowichan's homes are detached houses, 15% are semis and row houses, and 18% are apartments or condos.
In North Cowichan, July averages a high of 22.7 °C and February a low of 1.4 °C, about 2 days a year reach 30 °C, 45 nights fall at or below 0 °C, and 901 mm of precipitation falls in a typical year.
In Nanaimo, 41 km away, 36% of homes are apartments or condos, 18 points more 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.
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.
| Feature | Bypass shutters (ours) | Bifold shutters (ours) | Vertical blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| How it opens | Panels slide on a track | Panels fold back in pairs | Vanes stack to one side |
| Floor space needed | None | A little, for the fold | None |
| Cords | None | None | Usually a cord or wand |
| Built to last | Solid poplar | Solid poplar | Fabric 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 North Cowichan 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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