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Homes in Port Moody
Port Moody has an unusually large share of semi-detached and row houses: 23% of its 13,110 occupied homes, beside 30% detached houses and 47% apartments.
Much of Port Moody is new: 38% of homes were built 2001 or later, and only 33% in 1980 or earlier. Owners live in 76% of homes.
Its housing is much like Coquitlam's, 3 km away. Nationally, Port Moody's homes are newer than those in 69% 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.
Semis and row houses
23% of homes share a wall with the next one. Their front windows face the street side by side with the neighbours', so many owners pick a louver size and a white or off-white finish that sit well beside the houses on either side. Bay windows on semis usually need a separate panel set for each face.
Condos and apartments
47% 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.
Shallow openings
38% 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.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 76% of homes, and shutters are usually bought to stay with the house. Poplar takes paint well, so they can be repainted years from now if you change a room's colours. Keep your order list: it records every size if you add a room later.
A whole house in Port Moody
The most common home in Port Moody has three bedrooms: 33% of homes. 26% have four bedrooms or more, and 11% have one or none. Homes average 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 0.2% of the median home value here, $1,000,000 CAD (owners’ estimates, 2021).
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 windowsWorking from home
34% of workers here worked from home on census day in May 2021, during the pandemic, more than in 89% 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.
Port Moody weather and your shutters
At Pitt Meadows (13 km away), August averages a high of 25.1 °C and December a low of 0.1 °C. No month averages a high above 29 °C or a low below freezing.
About 11 days a year top 30 °C, 60 days drop to 0 °C or below and 1,649 mm of precipitation falls, most of it around January and least in August.
That's more 30 °C days than in 56% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 16 h 15 min on the longest day to 8 h 11 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 64° above the horizon in June and 17° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Pitt Meadows. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | 0.5 °C | 252.4 mm |
| Feb | 8.8 °C | 0.4 °C | 133.6 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | 2.3 °C | 173.4 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | 4.5 °C | 104.5 mm |
| May | 19 °C | 7.9 °C | 95.3 mm |
| Jun | 21.3 °C | 10.8 °C | 68.9 mm |
| Jul | 25 °C | 12.6 °C | 47.6 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | 12.4 °C | 36.3 mm |
| Sep | 21.5 °C | 9.8 °C | 94 mm |
| Oct | 15 °C | 5.9 °C | 180 mm |
| Nov | 9.6 °C | 2.4 °C | 249 mm |
| Dec | 6.1 °C | 0.1 °C | 214.1 mm |
Humid summers
Hot days and 1,649 mm of precipitation make for heavy summer air. Wood swells when it's humid, so give kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms some air: run the fan after a shower and tilt the louvers open so steam doesn't sit behind them.
Summer sun
On the 11 days a year above 30 °C, closed louvers keep direct sun off the glass and out of the room. In a window that takes afternoon sun, white and light paint finishes stay cooler to the touch than dark stains.
Fitting them in Port Moody
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 Port Moody
- Coquitlam 3 km
- Port Coquitlam 4 km
- New Westminster 10 km
- Burnaby 11 km
- Maple Ridge 18 km
- Surrey 19 km
More about shutters in Port Moody
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