Aluminum shutters in Squamish

Aluminum shutters are mostly made for the outside of a house. What they do, what interior wood shutters do instead, and which Squamish homes suit each.

Design your shutters

Level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 1, 3½-inch louvers, tilting open and closed.

Squamish's weather and homes

In Squamish, July averages a high of 24.5 °C and December a low of −1 °C, about 9 days a year reach 30 °C, 74 nights fall at or below 0 °C, and 2,344 mm of precipitation falls in a typical year.

41% of homes are detached houses and 32% are apartments or condos; owners live in 70%.

West Vancouver, 41 km away, has 1 days a year at 30 °C or more, fewer than Squamish's 9.

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.

Condos and apartments

32% of homes are in multi-unit buildings, where the outside walls belong to the building. Exterior shutters usually aren't an option there; interior shutters are.

Condo shutters

Aluminum inside the house

Indoors, aluminum usually appears as a stiffener hidden inside vinyl shutters, not as a shutter on its own. For an interior shutter, solid wood needs no metal core.

Wood vs vinyl

Aluminum and wood shutters compared for Squamish
Feature	Interior poplar shutters (ours)	Exterior aluminum shutters
Mounted	Inside, in the window opening	Outside, on the wall
Main job	Light, privacy, the look of the room	Shade and security outside the glass
Adjusted	From the room, by hand	From outside, by hand or motor
Approval	None needed	May need HOA or city approval
Colours	Any paint or stain	The maker’s range

Where our shutters fit

Every Shutter Boys shutter is made from solid American poplar to the measurements you take, then shipped to Squamish for you to fit. For the inside of your windows, solid poplar is what we make.

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

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