Patio door shutters in Los Angeles

Shutters for sliding glass, French and balcony doors in Los Angeles: which layout suits which door, and how they compare with vertical blinds.

Design your shutters

Condo window wall and balcony door, level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 3.

Doors in Los Angeles's homes

36% of Los Angeles's homes are detached houses, 6% are townhouses, and 57% are apartments or condos.

In Los Angeles, August averages a high of 79.1°F and December a low of 47.3°F, about 7 days a year reach 90°F, 1 nights fall at or below freezing, and 14.2 inches of precipitation falls in a typical year.

In Santa Monica, 5 miles away, 77% of homes are apartments or condos, 20 points more than here.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.

Balcony doors

With 57% 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 HOA or building allows to show through the glass.

Shutters in condos

Older door openings

70% of homes are decades old, and older door openings settle. Measure the width at the top, middle and bottom; a mounting frame gives the track a straight line to run on.

How to measure

Patio door options for Los Angeles
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 Los Angeles 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 US dollars.

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Patio door shutters near Los Angeles

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