Plantation shutters in Bradenton

Plantation shutters, also called California shutters or interior window shutters, made to the measurements you take and shipped to your door in Bradenton. Fit them yourself, or ask us for an independent installer near you.
Framed California shutters fitted across a condo window wall, in time-lapse.

Homes in Bradenton

Bradenton's 30,030 homes are a mix: 42% detached houses, 46% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 8% townhouses and other attached houses.

The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 35% of homes standing today; 24% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1983. 56% of homes are lived in by their owners.

In nearby Sarasota, 11 miles away, 58% of homes were built before 1980, so Bradenton's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, Bradenton's homes are newer than those in 60% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.

Apartments and condos

46% 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 HOA or building allows to show from outside before you order: most rules are about the colour seen through the glass.

Patio door shutters

Replacement windows

35% of homes went up between 1950 and 1979, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.

Choosing a louver size

Bradenton weather and your shutters

At Bradenton 5 Ese, FL (6 mi away), July averages a high of 92°F and January a low of 52.2°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to October.

About 116 days a year reach 90°F, 1 nights fall to freezing and 56.3 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around August and least in November.

That's more 90°F days than in 92% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.

Daylight runs from 13 h 53 min on the longest day to 10 h 24 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 86° above the horizon in June and 39° in December.

Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Bradenton 5 Ese, FL (temperature) and Bradenton 5 Ese, FL (precipitation, 6 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.

Bradenton: average monthly low and high temperatures30°F50°F70°F90°FJFMAMJJASOND
Average daily low to high, by month.
Monthly figures
Monthly climate normals
MonthAverage highAverage lowPrecipitation
Jan72°F52.2°F2.8 in
Feb75°F54.8°F2 in
Mar78.4°F58.4°F3.1 in
Apr83°F63°F2.5 in
May88.2°F68.5°F3.5 in
Jun91.1°F73.7°F9 in
Jul92°F75.2°F8.9 in
Aug91.8°F75.5°F10.1 in
Sep90°F74.2°F7.4 in
Oct85.2°F68.3°F2.9 in
Nov78.6°F60.1°F1.8 in
Dec74°F55°F2.3 in

Summer sun

On the 116 days a year above 90°F, 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.

Humid summers

Hot days and 56.3 inches 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.

Why poplar

Fitting them in Bradenton

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.

How to install · How to measure

Near Bradenton

More about shutters in Bradenton

Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Bradenton’s own figures.

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Pick your look once, add every window, and see each one drawn and priced. Send it to us and we reply with your quote.

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