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Window shutters in Gainesville

Shutters made to fit the windows in Gainesville's homes: how old they are, how to measure them, and whether to mount inside or outside the opening.
Level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 1, 3½-inch louvers, tilting open and closed.

The windows in Gainesville's homes

By age, 6% of Gainesville's homes went up before 1950, 38% between 1950 and 1979, 33% between 1980 and 1999 and 23% in 2000 or later.

Half of them are older than 1983, which is the age of window you're most likely measuring here.

In Ocala, 37 miles away, the share of built before 1980 is much the same as here (43%).

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.

Wide windows split into sections

55% of homes are apartments or condos, where windows are often wide. A wide opening is split into several panels joined by T-posts at the window's own mullions, so the shutter lines up with the glass behind it.

Shutters in condos

Sun almost overhead in summer

At midday in June the sun stands 84° high here, nearly overhead, so south windows take little direct sun at noon; east and west windows take the most, early and late. Choose louver sizes for those first.

Choosing a louver size

Inside or outside the opening

An inside mount sits within the window opening and looks built in, but it needs enough depth for the louvers to tilt. An outside mount fixes to the wall or casing around the window, which suits shallow openings and hides uneven edges. The designer asks which you want for each window.

How to measure

How many windows a Gainesville home has

The most common home in Gainesville is a two-bedroom (34% of homes), and the most common kind is an apartment or condo. Nationally, the middle apartment in a building of five or more units has 3 to 5 windows.

16% of homes have four bedrooms or more and 20% one or none, so most orders sit near the middle of that range. Large homes are less common here than in 67% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. In Ocala, 37 miles away, it's about the same: 16% of homes have four bedrooms or more.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024; U.S. EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020 (windows). Prices from our price list.

3 to 5 windows, all shuttered$900 to $2,000

Each priced as a 36 × 48 in window, flat moulding, paint stage 1, 3½ in louvers, before tax and shipping.

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Ways to mount window shutters in Gainesville
FeatureInside mountOutside mountOn a mounting frame
SitsWithin the openingOn the wall or casingWithin or over the opening
Needs depth for the louversYesNoSome
Hides an uneven openingNoYesYes
LookBuilt inFramed, like trimFinished edge all round

Where our shutters fit

Every Shutter Boys shutter is made from solid American poplar to the measurements you take, then shipped to Gainesville for you to fit. You choose the mount for each window in the designer, and we check the depth against the louver you pick.

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

Price your windows

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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