Shutter BoysPlantation shutters in South Fulton
Homes in South Fulton
South Fulton is a city of houses: of its 43,731 homes, 79% are detached, 6% are townhouses and other attached houses and 15% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
Much of South Fulton is new: 61% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 23% before 1980. The median home dates from 2003. Owners live in 72% of homes.
In nearby Mableton, 12 miles away, 35% of homes were built before 1980, so South Fulton's windows are on the whole newer. Nationally, South Fulton's homes are newer than those in 82% 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.
Shallow openings
61% of homes were built in 2000 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.
Whole-house orders
With 79% of homes detached, most orders here cover a whole house: bedrooms, a patio door, perhaps a bay. Put every window in one list in the designer so the louver size and colour match from the street, and if you have an HOA, send it the drawings before you order.
Rounded drywall corners
77% of homes here were built from 1980 on, and many houses of that era have rounded ("bullnose") drywall corners around the windows instead of square returns. A shutter can't sit flat against a curve: choose an outside mount with a frame that clears the corner, or an inside mount if the flat part of the opening is deep enough for your louvers.
Bought to stay
Owners live in 72% 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 South Fulton
The most common home in South Fulton has four or more bedrooms: 48% of homes. Large houses are common too: 48% have four bedrooms or more. The median home has 6.9 rooms.
Detached houses are the most common kind of home here. Across the US, the middle home among detached houses has 10 to 15 windows (EIA, 2020). Shuttering that many windows at a typical bedroom-window size comes to roughly $3,200 to $6,000. For scale, that's about 1.5% of the median home value here, $309,800 (owners’ estimates, 2020–2024).
Homes here are larger than in 96% of the 881 US cities we have figures for, so a whole-house order runs to more windows than most.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 (bedrooms B25041, rooms B25018, value B25077); U.S. Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, Table HC2.1 (windows). EIA RECS 2020, Table HC2.1
A typical home10–15 windows
All of them shuttered$3,200 to $6,000
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 windowsPricing a whole house at once
48% of homes here have four bedrooms or more. For a house that size, list every window in one go: type or paste the sizes, or upload them as a spreadsheet saved as CSV, and the designer prices each window and the total.
Young children at home
6.5% of people in South Fulton are under five, more than in 77% of the 881 US cities we have figures for. Shutters have no cords or chains at all: the louvers tilt with a rod or by hand, so there's nothing to hang within a child's reach. US rules for cords on custom blinds and shades are still being rewritten; ours never had any.
Working from home
18% of workers here worked from home in the 2020–2024 survey years, more than in 67% of the 881 US 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 (B01001), working from home (B08301) and value (B25077): U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Rankings compare the US cities we have figures for.
South Fulton weather and your shutters
At Atlanta Hartsfield Intl AP, GA (8 mi away), July averages a high of 90.1°F and January a low of 35.6°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to August.
About 47 days a year reach 90°F, 36 nights fall to freezing and 54.4 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
That's more 90°F days than in 54% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 23 min on the longest day to 9 h 55 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 80° above the horizon in June and 33° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Atlanta Hartsfield Intl AP, GA (temperature) and East Point 6.3 Wnw, GA (precipitation, 4 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54°F | 35.6°F | 4.7 in |
| Feb | 58.2°F | 38.9°F | 4.7 in |
| Mar | 65.9°F | 45.3°F | 5.2 in |
| Apr | 73.8°F | 52.5°F | 4.5 in |
| May | 81.1°F | 61.3°F | 3.9 in |
| Jun | 87.1°F | 68.6°F | 4.3 in |
| Jul | 90.1°F | 71.8°F | 5.4 in |
| Aug | 89°F | 71.3°F | 3.9 in |
| Sep | 83.9°F | 65.9°F | 4.9 in |
| Oct | 74.4°F | 54.9°F | 3.6 in |
| Nov | 64.1°F | 44.2°F | 4.3 in |
| Dec | 56.2°F | 38.4°F | 5 in |
Humid summers
Hot days and 54.4 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.
Fitting them in South Fulton
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 South Fulton
- Mableton 12 mi
- Atlanta 12 mi
- Smyrna 16 mi
- Brookhaven 21 mi
- Marietta 22 mi
- Sandy Springs 24 mi
More about shutters in South Fulton
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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.