Aluminum shutters in New Bedford

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

Design your shutters

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

New Bedford's weather and homes

In New Bedford, July averages a high of 82.5°F and January a low of 20.7°F, about 7 days a year reach 90°F, 123 nights fall at or below freezing, and 45.8 inches of precipitation falls in a typical year.

31% of homes are detached houses and 68% are apartments or condos; owners live in 40%.

Fall River, 9 miles away, has much the same number of days a year at 90°F or more (7).

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.

Condos and apartments

68% 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

Winter outside

123 freezing nights a year mean ice and snow on anything mounted outside. Interior shutters stay out of the weather entirely and are adjusted from the room.

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 New Bedford
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 New Bedford 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 US dollars.

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Aluminum shutters near New Bedford

Fall River 9 mi
Taunton 19 mi
Warwick 25 mi
Pawtucket 27 mi
Providence 27 mi
Cranston 29 mi

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.