Plantation shutters in Spring Valley

Plantation shutters, also called California shutters or interior window shutters, made to the measurements you take and shipped to your door in Spring Valley. 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 Spring Valley

Spring Valley's 94,271 homes are a mix: 53% detached houses, 38% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 6% townhouses and other attached houses.

Much of Spring Valley is new: 46% of homes were built 2000 or later, and only 12% before 1980. The median home dates from 1999. 51% of homes are lived in by their owners.

Of the 10 Nevada cities we have census figures for, Spring Valley has some of the newest homes and the third-highest share of apartments. In Enterprise, 6 miles away, 22% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Spring Valley's homes are newer than those in 91% 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

46% 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.

Choosing a louver size

Rounded drywall corners

88% 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.

How to measure

Apartments and condos

38% 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

Spring Valley weather and your shutters

At Las Vegas Wfo, NV (6 mi away), July averages a high of 105.8°F and December a low of 37.2°F. Average highs reach 85°F from May to September.

About 138 days a year reach 90°F, 19 nights fall to freezing and 6.8 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around February and least in June.

That's more 90°F days than in 96% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.

Daylight runs from 14 h 37 min on the longest day to 9 h 42 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 77° above the horizon in June and 30° in December.

Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Las Vegas Wfo, NV (temperature) and Las Vegas 7.8 SW, NV (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.

Spring Valley: average monthly low and high temperatures30°F50°F70°F90°F110°FJFMAMJJASOND
Average daily low to high, by month.
Monthly figures
Monthly climate normals
MonthAverage highAverage lowPrecipitation
Jan59°F37.5°F0.7 in
Feb63.5°F41.4°F1.3 in
Mar71.8°F48°F0.7 in
Apr79.6°F53.8°F0.3 in
May89.6°F63.3°F0.2 in
Jun100.9°F73.3°F0.1 in
Jul105.8°F79.6°F0.6 in
Aug104.1°F78.3°F0.6 in
Sep96°F69.2°F0.6 in
Oct82°F56.6°F0.7 in
Nov67.4°F44.3°F0.4 in
Dec57.2°F37.2°F0.6 in

Dry air

Only 6.8 inches of precipitation a year, and days and nights about 25°F apart. Dry air pulls moisture out of wood, so poplar louvers can shrink very slightly through their first dry season; that's normal for real wood.

Why poplar

Months of hard sun

With 138 days a year above 90°F, sun on the window is the main thing shutters do here. Closed louvers stop direct sun before it reaches the room; angled up, they still let light bounce off the ceiling. On south and west windows, white and light finishes stay cooler and show fading less than dark stains; keep stains for windows out of the afternoon sun.

Why poplar

Fitting them in Spring Valley

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 Spring Valley

More about shutters in Spring Valley

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

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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