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Window shutters in Fargo

Shutters made to fit the windows in Fargo'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 Fargo's homes

By age, 11% of Fargo's homes went up before 1950, 26% between 1950 and 1979, 26% between 1980 and 1999 and 37% in 2000 or later.

Half of them are older than 1991, which is the age of window you're most likely measuring here.

In Grand Forks, 74 miles away, 45% of homes are built before 1980, 8 points more than here.

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

Low winter sun through south windows

In December the midday sun is only 20° above the horizon here, so it reaches deep into rooms through south-facing windows. Louvers tilted with the room-side edge up send that light toward the ceiling instead of across a screen or a sofa.

Cranks, handles and shallow frames

In the 37% of homes built in 2000 or later, windows are often set close to the room side of the wall, with crank or lever handles. Measure from the glass, or the handle if it sticks out further, to the face of the trim: that depth decides whether you mount inside, outside or on a frame.

How to install

How many windows a Fargo home has

The most common home in Fargo is a two-bedroom (35% 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.

20% of homes have four bedrooms or more and 22% one or none, so most orders sit near the middle of that range. In Grand Forks, 74 miles away, it's about the same: 21% 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.

Price your own windows
Ways to mount window shutters in Fargo
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 Fargo 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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