Shutter BoysCalifornia shutters in Leamington
Homes in Leamington
Leamington is a city of houses: of its 10,545 occupied homes, 65% are detached, 16% are semi-detached and row houses and 19% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
More homes here were built 1960 or earlier than in any later period we count: 30%. Only 18% date from 2001 or later. 69% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In Kingsville, 14 km away, 6% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Leamington's homes are older than those in 81% of the 167 Canadian cities we have census figures for.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Period of construction and tenure come from the 25% sample; counts are randomly rounded.
Plaster walls and deep casings
30% of homes date from 1960 or earlier, when walls were plaster on lath and windows sat in deep wood casings. Plaster cracks if you drive screws carelessly: drill a pilot hole, use fixings made for plaster, and fix into the casing or the framing behind it. A deep casing is good news for an inside mount; measure its depth before you choose a louver size.
Out-of-square openings
With 59% of homes built in 1980 or earlier, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about 6 mm, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
Whole-house orders
With 65% 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.
Semis and row houses
16% of homes share a wall with the next one. Their front windows face the street side by side with the neighbours', so many owners pick a louver size and a white or off-white finish that sit well beside the houses on either side. Bay windows on semis usually need a separate panel set for each face.
Leamington weather and your shutters
At Kingsville (11 km away), July averages a high of 27 °C and January a low of −6.8 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from December to March.
842 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Daylight runs from 15 h 15 min on the longest day to 9 h 6 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 71° above the horizon in June and 24° in December.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Kingsville. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | −0.4 °C | −6.8 °C | 66.6 mm |
| Feb | 0.6 °C | −5.9 °C | 51.5 mm |
| Mar | 5.7 °C | −1.8 °C | 65.1 mm |
| Apr | 12.4 °C | 3.7 °C | 93.6 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | 10.3 °C | 86.7 mm |
| Jun | 24.6 °C | 16.2 °C | 61.5 mm |
| Jul | 27 °C | 18.7 °C | 74.1 mm |
| Aug | 26.2 °C | 17.9 °C | 82.8 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | 14.4 °C | 75.7 mm |
| Oct | 15.7 °C | 8.1 °C | 66.9 mm |
| Nov | 8.2 °C | 2 °C | 61.3 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | −2.5 °C | 56 mm |
A mild year
Few days here are very hot or very cold, so louvers spend most of the year on everyday work: angling daylight off the TV, giving privacy from the street, and opening wide on a fine morning. That makes louver size more a matter of view than of shade; bigger louvers leave more open glass.
Fitting them in Leamington
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 Leamington
- Kingsville 14 km
- Lakeshore 20 km
- Essex 28 km
- Tecumseh 34 km
- Amherstburg 40 km
- Windsor 43 km
More about shutters in Leamington
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Leamington’s own figures.
Price your windows
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