Plantation shutters in Orangeville

Plantation shutters, also called California shutters, made to measure for Orangeville homes, and how to choose between 2½, 3½ and 4½ in louvers.
Level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 1, 3½-inch louvers, tilting open and closed.

Louvers for Orangeville

Plantation shutters and California shutters are the same thing: panels of wide, tilting louvers fitted to the window. What sets one apart from another is mostly the louver size, and Orangeville's homes and sun point to different choices.

Here, about 9 days a year reach 30 °C. That's fewer hot days than 59% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate figures for.

The midday sun climbs to 70° in June and sinks to 23° in December, so the louver angle that blocks it changes with the season.

In Caledon, 21 km away, 5% of homes are apartments or condos, 12 points fewer than here.

Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population; Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.

Tilting against the sun

On hot days, tilt the louvers so the room-side edge points down: high sun bounces off the slats while you still see out below them.

Wide louvers for a view

60% of homes are detached houses with larger windows to the yard. 4½ in louvers mean fewer, wider slats and the most view when they're open, if the opening is deep enough for them to tilt.

Choosing a louver size

When in doubt, 3½ in

The middle size suits most windows and most depths, and it's the one most homes here would choose. The designer checks your depth against the louver you pick.

Design your shutters

Louver sizes for Orangeville windows
Feature2½ in3½ in4½ in
View when openLeastMoreMost
Louvers per panelMostFewerFewest
Depth needed to tiltLeastMoreMost
SuitsSmall or shallow windowsMost windowsLarge, deep windows and doors

Where our shutters fit

Every Shutter Boys shutter is made from solid American poplar to the measurements you take, then shipped to Orangeville for you to fit. Whatever you call them, ours come in all three louver sizes.

The designer shows the price of each window as you add it, in Canadian dollars.

Price your windows

Choose Canada in the designer, enter millimetres or inches, and we reply with your quote in Canadian dollars.

Design your shutters