California shutters in Oro-Medonte

California shutters, also called plantation shutters or interior window shutters, made to the measurements you take and shipped to your door in Oro-Medonte. 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 Oro-Medonte

Oro-Medonte is a city of houses: of its 8,635 occupied homes, 97% are detached, 1% are semi-detached and row houses and 2% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.

The 1980s and 1990s built 30% of today's homes, more than any other period we count. 44% are older than that and 26% newer. Owners live in 94% of homes.

In Orillia, 15 km away, 32% of homes are apartments, more than here. Nationally, Oro-Medonte's homes are older than those in 54% 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.

Whole-house orders

With 97% 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.

Bay window shutters

Bought to stay

Owners live in 94% of homes, and shutters are usually bought to stay with the house. Poplar takes paint well, so they can be repainted years from now if you change a room's colours. Keep your order list: it records every size if you add a room later.

Why poplar

Oro-Medonte weather and your shutters

At Egbert (41 km away), July averages a high of 26 °C and January a low of −11.3 °C. Average lows sit at or below freezing from November to March.

About 9 days a year top 30 °C, 155 days drop to 0 °C or below and 793 mm of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.

That's more days at or below freezing than in 57% of the 160 Canadian cities we have climate normals for.

Daylight runs from 15 h 34 min on the longest day to 8 h 49 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 69° above the horizon in June and 22° in December.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, Egbert. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.

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Average daily low to high, by month.
Monthly figures
Monthly climate normals
MonthAverage highAverage lowPrecipitation
Jan−2.9 °C−11.3 °C54.7 mm
Feb−2 °C−10.8 °C44.7 mm
Mar3.2 °C−5.9 °C47.9 mm
Apr10.9 °C0.3 °C61.6 mm
May18.4 °C6.2 °C73.9 mm
Jun23.4 °C11.5 °C83 mm
Jul26 °C14.2 °C77.9 mm
Aug25 °C13.3 °C82.6 mm
Sep21.1 °C9.5 °C72.3 mm
Oct13.6 °C4.1 °C65.4 mm
Nov6.4 °C−1.1 °C71.8 mm
Dec0.3 °C−6.6 °C57.6 mm

Cold winters

With 155 days at or below freezing a year, warm room air meets cold glass for months. Shutters closed tight overnight hold that air against the window, so condensation can collect on the sill: tilt the louvers open in the morning, and wipe the sill on windows that often run wet.

Why poplar

Fitting them in Oro-Medonte

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

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More about shutters in Oro-Medonte

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