Aluminum shutters in Ottawa

Aluminum shutters are mostly made for the outside of a house. What they do, what interior wood shutters do instead, and which Ottawa homes suit each.

Design your shutters

Level 1 (flat) moulding, paint stage 1, 3½-inch louvers, tilting open and closed.

Ottawa's weather and homes

In Ottawa, July averages a high of 27 °C and January a low of −14.3 °C, about 15 days a year reach 30 °C, 154 nights fall at or below 0 °C, and 930 mm of precipitation falls in a typical year.

42% of homes are detached houses and 31% are apartments or condos; owners live in 64%.

Clarence-Rockland, 34 km away, has much the same number of days a year at 30 °C or more (15).

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.

Shade outside the glass

With 15 days a year at 30 °C or more, exterior aluminum louvers or rolling shutters can shade a window before the sun reaches the glass. Inside, tilting wood louvers control light and privacy from the room.

Winter outside

154 freezing nights a year mean ice and snow on anything mounted outside. Interior shutters stay out of the weather entirely and are adjusted from the room.

Condos and apartments

31% of homes are in multi-unit buildings, where the outside walls belong to the building. Exterior shutters usually aren't an option there; interior shutters are.

Condo shutters

Aluminum and wood shutters compared for Ottawa
Feature	Interior poplar shutters (ours)	Exterior aluminum shutters
Mounted	Inside, in the window opening	Outside, on the wall
Main job	Light, privacy, the look of the room	Shade and security outside the glass
Adjusted	From the room, by hand	From outside, by hand or motor
Approval	None needed	May need HOA or city approval
Colours	Any paint or stain	The maker’s range

Where our shutters fit

Every Shutter Boys shutter is made from solid American poplar to the measurements you take, then shipped to Ottawa for you to fit. For the inside of your windows, solid poplar is what we make.

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