Plantation shutters in Millcreek

Plantation shutters, also called California shutters or interior window shutters, made to the measurements you take and shipped to your door in Millcreek. Fit them yourself, or ask us for an independent installer near you.

Design your shutters

Framed California shutters fitted across a condo window wall, in time-lapse.

Homes in Millcreek

Millcreek's 28,104 homes are a mix: 54% detached houses, 35% apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes and 10% townhouses and other attached houses.

The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 53% of homes standing today; 17% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1973. 61% of homes are lived in by their owners.

Of the 18 Utah cities we have census figures for, Millcreek has the third-highest share of older homes. In nearby Murray, 4 miles away, 54% of homes were built before 1980, so Millcreek's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Millcreek's homes are older than those in 66% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.

Replacement windows

53% of homes went up between 1950 and 1979, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.

Choosing a louver size

Out-of-square openings

With 62% of homes built before 1980, 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 ¼ inch, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.

How to measure

Apartments and condos

35% of homes are in buildings of two or more units. Balcony and patio doors suit bypass or bifold panels rather than hinged ones, which need floor space to swing. Check what your HOA or building allows to show from outside before you order: most rules are about the colour seen through the glass.

Patio door shutters

Millcreek weather and your shutters

At Salt Lake City E Bench, UT (3 mi away), July averages a high of 92.3°F and January a low of 22.8°F. Average highs reach 85°F from July to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from November to February.

About 49 days a year reach 90°F, 119 nights fall to freezing and 22.3 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around April and least in July.

That's more 90°F days than in 56% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.

Daylight runs from 15 h 5 min on the longest day to 9 h 15 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 73° above the horizon in June and 26° in December.

Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Salt Lake City E Bench, UT (temperature) and Holladay 0.7 Wnw, UT (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.

Average daily low to high, by month.

Monthly figures

Monthly climate normals
Month	Average high	Average low	Precipitation
Jan	39.5°F	22.8°F	2.3 in
Feb	45.7°F	26.3°F	1.8 in
Mar	55.7°F	33.3°F	2.7 in
Apr	62.8°F	38.2°F	2.9 in
May	73.1°F	46.1°F	2.6 in
Jun	83.8°F	54.9°F	1.4 in
Jul	92.3°F	63.4°F	0.8 in
Aug	89.7°F	61.9°F	0.9 in
Sep	79.6°F	52.7°F	1.4 in
Oct	65.6°F	40.5°F	2 in
Nov	51.7°F	31.4°F	1.7 in
Dec	41.1°F	23.1°F	1.8 in

Cold winters

With 119 freezing nights 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.

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Fitting them in Millcreek

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

Near Millcreek

More about shutters in Millcreek

Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Millcreek’s own figures.

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.