Shutter BoysPatio door shutters in Portsmouth
Doors in Portsmouth's homes
62% of Portsmouth's homes are detached houses, 9% are townhouses, and 29% are apartments or condos.
In Portsmouth, July averages a high of 88.7°F and January a low of 34°F, about 42 days a year reach 90°F, 32 nights fall at or below freezing, and 50.2 inches of precipitation falls in a typical year.
In Norfolk, 7 miles away, 43% of homes are apartments or condos, 14 points more than here.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020. Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Older door openings
68% of homes are decades old, and older door openings settle. Measure the width at the top, middle and bottom; a mounting frame gives the track a straight line to run on.
Sliding doors to the yard
In a city of mostly detached houses, the patio door is usually a wide sliding glass door. Bypass shutters slide on a track in front of it, so nothing swings into the room and the door opens with the panels stacked to one side.
| Feature | Bypass shutters (ours) | Bifold shutters (ours) | Vertical blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| How it opens | Panels slide on a track | Panels fold back in pairs | Vanes stack to one side |
| Floor space needed | None | A little, for the fold | None |
| Cords | None | None | Usually a cord or wand |
| Built to last | Solid poplar | Solid poplar | Fabric or PVC vanes |
Where our shutters fit
Every Shutter Boys shutter is made from solid American poplar to the measurements you take, then shipped to Portsmouth for you to fit. Choose bypass or bifold as the layout in the designer and it draws the door to your sizes.
The designer shows the price of each window as you add it, in US dollars.
More about shutters in Portsmouth
Patio door shutters near Portsmouth
- Norfolk 7 mi
- Chesapeake 13 mi
- Hampton 13 mi
- Newport News 17 mi
- Suffolk 19 mi
- Virginia Beach 19 mi
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