External shutters

Luca_Festa

Anyone consider the opportunity to fit external wood shutters?

leveller2911

Hi Luca and welcome to the forum. Here in the UK we don't see external shutters very often.

We see shutters on very old houses, usually over 100 years old but they are not in fashion here in the UK. One reason is because in the UK our windows open outwards instead of opening inwards like they do in France,Germany and maybe Italy.

Luca_Festa

Hi leveller,
thank your for your reply! You're right also in Italy we use external shutters...but i noticed that with tilt and turn window you can use this kind of items, and maybe with sash...am I wrong?

leveller2911

Luca_timber_windows wrote: »

Hi leveller,
thank your for your reply! You're right also in Italy we use external shutters...but i noticed that with tilt and turn window you can use this kind of items, and maybe with sash...am I wrong?

I think even out tilt n turn windows open outwards so we couldn't closed the shutters from the inside.. Some of our very old houses have them but they were for show/fashion because our windows have always opened outwards.

The only ones that don't are sash windows that slide up and down. But most houses don't have these windows..

Luca_Festa

I think that tilt and turn open inwards (like anglian window for example)...or the kind of sash that you've posted.

What do you think about a "decorative " shutter fix on the wall?

leveller2911

Luca_timber_windows wrote: »

I think that tilt and turn open inwards (like anglian window for example)...or the kind of sash that you've posted.

What do you think about a "decorative " shutter fix on the wall?

Its just my opinion Luca but decorative shutters look terrible. They are fixed to the brickwork with no hinges fixing them to the actual windows. Horrible things in my opinion.They look a little better on a timber framed house than brickwork but still think they look horrible. But thats just my opinion.

The inward tilt and turn windows means that you can't have furniture around the window opening otherwise you can't reach them to open them so there are advantages to opening outwards. Inward opening windows have never caught on in the UK.

leveller2911

To me this look horrible...

Luca_Festa

No problem leveller...I appreciate your sincerity!
I've also talked with uk architects and they said to me that your uk windows have some problems with air draughts and water infiltrations...that's also because we decided to start a business in UK with our italian windows and shutters (knowing that about the second ones it will be very difficult)!
With hidden hinges you can open inwards your window up to 90°, in this way you can have furniture into your home!

Luca_Festa

Damn! This is vinyl!! Horrible!! I'm talking about wood!!

leveller2911

Only very old windows have problems with draughts or very badly fitted modern ones. In the UK all new windows have to meet miniumum standards and draughts and water ingress are not allowed.

If anyone has water coming in their windows then they haven't been fitted correctly or they are very old.

I love wooden windows but there are some nice Aluminium windows on the market and some decent quality Upvc.

Luca_Festa

Absolutely agree with you!
Do you know accoya wood?