External shutters

Anyone consider the opportunity to fit external wood shutters?
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  • leveller2911
    leveller2911 Posts: 8,061 Forumite
    edited 9 February 2016 at 10:01PM
    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.
  • 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?
  • 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..


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  • 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?
  • 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.
  • To me this look horrible...

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  • 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!
  • Damn! This is vinyl!! Horrible!! I'm talking about wood!!
  • leveller2911
    leveller2911 Posts: 8,061 Forumite
    edited 10 February 2016 at 3:20PM
    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.
  • Absolutely agree with you!
    Do you know accoya wood?
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