What Makes Up a Faux Wood Shutter?

“Faux wood” is a term that gets thrown around with regards to interior design, from siding to floors to window treatments. Technically, it just means “not wood, but similar to it.” Other than that, you might not know what you’re dealing with. So if you’re looking for faux wood shutters, faux wood blinds, or any other kind of faux wood window treatment in Baltimore, what is it that you’re actually buying for your home?

Sunburst Shutters Baltimore will help you separate the quality faux wood shutters from the not-so-quality shutters. This is what you need to know.

Faux Wood Quality Ranges From Excellent To Third-Rate

Faux wood is typically advertised as a more affordable version of hardwood, but a large number of faux wood products would be better described as a “cheap” version of hardwood. The vast majority of faux wood is really just composite wood, which is a mix of wood fiber, plastic, and glue, occasionally coated in vinyl. Almost all of these kinds of composite materials aren’t long-lasting, can’t really block sound or heat loss, and will almost always fade and yellow after prolonged exposure to UV rays.

Even worse, some faux wood shutters are hollowed out material, making them weaker, prone to chips and cracks, and less energy efficient.

So while you may think you’re staying under budget by choosing faux wood window treatments, are you actually benefiting from shutters you’ll likely need to replace after a short while? Are you getting much out of shutters that don’t help make your home more comfortable or your utility bills lower?

Fortunately, not every faux wood shutter is made the same.

What To Look For In a High Quality Faux Wood Shutter

There are usually 3 things you should look for in a good faux wood shutter:

• Solid, moisture-proof material

• No vinyl material on a wood pulp base

• An extended warranty

Sunburst’s Polywood® plantation shutters were designed to succeed where the majority of faux wood falls short. Unlike cheaply built shutters made of wood pulp and vinyl, Polywood shutters are built from our trademarked Polywood extruded material, created to withstand the harshest elements and take punishment that would make most shutters shatter.

Polywood shutters are also 100% solid, so they’re not only more durable and immune to chips or cracks, but also better insulators to keep your home at a comfortable temperature.

And unlike many faux wood shutter products, Polywood shutters come with a comprehensive Lifetime Warranty.

Some window treatment shops may try to market their faux wood shutters as some sort of “poly” material, but rest assured: there’s only one Polywood®.

Get Baltimore’s Best Faux Wood Shutters

If you want to move on from low-quality faux wood shutters that don’t deliver, contact Sunburst Baltimore today. Get a design consultation by filling out the form below or call us at 301-321-7998.