Why You Should Want Solid Shutter Louvers In Baltimore
When you start searching for window treatments in Baltimore, you will find that there are plenty of interesting budget plantation shutter products. While they may look nice at first, a closer inspection can reveal that those companies save money by making their shutters with materials like plastic or vinyl. You can also find shutters with hollow louvers, which gives you a lightweight and less expensive shutter. Ideally, these look like they should work, and you may wonder is there really any difference between hollow and solid louvers?
Of course, you should prioritize plantation shutters with solid shutter louvers if you need your window coverings to preserve their shape, color, and energy-efficient properties over a lifetime. Hollow louvers just can’t hold up to the quality of our solid-louvered Polywood® Shutters, and here are just a few reasons why:
Solid Shutter Louvers Will Keep Their Shape
During the day in Baltimore, your window panes get warmer and colder, and so do your window treatments. Hollow louvers trap air within each louver. So when they widen and condense because of the natural course of the day, it's hard for the shutters to keep their shape. What you get is a louver that is warped or split, and a shutter that won’t shut properly.
Solid shutter louvers, especially those made from a sturdy faux-wood composite, will keep their shape basically forever. Because of the rigid structure, your coverings will completely shut every time, and you won’t even need to think about light or heat loss leaking through because of warped louvers. The warranty of our Polywood shutters even guarantees that your louvers will never warp or sag for the lifetime of the product. It’s doubtful you’ll find a warranty like that with a product that features hollow louvers.
Solid Shutter Louvers Keeps Air In
Then as your louvers warp over time and leaves you gaps when shut, they cease to be energy efficient. Heat loss is a problem, and air will start to flow through unencumbered, making your room feel uncomfortable. Now, all you have are unattractive, warped shutters that won’t block sun glare or heat loss.
Solid shutter louvers are more densely packed and are more effective at blocking temperature fluxuations through the window. Quality faux wood shutters are better at energy efficiency, as their construction is made from a non-porous material that will never expand or contract. You’re left with a interior shutter that always closes tight every time, giving you an easy way to control the heat loss around your windows.
Our Polywood shutters are known as the apex of energy-efficient window treatments in Baltimore, as they use an extra benefit of weather stripping. With the stripping, each solid louver will “lock” into place and effectively seal the window from the elements. It’s been shown that with our faux wood composite plus the weather-stripping, Polywood shutters are 70% more energy-efficient than wood plantation shutters and up to 1600% more efficient than aluminum blinds.
Reach Out To Sunburst For Polywood Shutters With Solid Louvers
In order to order energy-efficient shutters that don’t warp, bow or snap, just contact Sunburst Shutters Baltimore. We’ll show you our line of Polywood shutters, and how they can improve your windows for years to come. Just contact 301-321-7998 to book your in-home consultation.
