Why You Should Get Solid Shutter Louvers In Riverside
When you begin searching for window treatments in Riverside, you might discover that there are plenty of interesting budget plantation shutter products. While they may feel right at first, a closer inspection can reveal that they save money by using materials like plastic or vinyl. They may also outfit their shutters with hollow louvers, which gives you a lightweight and economical window treatment. Ideally, these look like they should work, and you may wonder is there actually any difference between hollow and solid louvers?
But the truth of the matter is that you should insist on plantation shutters with solid shutter louvers if you want your window coverings to maintain their shape, color, and energy-efficient properties over a lifetime. Hollow louvers can’t match up to the quality of our solid-louvered Polywood® Shutters, and here’s why:
Solid Shutter Louvers Will Maintain Their Shape
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Throughout the day in Riverside, your windows absorb heat and cold, and so do your window treatments. Hollow louvers are usually made of subpar material. So when the shutters swell and shrink 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 plantation shutter that won’t shut properly.
Solid shutter louvers, especially those derived from a sturdy faux-wood composite, will keep their shape over the lifetime of the shutter. Because of the rigid structure, your coverings will completely shut every time, and you won’t have to wonder about outside light or heat leaking through your warped louvers. The warranty of our Polywood shutters even guarantees that your louvers will never buckle or split for the lifetime of the product. It’s doubtful you’ll find a warranty like that with a product that is constructed with hollow louvers.
Solid Shutter Louvers Keeps Air In
Then as your window treatments warp over time and don’t shut properly, they cease to be energy efficient. Heat loss is now a concern, and air will start to flow through unencumbered, making your room hotter or colder. Now, all you have are unattractive, broken shutters that can’t stop light or air.
Solid shutter louvers are more rigid and dense and are generally effective at blocking heat loss/gain through the window. Quality faux wood shutters are better at energy efficiency, as their material is made from a impervious material that shouldn’t expand or contract. Now you have a interior shutter that completely shuts every time, giving you an easy way to control the heat loss around your windows.
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Our Polywood shutters are known as the apex of energy-efficient window treatments in Riverside, as they contain an extra layer of weather stripping. With the stripping, every louver will “lock” into place and completely secure 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 shutters and up to 1600% more effective at blocking air flow than aluminum blinds.
Call On Sunburst For Polywood Shutters With Solid Louvers
In order to find energy-efficient shutters that don’t warp, sag or break, the first step is to contact Sunburst Shutters Riverside. We’ll show you our line of Polywood shutters, and how they can improve your window’s energy-efficiency and style. Just call 951-517-3030 to book your in-home consultation.
