Internal PVC Plantation Window Shutters - 25% off Sitewide + Delivery @ The Shutters Dept

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MITM on 05/04/2023 - 15:52 shuttersdept.com.au (619 clicks)
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25% Sitewide Easter Sale + $35 Off on signup
Amazing Price Direct From The Manufacturer. Simple DIY Install. No experience necessary!
Free online quotes, simple design process, and expert tips and recommendations take the worries out of ordering plantation shutters online.
3 shades of white colours to suit popular Dulux, Wattyl, Haymes whites. Perfect for any home!
10 year warranty, Australia Wide Delivery, No hidden costs.

Our shutters are made from PVC, a durable material that won’t experience fading or cracking, as an aluminium core reinforces each shutter blade.

Moisture resistant
PVC shutters are resistant to moisture and humidity, and therefore ideal for bathrooms and kitchens, or areas prone to getting wet and experience moisture.

Clearview
Our shutters use clearview functionality, which allows the blades to rotate using a hidden tilt rod, so that opening the blades gives a clear 180° unobstructed view.

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  Gotchas on 05/04/2023 - 16:03

  How much approx per sq meter installed ?

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    Lolitsjoel on 05/04/2023 - 17:15

    These are super simple to install yourself if you’re keen to save money

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  SBOB on 05/04/2023 - 16:32

  +1

  As someone who DIY'd a heap of shutters last year, and did pricing and samples from pretty much all of them, I'd be giving www.shadesbyyou.com.au a look.
  They re-sell shades to the public from this company (https://www.two-australia.com/highprofile-classic-wood-shutt…) which is used by plenty of installers/contractors (only a sub-set of the colours, but if requested, you could get any of the colours two-australia offers).

  Their prices have gone up since last year, but I'd be surprised if their value didnt still stack up.

  Happy to answer any questions as the amount of time I spent on researching these (and then installing) was significant :)

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    senectus on 05/04/2023 - 16:38

    Personally I'd prefer Timber just for the ecological reasons. but are there other reasons to choose timber over PVC? (or the other way around?)

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      SBOB on 05/04/2023 - 16:44

      Personally I'd prefer Timber

      same. but more for feel and weight.
      the shadesbyyou ones are timber.
      I would only choose PVC if its going in a wet/humid area like bathroom or possibly kitchen

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      entropysbane on 05/04/2023 - 18:21

      PVC better where it is humid. Not just bathrooms.

      The Alu core also reduces warping

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    stuckster on 05/04/2023 - 16:54

    Have you got a spreadsheet or something else from all your research. About to go through this process and would really appreciate the info. Please feel free to PM me!

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      SBOB on 05/04/2023 - 17:08

      +1

      ah, I'll look. Doubt i saved it post job order.
      (and even if i did, my rambling numbers on a sheet likely wouldnt make sense to anyone, or even me many months on :) )

      was pretty much
      - measurements and m2 values for each of my windows
      - Each websites quoted 'm2' price
      - Each windows quoted price based on quote on each websites checkout (some have minimum charge per window which bumped up the cost for some of the small windows i had)
      - Then i compared totals, including delivery (as some had some pretty over the top delivery costs)

      Then used samples from each for some colour and constuction comparisons, and quickly decided that PVC shutters didnt feel as nice, and when I worked out where shadesbyyou was sourcing their shutters from (they dont advertise that, but the supplied samples gave it away, and the shutters gets delivered by two-australia directly) I was more confident on the resulting shutter quality also.

      They arent made in Australia, so if you want locally manufactured shutters, you'd need to look elsewhere, but I couldnt fault them for price, order process, or resulting delivered product.

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        stuckster on 05/04/2023 - 17:11

        Thanks!

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          SBOB on 05/04/2023 - 19:08

          @stuckster: yeah, no luck. Laptop was cleaned up not long ago from all the old files 'neatly' organised on the desktop :)

          prices have mostly changed so if i was starting now, I'd be organising free samples from the various popular shutter places online, and then doing your measurements (dont need to be exact for initial pricing compares, as they are all just m2 calcs), and do online quotes at each retailer and see the resulting total costs

          When comes time to order, measure, measure again, think to yourself 'is this tape measure good enough?', go to bunnings and buy a new tape measure, measure twice more, note down the number on your notepad, go around and measure the rest of your windows, have second thoughts about if you really measured accurately enough and measure again :)

          Order arrives and you notice you probably could have gone a mm biiger to reduce a bit of the gap (they take a few mm off to allow the frame to fit), then your wife says you're being stupid and no one will even be able to tell, and you say 'yeah but I'll be able to tell', finish the install and have a beer…

          So yeah… Fun DIY task :)

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    jonnoyeo on 05/04/2023 - 17:00

    How was the install?

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      SBOB on 05/04/2023 - 17:02

      +1

      if you're moderately handy its not very difficult
      Getting measurements right and using shims to get the frame square in your window are the hardest bits.
      Rest is just drilling/screwing/gap filling :)

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    dcradds on 05/04/2023 - 17:01

    Did you find any that supplied sliding shutters for windows?

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      SBOB on 05/04/2023 - 17:09

      no, but also wasnt on my radar.
      I would expect sliding installs would be somewhat more difficult than fixed frame shutters also, making the 'DIY' level orders/installs a bit trickier.

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  The Hobo on 05/04/2023 - 17:42

  Any way to make these blockout?

  We have similar shutters and light comes through it far too easily. I've resorted to some ghetto solutions in the past but would like to see if there's a more elegant solution.

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    ilikeit on 05/04/2023 - 18:22

    +1

    In a child's room facing north, I used to have a blockout blind teamed with a wooden plantation shutter. I had the shutter inside the window frame and the blockout blind above the window frame with a cover to make it more discrete. It worked great, and the frame of the shutter blocked the small line of light that would otherwise have come through if there was only a blockout blind.

    I'm sure I saw a plantation shutter recently that had an integrated blockout blind, but I can't think where. I think it was a building showcase showroom where suppliers rent a small space for their products. Worth searching for.

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      The Hobo on 05/04/2023 - 20:22

      Interesting, unfortunately the shutters are already installed and sit outside the frame. I could install one over the top outside though that would look a bit weird.

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    Hasbulla on 05/04/2023 - 19:20

    Hang on, if they don’t block the light what’s their reason to exist? Decoration?

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      The Hobo on 05/04/2023 - 20:15

      They block light - just not completely. I want my room very dark so I can sleep in the mornings