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| Apron |
| Window molding located below the window sill on a window frame. |
| Awning Windows |
| Windows which are hinged on top and swing outward to open. They are usually rectangular, and wider than they are long. |
| Bay window |
| A composite of three windows usually made up of a large center unit and two flanking units, typically they are 30 or 45 degree angles to the wall. A bay window refers to the angle of departure from the plane of a wall. |
| Bead & rabbet |
| Bead is a term applied to wood moldings when adding detail. Rabbet is "A channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a surface; especially one intended to receive another member (as a panel)." Together the bead and rabbet are utilized in mated pairs (two shutter panels side by side in the same frame opening) to block out light by overlapping. |
| Café Shutter |
| Shutter that covers only the bottom half of a window. |
| Casement Window |
| A casement window has two verical sections that crank open outward. |
| Casing |
| Exposed molding or framing around a window or door, on either the inside or outside, to cover the space between the window frame or jamb and the wall. |
| Cathedral Window |
| These windows are usually seen in rooms with cathedral ceilings. The top of the window follows the slope of the ceiling. |
| Control rod |
| A rod connecting the louvers together allowing them to operate as one. Used to open and close the louvers on a shutter. |
| Custom Built |
| "Made-to-order. Dealing in made-to-order goods." Conventions of window and door manufacturers, sizes of windows, and installations are so varied that custom built shutters are the only logical solution to providing our customers with window and [atrium] door coverings with the "fit and finish" of furniture, i.e. made-to-order for the opening specified. See "Standard Sizes" below in this glossary. |
| Dovetail joint |
| An extremely strong joint where two boards have interlocking tails and pins cut specifically to mate together. |
| Fan Shades |
| Arcs of fabric pulled together in the center by cords and rings fastened to the back of the shades. The arc, or fan, faces down. When lowered, the shade becomes a flat panel. |
| Finish |
| "To put the final touches to; a manner or style of finishing; the material used for a decorative surface; perfected." The difference in finish can be, a piece placed in a conspicuous area of the home to make a statement of quality that endures for generations, or one used in a utilitarian way where degree of use is not a concern. |
| Fluted Dowels |
| Fluting in dowels allow for glue to do the best job possible in holding parts together, increasing strength and rigidity. |
| French Door |
| A door with with rectangular panes of glass extending the full length. Usually hung with a pair of doors in one frame, with both doors opening in the same direction. |
| Hardwoods |
| "Any close grained wood from deciduous trees e.g. oak, beech, ash, and from some tropical trees, e.g. mahogany." According to the United States Department of Agriculture General Technical Report on Softwoods (FPL-GTR- 102, pg 148), the term "Hardwood" has "no reference to the actual hardness of the wood." (Italics ours.) In other words, deciduous trees also produce soft woods such as cottonwood, basswood, and poplar. Referring to materials as true hardwoods is based on their higher density. |
| Inside Mount |
| Installing a shutter inside the window opening. |
| Louver (blade or slat) |
| "Slanted fixed or movable fins to allow flow of air but to exclude rain or sun or to provide privacy; a finned or vaned device for controlling a flow of air or the radiation of light; a fin or shutter of a louver." For interior plantation shutters, movable louvers allow what approaches 100% adjustment of light into a room during the day or provide privacy at night. Fixed louvers offer a distinguished touch for room dividers, closets, dressing rooms, café doors, etc. |
| Mortise |
| A slot or rectangular cavity cut into a piece of wood to receive another part. |
| Mortise-and-tenon |
| A strong wood joint made by fitting together a mortise in one part and a matching projecting tenon in the other. Used as a corner joint. |
| Mount Type |
| Refers to the way in which the shutter will be hung or installed, either inside or outside the window opening (frame). Inside mounts are installed inside the window opening itslf. Outside mounts are installed outside of the window frame on wood trim or wall. |
| Mullion |
| A wood, metal or vinyl part used to structurally join two window or door units. |
| Plantation Shutters |
| The phrase "plantation shutters" at one time evoked images of palatial Southern homes with tall columns and long verandas. Normally they are made with 2 1/2", 3 1/2" or 4 1/2" movable louvers. Today plantation shutters are a very popular window covering in all parts of the U.S. and now increasingly abroad. They are permanent and thus are considered part of the home, unlike draperies or blinds. They are the most enduring, functional and elegant interior window coverings available. |
| Rail |
| The horizontal frame member of a shutter panel. All panels have top and bottom rails. Occasionally, a middle rail will be specified for certain applications and is always recommended on panels over a certain height. |
| Roller Shades |
| Shades made of vinyl or fabric attached to spring rollers, mounted to the inside window casing or the window frame. |
| Roman Shades |
| Drawn up from the bottom by means of cords and rings, these shades create horizontal folds when raised. A roman shade panel is flat when lowered and covers the window glass completely. |
| Sash |
| A single assembly of stiles and rails made into a frame for holding glass. |
| Sill |
| The main horizontal member forming the bottom of the frame of a window or door. |
| Softwoods |
| "Any soft, light-textured wood, esp[ecially] the wood of coniferous trees [evergreens such as pine, fir, hemlock, cedar, and spruce]." (Compare "Hardwoods" in this glossary.) Softwoods have their purpose such as in framing or exterior cornice of homes. Softwoods are even at times used in interior shutters when requested such as knotty pine for a particular décor, e.g. in a cabin. |
| Standard Sizes |
| With shutters you would cut down or add filler pieces to fit an opening. It takes a little longer to produce custom-built shutters, yes, but would someone cut down a walnut roll-top desk to fit in a corner of a room? Or would anyone cut a cherry table, an heirloom passed down from grandmother, to fit the dining area? One-size-fits-all works with ball caps - not furniture-grade shutters. See "Custom Built" in this glossary. |
| Stile |
| The vertical frame member of a shutter panel. |
| Tenon |
| A rectangular projection cut out of a piece of wood for insertion into a mortise. |
| Tension screws |
| Used in Kirtz® Shutters along with nylon bushings to allow adjustable tilt-rod resistance. |
| Tolerance |
| "The permissible error in size, etc. of a machine part or manufactured article." With Shutters it applies to the close tolerances of the machines that cut, shape, sand, and assemble the shutters. A practical example of close tolerances for Shutters is to minimize light infiltration at the louver-stile junction. |
| Traditional Style Shutters |
| Traditional style shutters roughly include shutters with louvers 1 7/8" wide and less. Generally NOT regarded as furniture-grade shutters. |
| Trim |
| Decorative cording, braids, or fringes applied to the edges or hems of draperies, to match or contrast the panel fabric. |
| True color Hand Matching |
| A service of Shutter Décor that ensures that all the wood for each shutter match in grade, color, grain, and character matches as close as possible to each other. An option service that has a surcharge to perform. |
| Valance |
| A window treatment that covers the top of the window and the drapery hardware. A valance is made of matching or contrasting fabric, often with a casing at the top, and gathered onto a curtain rod. |
| Venetian Blinds |
| Blinds made of metal or wooden slats, attached to cloth tape, and worked by a cord on a pulley system, and available in many widths, colors, and sizes. Blinds provide excellent light control while allowing some view to the outside. |
| Window Depth |
| The distance measured from the front edge of a window opening to the back. |
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Home • Products • Measuring • Installation • Contact us • FAQ’s • Site Map • Resources Plantation Shutters using furniture Quality woods, Custom Built; Stained just enough to bring out the beauty of the wood, painted from a rainbow pallet of colors, or custom matched to your interior. Our wooden shutters will enhance every room of your house. Interior wood shutters are made with red or white Oak, Maple, Walnut, Curly Maple, Cherry, Mahogany, Ash, Knotty Pine, or more exotic woods like Bubinga, or lacewood and others. Plantation Shutters come in 2 1/2", 3 1/2", or 4 1/2" louver sizes. The size of your Custom Shutter can be as small as 8" wide and 12" high all the way up to 120" wide and 120" tall. |
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