Shutter Plus

Measuring Guide

Installation Guide

Panel Quantity

Let’s say your window is 1200mm (4 feet) in width. You have the option of choosing two 600mm wide shutter panels or four 300mm wide panels (bi-folding panels). So which should you decide on. Firstly you should ask yourself how often you will fold the panels back off your window. If you are more inclined to leave them in place and just tilt the louvres, you may be better with two panels. If however you think you may fold them back onto the adjacent wall, you could go with four panels so that they bi-fold back onto each other and will take up just 300mm of wall space. So the amount of wall space you have beside your window may also dictate how many panels you choose.

If your window is divided into three sections and you opt for three panels, two left and one right, remember that when they are folded back you will be looking at the front of the centre panel bi-folded back against the first panel
and the back of the third panel folded to the right on its own.

Folding Configuration

Each shutter panel is hinged to either a surrounding architrave-type frame or to an adjacent panel. The normal folding configuration is for an equal number of panels to fold in opposite directions. For example if you opt for two shutter panels, one would fold left and one to the right; with four panels, two would fold left and two right and so on. However with three panels, two will bi-fold one way and just one the opposite way. Take a look at some of the most common folding configurations in the diagram below.

Avoid bi-folds where possible. Try and choose a lesser number of panels to give a simpler look and allow for easier opening and closing.

If you have two narrow windows close to each other with not enough wall space between them onto which you wish to fold the panels, you could bifold the two panels on the left window back to the left and bi-fold the two panels on the right window back to the right.

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