Beginner's Guide to Plantation Shutters - Complete Shopper's Checklist

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Before you go purchasing window shutters for your home, make sure you watch this video to put a checklist of the features you want to look for in your new window treatment.
Plantation shutters are a classic window treatment option that will add a beautiful touch to any home while providing several practical benefits. It is important to make sure you know what to look for to maximize your results and ensure that you are getting all the features that are important to you.
I am not endorsing any brand or companies in this video. This video is for educational purposes only so that you are better prepared to shop and ask the right questions before making your final decision on what product and installer you will use for your project.
Feel free to comment down below with any questions you may have. I do try to address as many as possible.

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@tylermcconnell2222 3 ай бұрын

I don't think I could have found a better introduction video to shutters. Honest people like you save us so much time in research and headache. Thank you for that

@RemodelWithRobert 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and for the kind words!

@petecardenas706 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this through video. It was very helpful for me to determine what I want to do in my house. Your work has not gone unnoticed.

@RemodelWithRobert 10 ай бұрын

I always appreciate these comments and hearing that these videos are helping people. Thank you for the kind words!

@brendonkelley8213 Жыл бұрын

Best video on KZbin about these shutters. Thanks!

@rosemariealmero1214 2 ай бұрын

I can’t thank you enough!!! ❤❤❤ I’m so impressed and appreciative of you blessing me with your thorough explanation!!! May you be blessed in return 🙏🙏🙏

@millimantra3967 2 ай бұрын

Never heard of plantation shutters and now i'm going to get them. Thank you

@lizzzie0626 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. You covered everything I wanted to know!

@odahowe635 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining everything abt shutters. I got some ideas what kind of shutters we need. Happy New Year

@operadog2000 9 ай бұрын

Excellent information. A thumbs up & a new subscription. Thank you!

@MrGoFrankie Ай бұрын

Excellent video Robert. Thanks for posting!!!

@RemodelWithRobert Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@Used2flyn 6 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you.👍🏼

@patrickohara1494 7 ай бұрын

Tremendous video!! I’m a DIY guy, and I just couldn’t get my head wrapped around how to install the shutters if I had very limited space from the wall to the window, plus I have molding and a wooden windowsill, framing out the window. You answered all those questions. Thank you so much.

@RemodelWithRobert 7 ай бұрын

Awesome, I love hearing how these videos help! Thank you for the feedback

@davidranieri3100 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, very informative and well done.

@RemodelWithRobert Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and the feedback+

@arianeairey8304 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Very informative and clear. :)

@RemodelWithRobert Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@kencross25 10 ай бұрын

Highly informative video Robert, thank you. Funny that you mentioned basswood because that is the species, I'm using to build my plantation shutters within my home in Mobile, Alabama's hot and humid climate. I will be staining selected room shutters and painting the others. I took a scrap piece of basswood and stained it with a lighter walnut color that turned out fantastic. I 100% agree with Basswood Shutters.

@RemodelWithRobert 9 ай бұрын

Yes, the beauty of basswood is it tends to do well in both a higher humidity environment like Alabama as well as a dry climate like here in Arizona where I live. I on the other hand, do much better in my dry climate 😂

@luzrodgers7747 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Very helpful.

@MrDilbert111 Ай бұрын

This was very helpful

@EyeOfScrutiny 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. Thanks!

@RemodelWithRobert 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@DD-el2ox Жыл бұрын

Good video. We bought the house with shutters already installed except 3 bedroom windows. We want to match the others but not sure what material they are. We are in Vegas so hot like AZ and the 3 windows are facing west so you know that 400pm sun is brutal. Thx

@bigpanda8772 Жыл бұрын

Excellent!!

@RemodelWithRobert Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@user-on6cb9vi7c Жыл бұрын

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@wandarussell1132 Жыл бұрын

Wanting plantation shutters in my RV. Needing help with measuring, buying and installation. I’m in Picacho,Az. Thanks Wanda

@aldospadaccini1990 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@RemodelWithRobert 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@architecturalplantationshu3139 Жыл бұрын

what you forgot to mention: PVC - AKA: Poly, Polywood, Vinyl and other sales terminology. Because PVC on its own is almost useless, it must be combined with a number of additives in order to give it the properties desired in the final product. These additives include toxic plasticizers (such as phthalates), stabilizers containing dangerous heavy metals (such as lead), fungicides, and other toxic substances. Because these additives are not chemically bound to the PVC, the PVC product itself can be immediately dangerous to the consumer. Additives can wash out, pass into other materials or be lost to air. Examples of potential human exposure are as numerous as the PVC products themselves. The smell of new car interiors is a familiar example of what experts call chemical “fogging” from PVC products. Plasticizers have been shown to be directly transferred from PVC plastic “cling film” to food. Children teethe on vinyl toys which contain toxic additives. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning in 1996 when it discovered that PVC mini-blinds were giving off lead dust, which can have brain-damaging effects on children. ALSO Numerous companies and governments have enacted PVC restrictions and material substitution policies. Large companies such as Proctor and Gamble, Mattel, and the Body Shop have phased out PVC packaging. BMW, Herlitz, IKEA, Opel, Sony-Europe and Volkswagen have all announced policies to eliminate PVC uses. Big construction projects such as the Euro-tunnel between England and continental Europe were completed without the use of PVC. PVC is restricted from some city high-rises and military and aerospace projects. Hundreds of European communities have instituted restrictions on the use of PVC in public buildings. The Swedish Parliament voted in 1995 to phase out soft PVC and rigid PVC with additives that are already identified as harmful. In Denmark, government officials phased out use of PVC in the year 2000. FINALLY FIBERBOARD - AKA:Engineered Wood, Composite, Faux-wood, Hybrid and other sales terminology. Formaldehyde resins are commonly used to bind together the fibers in Medium Density Fiberboard, and testing has consistently revealed that MDF products emit free formaldehyde and other volatile organic compounds. (VOC’s) that pose health risks at concentrations considered unsafe, for at least several months after manufacture. Urea-formaldehyde is always being slowly released from the edges and surfaces of MDF. As far back as 1987, the U.S. EPA classified it as a “probable human carcinogen” and, after more studies, the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in 1995, also classified it as a “probable human carcinogen”.. Further information and evaluation of all known data led the IARC to reclassify formaldehyde as a “known human carcinogen” associated with nasal sinus cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer, and possibly with leukemia in June 2004.

@user-zt6up6gj6c 5 ай бұрын

What price's are we talking about. Live in PA. Any suggestions of providers. Thanks you are great.

@sallydavidson4471 9 ай бұрын

Great video but I have a question. I have casement windows each having a crank connected on the bottom so I can either open or close the window with. How do you get around the cranks when measuring?

@Fade2005 7 ай бұрын

Lol I call those the California blinds since I’ve seen these so much when I went to CA lol

@dalewildman2208 6 ай бұрын

Hello, This is good information. Where could I go to do a comparison on the various brands? Thank you.

@Neo.Ngoejie19 9 ай бұрын

I saw them today! I wanted to know how to you install them when you have Aluminum windows? Coz I have ring curtains, I just wanted to know. For example, if I those blinds & curtains how, without removing the curtains. ❤🙂

@rosalianazuniga7982 10 ай бұрын

Forgot to mention where or on what type of surface can these be mounted. I was looking to see if these can be installed on brick surface with fiberglass windows. Thank you

@twomonacos3488 2 ай бұрын

I don’t believe you touched on the louver size. I live in Arizona as well. What would be the best louver size to keep the most light out when they are completely closed?

@MilitaryTVgirl Жыл бұрын

BIG question here... We have crank (casement windows) AND the drywall on the inside of the windows meet the outside drywall with the bullnose style. So question 1) Do you need to use the surface mount (outside mount) shutters when you have casement (crank) windows? 2) Will bullnose style drywall around your windows keep you from being able to even have any style shutters added to your windows? We just paid big money to have all of our newly installed windows "bullnose" style because of the classic Spanish style look of our home. But we always knew that the 2 bedrooms would be getting shutters. So I'm wondering if that is even possible now that we've bullnosed the drywall around each window. Thanks.

@jacobholt6288 Жыл бұрын

Inside mount shutters with casement windows is not necessarily out of the question. Some companies can do cut outs for the cranks and locks. As to your second question, you can do an outside mount shutter with almost any style frame, as long as you have something flat for it to sit on.

@perfectlymprfct 11 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! Is there a shutter solution for interior french doors with glass? I would like privacy in my large Study and have the option to close my louvers when I'm writing. Thank you.

@RemodelWithRobert 11 ай бұрын

There are shutter solutions for french doors, but the options could vary from one manufacturer to another. You will want to discuss with your local provider what they offer for french doors.

@des1180 Жыл бұрын

My concern is that they will restrict light in a darker home ( north facing ) do you notice that ?

@RemodelWithRobert Жыл бұрын

The windows in this video are actually a north facing window. There is a lot of control to how much of the available light is let in.

@Maplecook Жыл бұрын

I knew you were the one to turn to, when I want to just shut the world out. haha

@RemodelWithRobert Жыл бұрын

Shut the world out and whip us up another kitchen masterpiece!

@Maplecook Жыл бұрын

@@RemodelWithRobert Thanks, Rob! I am halfway through editing the next one: a beer review...and then I'm gonna start in on editing another major video! =)

@RemodelWithRobert Жыл бұрын

You had me at beer!

@lizc8672 Жыл бұрын

How can I do a outside mount when I have marble window sill ? I

@jacobholt6288 Жыл бұрын

You can get a marble sill cap

@amyann47 3 ай бұрын

We just purchased a house and are looking for shutters in AZ, what is your company name?

@RemodelWithRobert 3 ай бұрын

You can contact me through my email address listed in my profile description!

@homemoviememories Жыл бұрын

If you offer shutters and installation, how can we contact you?

@RemodelWithRobert Жыл бұрын

We service the Phoenix Valley area. My email can be found in my about section.

@brendaconnell4885 Жыл бұрын

What about outside mount

@RemodelWithRobert Жыл бұрын

I do discuss outside mount in the video, though I may refer to it primarily as surface mount. There are some examples shown in the mounting/frame portion of the video. Thanks for watching!