Talk:Window shutter

Reads like an advertisement
This reads like an advertisement and has a very American point of view. No history or anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.206.1.17 (talk) 12:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree. That is especially evident in the last sentence (Before purchasing any hurricane shutter you need to check your local building codes to see what is required and/or acceptable.), which I have deleted. -- Picapica (talk) 09:16, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

2017 updates
I agree that this article read like an advertisement in one area: adverse references to vinyl shutters and praise for fiberglass shutters. However, I believe that PVC and vinyl are not well adapted to use as shutters, and I have no connection to any aspect of the building trades. The best shutters of traditional design are always wood, in my opinion, provided they are rot-proof and will hold paint. Otherwise, earlier edits must have removed the advertisement-like portions.

I did not see an American point of view reflected in the article when I edited it. To the contrary. British spelling and usage was employed throughout, for example. I converted the article to American spelling and usage, with which I am more comfortable. On substance, moreover, some might confuse British and American shutters because shutters in the two countries, both interior and exterior, have been substantially similar, at least through the first half of the twentieth century. This was especially true during the American colonial period and the nineteenth century, when British and American window and window shutters were built to virtually identical designs. A notable example is the use of interior shutters that fold away into concealed recesses next to the window, seen in both British and American buildings. The main difference has been that the British seem to use exterior shutters less often than the Americans.

This similarity in building practices is very noteworthy in other areas as well, however much the British may not recognize it. For example: Britain and America are the only countries (other than other English-speaking countries) that favor round doorknobs over levers and sliding sash windows over casements. They are also the only countries that love open fireplaces, even though the British have been forced through air pollution rules to stop using them, at least in most urban areas; in America, when houses are up for sale they never fail to mention the existence and number of wood burning fireplaces, which carry a premium--even in states along the warm American Gulf Coast. This paragraph is a diversion, of course. I mention these things only to bolster my contention that the use of shutters in the two countries has also been very similar, for the same cultural reasons that explain other curious building customs.

I added some information from personal observation about shutters in Germany, France, and Italy. The omission of rolling shutters, now seen everywhere in Central Europe and common elsewhere, was a great oversight. I could have added more about European countries but had to put the work aside. Cuban use of shutters, all interior, is quite distinctive, but again I didn't have time to go back and assemble a really well considered paragraph or two. Barbados, and probably the Caribbean area generally, also has distinctive usage of interior shutters. It would take quite a study to look at shutters worldwide.Barrister noir (talk) 22:13, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Roller shutters
Should "roller shutters" be included under the heading Exterior Shutters? There is no mention of them here and no separate entry for them. 172.173.45.237 09:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Shuttering for concrete
I searched for shuttering and was referred here. The term shuttering as used for concrete molding needs to be added to Wikipedia. Wakablogger2 (talk) 03:44, 16 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, I think a notice about Formwork needs to be addes at the top. Moberg (talk) 16:51, 10 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Looks like a useful addition to me. Thanks  -  Begoon (talk) 17:19, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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For beginners
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