Why Storm shutters are needed

Shutters are an important part of a hurricane or storm resistant home. They provide protection for glass doors and windows against windborne debris. Keeping your home or office intact during a windstorm is vital to the structural integrity. If the building is breached, sudden pressurization of the interior can cause major structural damage and will lead to significant interior and contents damage from wind-driven rain.

Design Styles

We offer custom made shutters in these styles:

• Fixed Louver
• Fixed Louver with false tilt rods
• Fixed Louver with raised panels
• Raised Panel
• Board & Batten
• Bahamas

How we do it

We start by using only select Spanish cedar. An interesting fact about Spanish cedar is that it is not a cedar tree at all. It is in the mahogany family and has been appreciated since ancient times, even being used to make canoes by the Amazon Indians. It contains resins and volatile oils, which makes it resistant to decay, insects and fungus. We consider Spanish cedar to be the one of the best exterior woods for our unique climate here on the gulf coast. We can also build shutters out of Sinker Cypress if the historical value is important on your southern Louisiana home.

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Specifications

All of our fixed louvered and raised panel shutters are 1 3/8” thick. That is as thick as your interior doors. The louvers are 3/8” thick and are placed in ½” deep routed grooves in the stiles. We dowel the joints using two 2” x ½” dowels, and glue those using Titebond 3 waterproof glue and then we use 4” deck screws at the joints for added durability. Our raised panels have a panel on both sides of the shutters, not usually seen in this design. Beautiful, opened or closed!

Our Board & Batten shutters have 7/8” thick boards with “V” grooves and 7/8” thick Battens. The Battens are attached to the boards using Titebond 3 glue and Two 1 ¼” deck screws per Board.

The Bahamas are manufactured the same as the fixed louvered panels but are 1 5/8” thick so that the louvers can be angled at 45 degrees for maximum light and visibility.

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Paint

Proper surface preparation insures a beautiful and long lasting finish for your shutters. All of our shutters are sprayed first with a quality millwork primer containing tannin blockers, and then top coated with Sherwin Williams Super Paint exterior paint. This comes in almost any color you desire and in three different finishes.