Plantiation Shutters - Anyone had them fitted?

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Hi,

I am thinking about getting plantation shutters fitted over the bay window in the living room. Three reasons:

1) They look ace
2) They allow me to close the bottom half, (I would buy ones that are horizontally split into 2), stopping my living room being on full display to those walking down the street
3) They are supposedly great at blocking out road noise when closed (if well fitted)

Now has anyone had them fitted? What do you think? The primary concern for me is having them act as a noise barrier.. The road noise isn't bad, but I would like it to be less in the evenings Are they good at this? and is it more high frequency, or low frequency noise they block out? Or would you say it's fairly universal from that perspective?

Also what should I be looking at cost- wise? Does about £2,500 seem about right for a single medium- size bay made of 3 windows?

Thanks!
 
Same question! I'd also like to know.

£2.5k seems very expensive. The quality might be less than what youre looking at but I got online quotes from £750 to £1250 I seem to remember.

Just seen you're in The Smoke. That's probably why they're so much more than my quotes.
 
Sounds a lot, who from?

I paid about £400 fitted for half height for a typical Victorian bay (two side panels and a main panel which was two doors)
 
£2,500 was actually what the lady I bought the house off said she had been quoted when she enquired about them. I am not sure I should believe too much of what she said, as she either seemed to get consistently ripped off, or was pulling numbers for various things out of the air. :D I'd be quite chuffed if I got something really nice for £1250.

Would still be interested to hear what people think about them/ their noise reducing powers, etc.

@Lithium - how long ago did you get quoted?

Cheers!
 
Find a local carpenter to come and quote for you, that seems like a lot of money, unless your bay window is massive.

For that kind of money, I'd be thinking more about upgrading the double glazing. Either with triple glazing, or units with acoustic laminate and a bigger air gap as that would really help with the noise, then look at buying some cheaper wooden blinds/shutters online and fitting yourself.
 
Hey, we have two large sash windows in our bedroom at the front of the house in W London. We have the slatted shutters on the bottom half of the windows and left the top half open. The whole window is covered by heavy lined curtains. We live on a quiet road but if there's people walking past talking or any cars, you can hear it. I would think that any slatted shutters would provide minimal difference to noise levels.

For reference, ours cost about £400 after a bit of negotiating with Hillary's blinds. If you can catch them when they're having a sale it can be pretty reasonable. I feel 2.5k is steep.
 
I wanted shutters and had traffic noise issues in our back three bedrooms.

I had secondary glazing installed in all three windows £1200 (dropped the noise considerably - you need an air gap of at least 100mm with a different thickness of glass) .... well pleased with the results.

Also ordered plantation shutters (wood) for each of the rooms we had secondary glazed, approx. £1200 during their February sale from this geezer off the TV http://www.opennshut.co.uk/

There was quite a wait for the shutters and they haven't long arrived. Still boxed, will be fitting them v.soon .... been peeking in the boxes and they look very smart.

As for noise reduction with just shutters on their own, I doubt it ... can't see them making any difference.
 
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Bes said:
Would still be interested to hear what people think about them/ their noise reducing powers, etc.

@Lithium - how long ago did you get quoted?

Cheers!
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Probably around Jan/Feb of this year. I can't remember specifically who though - sorry! They were all National and wouldn't have been beyond page two of a google search...I'm lazy like that.
 
I had them in my previous house, I really liked being able to shut the bottom half and keep the top open, if you angle the slates then light still comes in but nosy types can't see in, they were about 1k for two panels (Edwardian Sash windows). They're nice to have and do help keeping heat in when shut but they're not great at keeping light out (curtains are better) and they don't help with noise unfortunately.
 
Skiddley said:
I always wonder how much light is blocked out by these. Look great from the outside, but how is it inside?
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85% light - very little noise reduction. Helped to take off a bit of heat as we had them fitted just as the heatwave came in the summer, but don't expect miracles, and the house is definitely warmer, but I have curtains as well for the majority of rooms.

I had my whole house down earlier this year - 9 Windows in total including one curved bay consisting of 4 sections for just over 4k including vertical blinds for our conservatory and outside office, if you're only getting one window I'd expect you could easily get it for less than £1250. South Coast Shutters and Blinds were who we used who came in about 1.5k less than Hilarys, but I had good recommendations and have had no issues with mine so far.
 
Caged said:
You won't be blocking noise with shutters. You need thick curtains and/or upgraded glazing for that.
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I lived next to a train track and my apartment had metal roller shutters that slot in to each other as it closes and they made a huge difference.

also they help keep your house cool in the summer when they're closed, even though you'd expect the opposite.

metal probably reflects sound way better than wood though and in teh UK people probably would have an issue with metal roller shutters on a house.
 
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