What are the most popular shutters?
Our most popular and usually the most practical interior plantation shutter range is our Full Height wooden shutters. This term refers to the shutter being used to cover the entire window/doorway from top to bottom, using one complete panel. The louvers/slats let you control light and privacy. They are also great in keeping the heart out in the shutter and keeping your house warm in the winter.
What is the ideal louver/slat sizes for shutters?
76mm wide louver sizer are the ideal size for wooden shutters. When tilted at a specific angle they will allow you to control light and privacy at the same time. When it comes to cleaning your shutters, the 76mm louvres have enough space between them to fit your hand and simply wipe away.
What colours work best for shutters?
Generally white shutters create a balanced simplicity and freshness. They usually match the frames of your windows and when installed they blend in with the surroundings of the window. However, in the kitchen and bathroom, matching the shutters colour to your décor is very popular too. There is still a wide variety of shutter colours to choose from and the colour of your shutters is completely your choice. With our colour match promise, the list is endless.
Do shutters make your room look bigger or smaller?
Shutters will make your room look bigger and brighter compared to other window coverings. Your choice of colour for your shutters will also help you lighten and enhance your home. Selecting a light-coloured wood or white where light will naturally bounce off and reflect, this will giving your home an elegant and airy feeling.
Do shutters make your room warmer?
Yes, shutters are excellent way of effectively adding a layer of insulation to your windows. When fully closed, they will keep the warm air in your room and block out any of those money draining draughts.
Do shutters keep the sun out?
In the summer, they will help keep the sun rays out, keeping your room cooler.
The nature of a shutter (number of panels mounted onto a frame that is fixed into the window reveal) means that you can have the panels closed and louvres tilted, with a window open behind to offer ventilation.
Do shutters block out noise?
Yes, wooden shutters block the road noise from entering your home, for a quiet and peaceful atmosphere in your home. Window shutters work just as well in cancelling the road noise from entering inside as blinds and curtains, offering the same noise reduction abilities.
Do shutters cause damp?
No, wooden shutters cope amazingly well with condensation with the louvers/slats open, air can still circulate around the room to stop damp.
Are wooden shutters worth the money?
Shutters are a lasting investment for your home piece. Given their durability wooden shutters are a quality window treatment and have several advantages over other options. Shutters are durable, long-lasting, and practical as well as offering installation, privacy, noise cancelling and light control. Shutters are also known to increase the value of your home. This is why we give 5 years warranty.
Made in England, Made in London
Your shutters are hand crafted with great care in the UK. This allows us to have great quality control, reduces carbon footprint, support UK economy, shorter lead times and most importantly product provenance giving you a piece of mind that your shutters have been manufactured to a high, ethical standard.
5 Year Warranty
Put your mind at peace with our 5 Year guarantee. Your cover starts from the date of installation and covers your shutters and frames against any defects in the materials, structure, or colourfastness. In the unlikely event that our shutters are not up to standard, or something happens within the 5 year period that isn’t linked to general wear and tear or misuse we offer a replacement service.
Our wooden shutters are manufactured in United Kingdom, more specifically in the heart of England, London. This allows us to have full control of our shutters and bring quality first.
Our products are like no other in todays market. Therefore, our customers get 5 years warranty on our wide range of wooden shutters and 1 year for our blinds.
Faced with an industry in continuous transformation, North London Shutter and Blinds offer unique shutters and blinds that adapt to the different requirements of our customers. With revolutionary fabrics and modern systems, always maintaining the design and aesthetics that characterise us as a leading brand. Being at the forefront of the market requires always being updated, so we are constantly looking for and offering new and improved products to deliver the maximum solutions to our customers.
All our products are designed with the safety of children in mind. We deliver innovative solutions designed for child safety.
We’re dedicated to ensuring all our products are in line with legislation and our operating systems are compliant with the law surrounding child safety requirements.
ZERO WASTE. Yes, that’s right. At North London Shutters and Blinds we have a mission to bring down our carbon footprint. Starting from our packaging. Our shutters don’t have to cross seas and mountains to get to us. Therefore, the bare minimal wrapping will be used on our shutters and after we finish a job, we take and reuse the packaging elements.
Doing our bit for the environment, we only use water-based paint to colour our shutters. Water-based paint has a significant lower impact on the environment than that of a solvent-based paint.
We now also offer a beautiful range of eco- friendly blind fabrics. They are innovative, sustainable, waste-reducing and most importantly they don’t compromise on the quality or aesthetic. With our recyclable fabrics and responsibly manufactured fabrics while our ASC energy efficient window blinds or eco blackout blinds work to keep rooms warm in winter and cooler in summer months, reducing your energy consumption.
