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I might be misremembering, but I'm pretty sure my grandparent's house had bifold shutters[1], which genuinely are just 1/4 the width of the window, and the visi
by pavon 5y ago
I might be misremembering, but I'm pretty sure my grandparent's house had bifold shutters[1], which genuinely are just 1/4 the width of the window, and the visible slats when open (and folded) face the same way they would when closed. I always assumed that was the style that all the fake shutters were copying, negating his first two points in most cases.
[1] https://www.newhorizonshutters.com/new-page-321 https://www.newhorizonshutters.com/new-page-321
- cesarb 5y ago> and the visible slats when open (and folded) face the same way they would when closed. Looking at the diagram on that page (which matches my childhood memories of a similar window shutter design), the "outside shutter" turns 180° when open, so the visible slats would be facing the opposite direction. It's the "inside shutter" which turns 360° and thus would have the visible slats facing the same direction, but when fully open it's hidden by the "outside shutter".
- pavon 5y agoHah, I didn't look at that closely, just linked the first example I found. The ones I am remembering opened more accordion style, where when closed the outside of the outermost panel would be against the wall, the outside of the innermost panel would be visible. The way these are hinged seems like they would close more securely though.