Helpful Tips For Installing Plantation Shutters

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Helpful Tips For Installing Plantation Shutters

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Window plantation shutters are classic and
low-maintenance window treatment solutions that
impart a timeless, beautiful look.  If you can
work with a measuring tape and drilling machine,
you can install these luxurious indoor plantation
shutter window treatments yourself.
Weve prepared a step-by-step guide
and some helpful tips to assist you in installing
these sophisticated beauties and transforming
your home.
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Helpful Tips For Installing Plantation Shutters

• How To Measure Your Shutters?
• Decide the position for mounting where your
  plantation shutters Melbourne whether it will
  fit inside the window frame (recess fit) or
  outside the window (face fit). 
• Recess fit gives an elegant look, but you require
  a 65mm depth within the window frame to allow the
  opening and closing of the shutters with ease. 
• Its also essential to look for obstructions like
  winders and handles that may prevent you from
  using recess fit.

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Helpful Tips For Installing Plantation Shutters

• For A Recess Fit
• You need to measure your windows interior width
  at the top, middle and bottom of the window from
  left to right. Record the smallest measurement. 
• Then you need to measure the drop of your window-
  at the left, right-hand side and centre from left
  to right. Record the smallest measurement.

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Helpful Tips For Installing Plantation Shutters

• For A Face Fit
• You need to measure your windows outside frame
  width- at the windows top, middle and bottom
  from left to right, and record the smallest
  measurement. 
• Then you need to measure the drop of your window-
  at the left, centre and right-hand from left to
  right-hand side of the window and record the
  smallest measurement.

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How To Install The Plantation Shutters?

• Frame Construction
• For best plantation shutters fit,  construct your
  frame on a clean and even surface. To avoid
  scratching your frame, its advisable to do this
  on a carpet or a blanket. 
• When you buy plantation shutter kit, each piece
  inside the kit is labelled. So you simply need to
  slot them together. 

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How To Install The Plantation Shutters

• Mounting your frame

• Attach your panels.

• Add The Finishing Touches For A Refined Look

• If your window plantation shutter is recess fit,
  it will sit inside the window. Whereas for face
  fit shutter, it will fit on the outside of the
  window frame.

• In this step, you simply need to line up the
  bracket on the frame with the hinge on the panel
  and drop the hinge pin to secure them in place.
• Check The Functioning
• Now you need to check if your indoor plantation
  shutters open and close with ease.

• For a professional finish and refined look, cork
  the edges to hide the gap between your shutter
  frame and the window architrave

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Important Things To Remember

• Before drilling the screws, always prepare a
  pilot hole into the wall. 
• If youre drilling through tiles, ensure you get
  a porcelain drill bit so you can easily pierce
  through the tiles without cracking them
• Most window structures are not perfect. They are
  a little out of square. So dont force the frame
  to stretch. Keep it square. Any clefts between
  the window and the frame can be filled later with
  silicone for a uniform finish.

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