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Chosen by aspect, made to measurePlantation shutters for Cessnock homes
Every shutter we fit is made to the window it lives on. What changes is the material, the blade width and the tilt style, and the right mix depends less on fashion than on which way the room faces and what it fights: five o'clock heat, breakfast glare, the street, or steam.
Timber shutters with a front tilt rod
Painted basswood panels with the traditional centre rod, built for the double-hung sash windows the older streets of Cessnock, Aberdare and the villages are full of. The rod is not nostalgia, it is a handle: one movement sets the whole panel's blades against the western sun or the footpath's sight-line.
- Suits sash windows, picture rails and heritage frontages
- 63 or 89 mm blades, hinged panels that swing clear for cleaning
- Painted finish that matches the joinery the house already owns
Hidden-tilt shutters in wide blades
The same made-to-measure panel with the tilt gear moved into the stile, so nothing crosses the blades and the window reads as one clean plane. On the big west-facing glass the newer estates run to, 89 or 114 mm blades hold more view when open and more shade when tilted, without the visual clutter.
- Clean sight-lines for full-height glass and open-plan rooms
- 89 or 114 mm blades for view and airflow
- The same tilt-up trick against the five o'clock sun, minus the rod
The rest of the range, honestly told
Waterproof PVC
For bathrooms, laundries and ensuites. PVC louvres take steam and splash without a complaint and wipe down clean. Not a lesser shutter, the right one for a wet room.
PVC for wet areas →
Bi-fold & sliding panels
For stacker doors and wide alfresco openings: panels that fold back flat or slide past each other, so a whole wall can open in October and close against January.
Bi-fold & sliding →
Aluminium, outside
Powder-coated aluminium shutters live outside the glass: a west verandah that needs shade before the heat reaches the window, or an exposed acreage elevation. Around here that is the occasional house, not the default, and we will say so at the measure rather than sell you a coastal story. Inland Cessnock has no salt air to fight.
Ask about exterior shutters →Material, room, reason
| Material | Where it belongs | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Painted timber (basswood) | Living rooms, bedrooms, cottage frontages | Light, stable, takes a furniture-grade painted finish; the classic look for sash windows |
| PVC / poly | Bathrooms, laundries, kitchens near the sink | Waterproof through and through; steam and splash do nothing to it |
| Aluminium | Outside: verandahs, west walls, acreage exposures | Powder-coated for weather; shade before the heat reaches the glass |
Blade widths run 63, 89 or 114 mm and matter as much as the material. The short version: smaller blades suit smaller panes and tighter privacy, wider blades give more view and more light per turn of the tilt. The long version is in the blade width guide, and the honest answer for your windows comes from standing in front of them, which is what the free measure is for.
We don't quote a shutter from a photo. Every figure you get from us follows a tape measure in your house.
Which way does yours face?
Tell us the rooms that struggle, and when they struggle. We'll come out, stand in each one at the window, measure properly, and quote the shutters that suit the light your house actually gets. The measure and the quote cost nothing.