Basswood - Hardwood used for building shutters. More information.
Cafe Type - A shutter unit that only covers the lower portion of a window. More information.
Custom (Custom Made) - A shutter unit that is made specifically for an individual window opening.
Divider Rail - A horizontal bar that creates top and bottom louver sections. It looks like the top or bottom rail and allows the sections to rotate independently. A divider rail is optional on most units. More information.
Double Tier - A shutter unit that has one set of shutters on the top and one on the bottom. Each set of shutters opens independently of the other. More information.
Duplicate - An exact copy, a double, corresponding exactly.
Finish - Paint or Stain. See finishes.
Frame- Used for mounting full height shutter units to the outside of a window opening and can have either 3- or 4 sides (See FOW or FOT measuring instructions).
Hanging Hinge - A hinge that connects a shutter panel to the window jamb or hanging strip. See illustration above.
Hang (or Hanging) Strip - A vertical strip that extends the length of the shutter unit hinged to the outside stile of a shutter panel. Genarally used for cafe type shutter units (See HOW or HOT measuring instructions). The strip is screwed to the wall or window jamb.
Hardwood - The wood of a dicotyledonous tree.
Height - Measure the window from top to bottom in three places according to the measuring instructions. Specify the desired panel height for café type shutters.More information.
Hinge- A two-leaf device that connects a shutter to the mounting surface or joins two shutters together. More information.
Interpanel Hinge - A hinge that connects two panels. More information.
Louver- Movable horizontal slats contained within a shutter panel. View more information about traditional or plantation louvers.
Match - Nearly equal or similar to, go well together, complimentary, suit one another.
Mortise - A rectangular cavity in shutter stile for inserting a hinge - allowing a tighter fit to the side of the window or hang strip. More information.
Paint- See finishes.
Panel - A single shutter. Most shutter units consist of more than one shutter panel. Two panels are shown above.
Plantation - See plantation style.
Rabbet - A cut or groove along the edge of a stile between panels that allows them to form a joint to reduce light penetration. More information.
Rail - Horizontal bar at the top, bottom, or across the center (divider rail). View more information about traditional or plantation rails.
Shutter - A panel consisting of two side stiles, a top and a bottom rail, and louvers in between. See illustration above.
Single Tier - A shutter unit that has one set of shutters from top to bottom. A single tier shutter may contain a divider rail, or may be a cafe type shutter unit that covers only the lower portion of a window.
Square - A window is considered square if the difference between the largest measurement and the smallest is no larger than 3/16", and the difference between the diagonal measurements is less than 3/16". More information.
Stain - See finishes.
Stile - Vertical bar found along either side of a shutter panel. View information about traditional or plantation stiles.
Style - Plantation style or traditional style.
Tier - The number of shutter panels from top to bottom. See single tier and double tier.
Tilt Bar - The vertical bar used for adjusting the louver position. View more information about traditional or plantation tilt bars.
Traditional - See traditional style.
Unit- Shutter panels and other necessary components (hanging strips, hardware, etc.) that work together to fit a window opening.
Width - Measure across the window from measure point to measure point in three places according to the measuring instructions. More information.
Window Jamb - Vertical sides of the window opening. This area will be used to attach a shutter unit using either the INJ or INH mounting methods.