Board and Batten Shutters For Functional And Maintaining Safety In Homes

Homes these days with all the unpredictable weather, should always ascertain that their homes are both secure and safe. Homeowners these days, either with a modern or conventional home should always consider how to keep their homes safe. Using shutters are by far one of the sought after way of achieving or solving this dilemma.

Board and batten shutters have always been used by most American homes. These shutters were inspired by Spanish colonial homes and North eastern houses, where their shutters are in two to five board styles with their boards joined together.

These board and batten exterior shutters could create a vintage look, but with today’s innovative technologies, these shutters now have a twist of modern style. They are no longer limited to wood materials as what they are made of before.

Today, these exterior board and batten shutters are now made of Vinyl, Cedar, Azek Composite, or painted composite. These types of materials are more durable and reliable. They do not easily get damaged, rot, chip off, discolour, and wither. They are now more reliable in any kind of weather, either hot or cold.

Test even shows that these board and batten shutters could surpass tier 1 and 2 tornadoes, which is very unlikely for homes in the center of tornado paths. Also, unlike other shutters, they are made of UV protected coated materials, making them very functional even under the heat of the sun.

Unlike previous board and batten exterior shutters where they could easily discolour when placed under direct of the sun, these shutters are more reliable. Also, they could be customizable. They could be designed specifically according to your style of choice or be painted to any type of color you want. If you want to be more of the modern styled shutters, neutral colors like white, gray, and black are more appropriate. For conventional ones, old rusty red cedar colors or white cedar colors would be perfect.

One thing that is great with these exterior board and batten shutters is that they are not only stylish and conventional but they also are reliable and functional. They could help regulate the heat in our homes, as well as making sure that there is enough sunlight to our homes, which of course is according to how we want them to be. These shutters could also help protect our homes from storms, and ugly unpredictable weathers.

Shutters are by far one of the most essential part of our homes that needs worth investing for.