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Shutters for doors can be measured and installed in a number of different ways. Often, you will see in American homes shutters installed in a frame, directly onto the door itself. Typically this requires something called a French door cut out or shutter handle cut out. This sees the shutter panels and frame shaped to enable the handle to be opened easily.

This handle cut out shutter design does work very well. However, another installation option for door shutters is shown here. This application can be used on any doorway, slider or bifolding doors like these. Instead of the shutters being mounted directly onto the doors themselves, they are mounted onto the wall or trim. See another example of doors hung with plantation shutters here.

The panels can then be folded back, away from the door, opening 180 degrees flat onto the wall either side of the door. This is an exceptionally flexible use of shutters on door openings as by virtue of the panels folding completely off the door, you can use the doorway, entering and exiting unimpeded by blinds or drapes. This also allows the maximum amount of light to enter the room.The shutters on this sliding door have been installed on a Z frame.

You can read over the inside mount shutter measure guide to see just how simple it is to measure and then install plantation shutters on this type of door. 

Our customer selected the ‘natural’ wood stain from our range with 2 ½” louvers. There are 4 panels which concertina, 2 panels left and 2 right. A central front facing tilt bar links the slats making adjusting the flow of light into the room, giving privacy when desired by angling the louvers.