Mac Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Is it still possible to buy the folding metal shutters that concertina back. You see them on older houses and we have a couple of windows where we can not open normal shutters fully but I don't like the roller type metal ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 You can definately get wooden ones. My house has them and they are well rotten. I was contemplating replacement one day, but found a full set of new replacements lurking in one of the outbuildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 lapeyre sell them les volets pliants in wood, metal and upvc. Up to you to make your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 [quote user="idun"]lapeyre sell them les volets pliants in wood, metal and upvc. Up to you to make your choice.[/quote]and jolly nice they are too. I've always had a yen for metal ones but we chose wood to go with the downstairs ones. Well made though.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 We had metal ones in our rented appts when we first moved to France. Two things, didn't act as any sort of insulation, as where we lived initially was often as hot as anywhere in France, so the metal just added to the heat in the flat, and they were noisy when the rain hit them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Probably lucky that they didn't match then because I love the look of them but they just aren't right for our style of house![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 I used to have them. They were a pain in the neck. To close them, the French windows had to be wide open resulting in a total heat loss from the room. I had to have new windows so I replaced them with uPVC roll-down shutters.Since my house is - relatively - modern there was no question of "maintaining character". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 [quote user="idun"]We had metal ones in our rented appts when we first moved to France. Two things, didn't act as any sort of insulation, as where we lived initially was often as hot as anywhere in France, so the metal just added to the heat in the flat, and they were noisy when the rain hit them.[/quote]Also, I think that whilst peeling wooden ones can look sort of shabby chic, rusting metal ones look horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 Thanks for the advice. As usual so helpful and quick!! Don't know why I don't always come on here first instead of spending half the day trying to find things myself as someone out there has usually already done it !!! Thanks once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 No you should always look things up yourself and check on anything I say too. With an open mind you will pick up many other snippets of information, some completely useless, but one day might not be and others you didn't realise you needed to know and all that when you do your own research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 We have the folding metal ones. I endorse the comments about them looking nice when rust-free but are lousy insulators - hot in summer (unless there's a nice breeze flowing through the slats), cold in winter. Also a pain to sand down and repaint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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