Faux Wood Plantation Shutters Reviews

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• Look great but tedious install

  Let me say the shutters look great after installation. I color matched them and painted the trim before installation and it looks incredible. It was my ignorance of the process I'm sure but we had to cut a trim piece on the top of one window for shutter to seat. On large 4 panel shutter the bottom frame piece had a hole drilled to be screwed into window to anchor middle of shutter but there was no window wood close enough to do it. Had to install wood 1x2 behind shutter to screw it in. Of course had to paint and caulk to make it look finished. Perhaps adding an extra piece of hardware to screw down anchors and not screw towards glass would be a simple fix. I'm totally happy after installation.

  Response from Blindster

  Thanks for the feedback James, we truly appreciate meaningful comments such as these. Thank you for being a great Blindster customer.

  Jim L · February 21, 2019

• Look great but tedious install

  Let me say the shutters look great after installation. I color matched them and painted the trim before installation and it looks incredible. It was my ignorance of the process I'm sure but we had to cut a trim piece on the top of one window for shutter to seat. On large 4 panel shutter the bottom frame piece had a hole drilled to be screwed into window to anchor middle of shutter but there was no window wood close enough to do it. Had to install wood 1x2 behind shutter to screw it in. Of course had to paint and caulk to make it look finished. Perhaps adding an extra piece of hardware to screw down anchors and not screw towards glass would be a simple fix. I'm totally happy after installation.

  Response from Blindster

  Thanks for the feedback James, we truly appreciate meaningful comments such as these. Thank you for being a great Blindster customer.

  Jim L · February 21, 2019

• Buyer

  We were happy to have our new shutter, easy to install, good price, we love it, that we ordered 5 more for other windows.

  Necie Q · August 20, 2018

• Finishing touches

  You only provide half enough pegs to insert in the hinges which leaves an unfinished look.

  Linda · July 31, 2018

• French door plantation shutters

  Process was OK. If I could make a suggestion that would have helped us tremendously, it would be to have been able to text or email pictures of our doors to shoe just how close the knob is to the glass. I think a rounded cutout for the knobs would work better. Our knobs are literally touching the side of the shutters making it difficult to turn to open.

  Laurie · July 26, 2018

• Pretty much as advertised.

  Just installed them and they look as good as others that have cost much more and were installed by carpenters. Several issues to be aware of though. 1) If you want to cover the bottom sill of your window, you will need to order the Casing frame cover strip. We were not aware of this and were not asked if we wanted to do that. The other shutters we bought came with that so we did not know to order it. 2) The instructions on attaching the L strip to the back side of the frame and fig. 2.3 are not real clear. BE SURE THAT THE L STRIP IS NEAR THE INSIDE PART OF THE FRAME. The frame is face down during this portion of the assembly and you will not realize the L strip is too far towards the outside until you feel the screws protruding from the frame - ugh! The fig 2.3 is not very clear on exactly where the L strip should be. Perhaps a caution to keep the L strip to the inside of the frame would help. 3) Finally, if you have a marble sill, you will not be able to screw the bottom of the frame into it. You will need to use a good locktite glue on the back side of the bottom frame to secure it solidly. Other than those issues looks great!

  Chuck J · March 24, 2017