Are Window Shutters Good for Home Security?

When adding shutters to your home there are so many great benefits, such as reducing energy bills, increasing the value of your home, reducing outside noise and increasing your light control. Yet, one benefit we often overlook is how shutters are great for home security, especially when compared to blinds or curtains.
 

How to improve home security

Let’s be honest, security is not always on everyone’s mind when they are looking to add shutters to their home. However, approximately one fifth of all household break ins come via the window. So, it is important to make your windows as secure as possible. Below we’ll describe how shutters can help provide you with the secure window coverings you’ve been looking for.

   

Shutters are a robust window treatment

Compared to blinds and curtains, which can be flimsy, shutters are a solid and more robust choice. They are fixed to your window recess and intended to be a permanent fixture. If would-be intruders do try and break in, they are going to have to work hard to get past your shutters and keep noise to a minimum so as not to disturb you or your neighbours and increase the risk of getting caught.

   
 

Shutters Provide Greater Privacy

We highlighted in our previous blogs how plantation shutters give you greater control over how much light can enter your home. This can depend on your design and slat size of choice. For example, our full height shutters cover much more of the window than café style.
 
But regardless of style, shutters also stop any potential thief from having a quick look in to see what they can grab. Especially when working at home and you go to make yourself a coffee, the last thing you want is to come back and find your laptop missing!

DIY ways to improve home security

The great thing about shutters is that they can be designed and installed anywhere in your home. Not only can plantation shutters add more security to the front of your home, they reinforce the rest of your house too. All our shutters are made to measure and bespoke to your windows, so you can be safe in the knowledge that your home is secure… and it looks fantastic too! So, whether you decide for full height, café style or tier on tier, you know your home, your belongings and your family will be more secure.

   

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