Measure for direct mount shutter in wood trimmed window

Name: Measure for direct mount shutter in wood trimmed window
Uploaded: 2015-08-13T21:18:03+00:00
Duration: 1 min 5 s
Channel: Ergun Aral
Description: How to measure a window opening for inside-mounted shutters. Take width at top, middle, and bottom, use the smallest number. Do the same for height on…

13 Aug 2015 · 1 min

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How to measure a window opening for inside-mounted shutters. Take width at top, middle, and bottom, use the smallest number. Do the same for height on left, center, and right. Check both diagonals, and if they differ by more than 1/4 inch, mount outside instead.

Questions this video answers

Measure opening width in three places (top, middle, bottom) and record the narrowest measurement as the order width.

Measure opening height in three places (left, center, right) and record the shortest measurement as the order height.

If diagonal measurements vary by more than 1/4 inch, specify an outside mount treatment.

Direct mount is always ordered as a two-sided frame configuration.

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In this video, we'll be discussing how to measure for a direct mount shutter application inside mount on a wood trim window. The basic approach is to first measure the window opening width in three places at the top, in the middle and at the bottom, and record the narrowest width as your order width. You would then measure the window opening height in three places at the left, the center, and the right, and record the shortest measurement as your order height. It's also very important to measure the diagonals, because if the diagonal measurements the x measurements vary by more than a quarter of an inch from one another, it's probably best to specify an outside mount treatment. A window that is out of square to that degree will result in light gaps that would likely be too large for most consumers to find acceptable. As a final note, direct mount is always ordered as a two sided frame configuration.