How are shutters fitted to bay windows?

Fitting shutters on bay windows is no problem, we can follow the shape of the bay with our shutter frame matching the angles and features of the bay.

There are 3 types of bay windows:

  • Angled
  • Square
  • Round

They’re all treated in the same way, matching shutters to the number of window sections and matching the window angles to the shutter frames.

Bay Posts

We would normally use an angled bay post where the bay window is angled. This is a vertical post custom made to the angle of your bay that sits between each shutter panel. So on a square bay, this would be 90 degrees, but on an angled window, this could be 135 degrees.

Having angled bay posts allows the shutter frame to be treated as one frame, that is just angled around the window, bay posts provide a neater finish in the corner rather than just two frames meeting together.

Low profile handles

To ensure the shutter frame does not look too chunky or stick out from the window too much, where possible we would look to swap the window handles to low profile design.

This allows the shutter frame to be fitted closer to the window. This is important on bay windows because of the angles. The further out a shutter frame fits, the more you will see the bay posts from outside looking in, this also affects how far the sides of the bay protrude.

Tposts

The centre window can often be divided by vertical mullions, if you have any vertical uprights, we would match the shutter frame to your window by using Tposts. A Tpost is like window mullion, it’s a fixed upright within the shutter frame.

These Tposts would fit in front of the mullions and help ensure the width of the shutters matches the width of the window sections. Shutters can also be hinged from these Tposts, making it much easier to access just one window at a time.

Bay sides

A lot of customers ask how the shutters are finished at the sides of a bay, well, the shutters are fitted in a frame so when a side frame meets an angled wall you would get a triangular-shaped gap at the sides.

Square bays with no recess

If you have a square bay with no recess you would see the whole edge of the shutter frame protruding from the window. This is why low profile handles are important because they will help reduce this frame protrusion.

The Shadow Gap

When fitted, we leave a neat shadow gap at the top and bottom of the bay, this compliments the gap at the sides. If you try to put infills or filler down the side it can make the shutter frame look wider than it should be, it’s neater to have a consistent width of shutter frame around the window. The idea of the shadow gap is that your eye is drawn to the neatness of the shutter frame rather than messy filler.

Some bays will have a recess all the way around, so the shutters would be fitted the same way as a window, with a shadow gap all round.