According to the Energy Saving Trust, insulating and draft-proofing each window in your home can contribute to decreasing the cost of your energy bills. This is because well-insulated homes don’t require a lot of central heating, meaning that when the temperature drops you do not need to worry about the cost of heating bills.
Despite this, you may be the type to enjoy having your central heating on during the colder months on top of having a well insulated home for that extra cosy feeling. Ifso, it’s best to set a low, comfortable temperature, and keep the heating on 24/7. This altogether will allow you to maximise your savings so that you can spend your earnings on other things, like shutters maybe?
The structure of interior shutters stops heat escaping through the windows and also acts as a barrier for any cold drafts circulating through your home. Unlike curtains and blinds, shutters are structured with stronger materials, making them absorb more heat thus lowering the cost of your energy bills.
On top of these great features, wooden shutters are thermally dynamic and so they reflect all of the outside cold before it reaches the inside. By choosing thermally dynamic window shutters, you can reduce heat loss by up to 51%.
How to correctly operate interior shutters to give you savings
To maximise the level of heat you contain in your home you need to know how to operate your shutters correctly. If you follow these easy steps you can make sure that you are making your home as energy efficient as possible.
- Fully open your louvres for maximum light exposure during the day
- Keep the louvres open throughout daylight to provide natural heat to your property
- At night or on colder days, fully close your louvres so that you can create an insulative layer
- Repeat this process daily to increase your savings!
Are shutters Eco Friendly?
Many of our customers are eager to use environmentally friendly products when possible, both in interior design and day to day life. The eco-friendly shutters we offer are made from some of the best quality timber and are an ideal solution for joinery and carpentry including the manufacturing of our shutters. Shutters manufactured at this high standard produce the best quality finish on all installations. We can currently offer this solution in many stains and standard painted contemporary colours with help from our surveying team who can ensure that you are matched with the best designs to compliment your interior.
Shutters in general are a great eco-friendly solution compared to most standard window dressings offered on today’s market. Their fantastic insulation qualities throughout the year, especially in the colder seasons, can assist massively on the reduction of energy bills throughout your home. This in turn helps cut down on energy usage and spend!
With such compelling properties, it is a no brainer. It doesn’t matter whether you already have double glazing and freshly sealed windows as we all now know that this does not fully prevent the loss of heat to your home. Shutters are by far one of the most durable solutions to improve your monthly bills on top of giving your room an upgraded revamp, an increase in privacy and security, noise reduction benefits and complete control of light exposure.
Why we care at Right Shutters
Our entire team here at Right Shutters care about the environment and preserving it for future generations, so when possible we are trying our best to operate as eco-friendly as possible whilst encouraging others to do the same.