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Signature Shutter Shoppe, Inc.
9345 Industrial Trace NW
Alpharetta, Georgia 30004
(770) 410-9525
(800) 736-2303 |
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Our Construction Types
After installing over 30,000 homes with shutters, we have never had a shutter
separate or fall apart. The reason for this success is in how Signature
Shutters constructs our shutters. While most manufacturers in our industry
use wood dowels to fasten their parts, at Signature Shutters we fasten our
components together with screws, tongue and groove joints and glue (photo
below).
When fastening any two parts together (this applies to all products, not
just shutters) proper engineering standards are to use materials with dis-similar
coefficients of expansion (delta t). Wood dowels and wood stiles are of
the same material and therefore have the same delta t. Any forces (heat,
humidity, weight, etc) induced upon these materials will cause them to react
in the same way (expand or contract) and to do so concurrently. In the case
of a wood dowel inserted into a wood stile, the dowel will expand, thus
enlarging the hole, then upon shrinking will leave a gap between the dowel
and wall of the hole.... resulting in joint failure.
At Signature Shutters, by using steel and wood together, you have different
delta t's and therefore no joint failure.
In addition to the use of more expensive fasteners, we also tongue and
groove the joint to allow extra surface area for our glue to adhere to,
and to add shear strength.
Check out a chart which points out
our construction features.
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