Western Red Cedar

Western Red Cedar is arguably the best softwood in the world, with its light and soft texture, cedar aroma and natural grains. The light weight makes Cedar ideal for larger shutter installations and can be used in internal and external applications. The natural beauty of the cedar can be enhanced by a lacquer or oil finish or simply painted to the colour of your choice from our standard paint range or the Dulux Specifier 2 range. Our Western Red Cedar is sourced from sustainable plantation timber in Canada and is our top shelf product for the discerning decorator. Western red cedar shutters come as completed assembled panel, with all hardware attached, ready to install. These shutters come with our normal 3 year warranty on materials and workmanship. Timber is dried to suit Australian conditions. Western Red Cedar is a timber with a large natural variation in the colour of the timber. The timber is a softwood, which is very durable, moderately strong, and resistant to splitting. It has it own natural oils within the timber which gives it great stability to with stand warping and twisting. This is the only timber we recommend for external use because of these natural oils. Western Red Cedar Shutter can be manufacture and delivered normally within 5-6 weeks from date of order.

Specifications of Western Red Cedar Shutters

5 Blade sizes available 60mm& 84mm in Flat blades & 63mm, 89mm & 114mm in an Aero Foil Blade
8 Standard painted finish’s available, mainly in the white & slight off white tones.
Also available in a custom painted finish from the Dulux Specifier Range at an additional cost.
2 selections for the natural tones in either the Oil or Clear lacquer finish. Light to Mid Tones or Mid to Dark Tones. Stains are not available in western red cedar due to the natural variation in colours in the timber grain.
3 Rotation types available, Centre Rotation, Offset Rotation and Clearview Rotation. Also known as Hidden or Concealed rotation
Several standard Frames for fixing the shutters to different situations.
Maximum single panel width is 940mm for the 60mm & 64mm blades, 1150mm for the 84mm & 89mm blades & 1250 for the 114mm blade.
Maximum panel height is 3000mm.
Hinged bi-fold maximum individual panel with is 600mm, maximum opening is 2412mm.
Track bi-fold maximum individual panel width is 600mm. Maximum panels recommend in 1 direction is 4 panels, for easy operation. More panels are ok. Bottom track is recommend but not always required.
Shutters can be joined for sliding to create double shutter. Maximum width is double the normal with for single panels.
All shutters priced by the square metre. The flat blade is slightly cheaper than the Aerofoil blade. No price changes for any of the different blade sizes, colours or rotation types or the number of panels in an opening. Any frames or standard hardware is included in the normal costing. Additional cost is charged for freight, pelmets & tracking for track bi-folding and sliding shutters.
Shaped shutters are available to suit any shaped window this option is charged at an additional cost to the standard pricing.

Installation Methods

Fixed in place, mainly used in a void or opening in a wall. See picture of fixed shutters in use.
Hinged as single or paired shutters, used mainly on a window. See picture of hinged shutters in use.
Hinged bi-fold, where 1 shutter is hinged off another shutter and bi-folding to 1 side or both sides of the opening. See picture of hinged bi-fold shutters in use.
Track bi-folding where multiple shutters, with the use of a tracking and pelmet system, are able to bi-fold the 1 or both direction, mainly used on a sliding door or as a room divider. See picture of track bi-folding shutters in use.
Track sliding. Used to slide shutters. Normally a pelmet and track is used to slide shutters in different directions. Used mainly on a sliding door. Shutters can slide with either the blades open or closed, depending on situation. See picture of sliding shutters.