What are Faux Wood Shutters?

“Faux wood” is a term that gets thrown around with just about any type of household decor, from siding to floors to window treatments. Really, it just means “not wood, but looks like it.” Aside from that, you don’t really have any idea what you’re working with. So if you’re looking for faux wood shutters, faux wood blinds, or any other kind of faux wood window treatment in Dover, what is it that you’re really using in your house?

Sunburst Shutters Delaware will help you discern the quality faux wood shutters from the not-so-quality ones. This is what you need to know.

Faux Wood Quality Ranges From Great To Shoddy

Faux wood is typically sold as a less expensive version of hardwood, but a good amount of faux wood products would be better described as a “cheap” version of hardwood. Most faux wood on the market is actually just engineered particle board, which is a mix of wood fiber or wood chips, plastic, and glue, occasionally coated in vinyl. Almost all of these types of composite materials aren’t durable, aren’t able to block noise or energy loss, and will most likely fade and lose their color after repeated UV exposure.

What’s worse, many faux wood shutters are hollowed out material, making them weaker, prone to chips and cracks, and less effective at blocking heat loss through your windows.

Though you may think you’re helping your bottom line when you choose faux wood window treatments, are you really getting much benefit from shutters you’ll probably need to replace after just two years? Do you benefit much from shutters that don’t help make your space more comfortable or your energy bills lower?

Lucky for homeowners, not all faux wood shutters are made equal.

What To Look For In a Great Faux Wood Shutter

There are usually 3 things you should be on the look for in a great faux wood shutter:

• Solid, moisture-proof material

• No glued material around a wood chip base

• An extended or lifetime warranty

Sunburst’s Polywood® plantation shutters were invented to succeed where traditional faux wood fails. Unlike cheaply built shutters made of wood chips and glue, Polywood shutters are constructed from our exclusive Polywood extruded material, created to weather the harshest elements and stand up to punishment that most shutters aren’t able to.

Polywood shutters are also totally solid, making them not only sturdier and less susceptible to cracking or chipping, but also better insulators to keep your house at a comfortable temperature.

And unlike most faux wood shutter products, Polywood shutters come with an extensive Lifetime Warranty.

Some manufacturers may try to market their faux wood shutters as a similar “poly” material, but remember that there’s only one Polywood®.

Get Dover’s Best Faux Wood Shutters

If you want to graduate from low-quality faux wood shutters that don’t meet your needs, get in touch with Sunburst Dover today. Set up a no-strings-attached consultation by filling out the form below or call us at 301-835-1611.