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Measuring Help

Accurate measurements are essential for a perfect fit. Choose your shutter style below, follow the matching guide, or book a free video call with our experts.

Full Height shutters

Measure the full window recess

Measure the exact inside of the window recess: width and height in millimetres. Take width at the top, middle and bottom, and height at the left, centre and right. Always use the smallest measurement.

Enter recess width and height in millimetres.

Full Height shutter recess width and height measuring diagram

Café Style shutters

Measure width and the café height

Café Style shutters cover the lower part of the window. Measure the exact inside recess width in three places and use the smallest. For height, measure from the sill (or bottom of the recess) up to where you want the top of the café shutters to finish, typically around halfway up the window.

Enter recess width and café shutter height in millimetres.

Tip: if you are unsure where the café top should sit, measure a comfortable privacy height from the sill and note it for your measuring call.

Café Style shutter recess width and café height measuring diagram

Tier-on-Tier shutters

Measure the full recess, then set the split

Measure the exact inside of the full window recess: width and overall height in millimetres. Take each dimension in three places and use the smallest. Tier-on-Tier uses independent top and bottom panels; set the mid-rail split height in the designer after you have the overall size.

Enter full recess width and height in millimetres.

Tip: get the overall recess size first. The designer lets you set where the top and bottom tiers meet after measuring.

Tier-on-Tier full recess measuring diagram with mid-rail split marked for the designer

Perfect Fit shutters

Measure the visible glass only

Measure the visible glass only, from rubber bead to rubber bead. Measure the width and drop in three places and enter the smallest size. Do not include the window frame, beading or recess.

Enter glass width and glass drop in millimetres.

Perfect Fit glass-only width and drop measuring diagram

Blinds and rollers

Measure width and drop

Measure width and drop in three places and use the smallest measurement. Drop is the height of the blind. Note whether you are fitting inside or outside the recess before you order.

Enter recess width and drop in millimetres. Use the smallest of three measurements.

  • Measure width at top, middle, and bottom — use the smallest
  • Measure drop at left, centre, and right — use the smallest
  • Measure in millimetres for precision
  • Note inside recess vs outside / face fit
Blind and roller recess width and drop measuring diagram
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