What are Faux Wood Shutters?

“Faux wood” is a term that gets thrown around with regards to interior design, from furniture to flooring to window coverings. Really, all faux wood means is “not wood, but looks like it.” Other than that, you may not know what you have. So if you’re looking for faux wood shutters, faux wood blinds, or any other sort of faux wood window treatment in Raleigh, what are you actually buying for your windows?

Sunburst Shutters Raleigh will help you separate the quality faux wood shutters from the less great shutters. This is what you need to know.

Faux Wood Quality Can Vary From Excellent To Rubbish

Faux wood is almost always advertised as a less expensive version of hardwood, but a large number of faux wood products are more like a “cheap” version of hardwood. The vast majority of faux wood is actually just composite wood, which is a combination of wood fiber, plastic, and adhesive, occasionally coated in vinyl. Almost all of these types of engineered materials aren’t durable, can’t really block sound or energy loss, and will usually fade and lose their color after prolonged sun exposure.

What’s worse, many faux wood shutters are hollow, making them weaker, prone to chipping or breaking, and less energy efficient.

Though you may think you’re staying under budget by choosing faux wood window treatments, are you really getting much benefit from shutters you’ll likely need to replace in a few years? Is there much benefit to a window treatment that doesn’t help keep your space more comfortable or your energy bills lower?

Lucky for homeowners, not every faux wood shutter is made the same.

What To Look For In a High Quality Faux Wood Shutter

There are usually 3 qualities you should look for in a faux wood shutter:

• Durable, moisture-proof material

• No wrapped material on a wood chip base

• A lifetime warranty

Sunburst’s Polywood® plantation shutters were designed to succeed where the majority of faux wood falls short. Unlike cheaply made shutters made of wood pulp and vinyl, Polywood shutters are constructed from our trademarked Polywood extruded material, built to withstand the harshest elements and take punishment that most shutters aren’t able to.

Polywood shutters are also 100% solid, so they’re not only more durable and immune to cracking or chipping, but also better insulators to keep your house at a comfortable temperature.

And unlike many faux wood shutter products, Polywood shutters are backed by an extensive Lifetime Warranty.

Some salespeople may try to market their faux wood shutters as some sort of “poly” compound, but remember that there’s only one Polywood®.

Get Raleigh’s Best Faux Wood Shutters

If you’re ready to graduate from hardware store faux wood shutters that don’t get the job done, contact Sunburst Raleigh today. Get a no-strings-attached consultation using the form below or call us at 919-887-9198.