Estate Millwork Knowledge Base
Primed Louvered Doors Can Be Ordered or You can DIY
Published: July 13, 2020
Factory Priming If your custom louvered doors are going to be painted rather than stained, the first step is to have them primed. Estate Millwork has experienced staff, processes, and equipment to accomplish this quickly and inexpensively, and we recommend factory priming for this reason. Shipping the doors primed is also better for them than shipping them natural where they can be exposed to varying moisture and temperature conditions. These may cause the wood to absorb moisture and cup, bow, or warp. However, if our customers are equipped or inclined to do their own finishing,...
An Environmentally Friendly Home Starts with Wood Shutters
Published: July 10, 2020
How Wood Shutters Can Help You Reduce Energy Consumption From Estate Millwork's wood shutter mill to the nation's capital to the Hawaiian Islands, the American energy crisis looms large. Energy conservation dialog is ongoing, and environmentally friendly solutions that don't cost a lot are key. How can the average American homeowner save money on energy bills while remaining mindful of the environment? Two words: wood shutters . Wood shutters, simply put, are milled wood that covers windows. Prior to the energy crisis, many homeowners considered shutters to be welcome aest...
Choose A Shutter Style: Louvered, Paneled, Board and Batten, Bermuda or Bahama Shutters
Published: July 06, 2020
Our custom exterior shutters are elegantly crafted no matter which style you choose. Use this guide to learn more about each style and it's uses. Find one that you like, and then use our custom shutter designer to instantly view and price your custom shutter in the correct size. You can even place your order online. Louvered Shutters Fixed Louvered Shutters Estate Millwork offers many standard varieties of louvered shutters, and you can view them all at our louvered shutter catalog . Louvered shutters are typically found in Southern architecture, and on second stories of homes...
How to Measure for Exterior Wooden Shutters
Published: July 02, 2020
When in the market for new exterior wooden shutters measuring the openings where your new shutters will go is an important step that shouldn't be skipped. Below are steps you can follow to help you obtain the best measurements for the best looking shutters. Click here for the Estate Millwork Shutter Specification form in PDF format. Use this to record your measurements. You should measure and record dimensions for all of your windows. Even if windows appear to be exactly the same size, it is best to measure. We make each shutter to the precise dimensions of your home, at no ...
Exterior Wood Shutters Crafted with Minimal Environmental Impact
Published: June 29, 2020
The Estate Millwork factory is situated in the Allegheny Mountains of western Pennsylvania, a timber rich area which allows us ready access to sustainable forestland. Our employees and management grew up on the land and in the forests of our area, many of us have been farmers, sawyers and lumberjacks before coming "inside" to Estate Millwork to specialize in handcrafted, custom millwork like our wooden shutters . Sustainable Forestry. We manage a portion of the timberland that produces domestic hardwoods for our products, and buy all material that we do not produce ourselves at our...