Window shapes
Round windows: the one shape nobody else will quote
Circular windows show up in seafront apartments along the Kent coast, in barn conversions and in gable ends on newer builds. They are almost always left bare because no standard product exists for them.
A shaped shutter is the one dressing that fits a circle properly and looks deliberate rather than improvised.
Configurations for a circle
The louvre layout changes the character of the window completely.
- Full sunburst — louvres radiating from the centre, purely decorative
- Horizontal louvres within a circular frame — reads calmer, can be operable
- Half-and-half — a hinged lower semicircle with a fixed top
- Solid circular panel — full blackout for a bedroom porthole
Templating a round opening
We template the circle on site because plaster reveals are rarely a true circle. The template also captures the depth available, which decides whether the shutter can sit inside the reveal or must face-fit.
Where they need to work, not just look good
A porthole in a bedroom or bathroom needs to close for privacy, which means an operable or solid panel. A gable-end circle three metres up is decorative and a fixed panel is the sensible spend.
We ask what the window actually does before recommending which.
Window shapes - your questions
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