Removing Classic Wood Shutters

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I am renovating a 1947 brick home.
It has real wooden shutters.
My wife is telling me they have to go...
Anything I should know?
Any tips or tricks?
Are they worth anything?
 
The plastic ones that have the color impregnated in the plastic fade in the sun. You can replace them as needed. Not too expensive. They’ll never look as good as wood shutters in my opinion, but they won’t require repainting.

I had nice looking louvered wood shutters on a 1971 brick house, but they all faced north, never got sun, so the paint would just peel off the very bottom and I would touch up over the 11 years I was in the house.
 
I am renovating a 1947 brick home.
It has real wooden shutters.
My wife is telling me they have to go...
Anything I should know?
Any tips or tricks?
Are they worth anything?

Sooo... How big a shutters are we talking about ?
 
I am renovating a 1947 brick home.
It has real wooden shutters.
My wife is telling me they have to go...
Anything I should know?
Any tips or tricks?
Are they worth anything?


Yep. I got a tip for you.
First are you just taking the old ones down or are you replacing them?
If getting rid of them take a picture of the house.
Photo shop the shutters out so your wife can see what it looks like without them before you take them down only to have her say " looks better with them. Put them back".
 
When you say real wooden shutters, do you mean the kind that actually close over the windows (real shutters), or do you mean the decorative kind (but made out of real wood)?
 
Sooo... How big a shutters are we talking about ?
The Scrounge King is in da house!!!

Wood shutters are either totally worthless OR extremely valuable if you happen to find the right buyer who needs to match some existing ones (and yours are the right size & style).

Alternately, you could try to find a salvage dealer & sell them, but then you're kinda just doing the right thing & not letting them go to waste; salvage dealers don't typically pay much.

If there's a lively art & craft crowd in your area, you might craigslist 'em as art/craft supplies.
 
Without pissing off the wife ask why they have to go. With that info someone may be able to help point you to an alternative.

Had a stone house with shutters, took a few down, decided it looked stupid, painted them and put them back up.
 
Usually put on with cut nails. Pop them off. Throw them away. Unless they have been painted well over the years, probably rotten in places. You may find out you like the look better without them.

Just make sure you will like the look before you take them down though. :D
 
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When you say real wooden shutters, do you mean the kind that actually close over the windows (real shutters), or do you mean the decorative kind (but made out of real wood)?
That’s what I was wondering. Real, functional shutters or the stupid kind that were just flat panels that got nailed to the sides of windows in the 60s and 70s.
 
Real wood shutters that are functional will have hinges designed so the shutters can be lifted off the hinge for maintenance, no screws or fastener removal needed. The part on the building will look like an upturned hook and the part on the shutter will look like an eye bolt.
 
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