I’ve got a 200 yr old colonial w “cottage style” double hung windows,ie; upper sash is taller than the bottom sash. Put in new Pella architectural windows and want to know how to install the historic internal “indian shutters” that will pocket into the wall through the extra wide jams that I will make. Looking for suggestions how to build pocket enclosures and attach to jams and insulate wall area around the shutter pockets. The Pella windows also tilt-in so I’m thinking I need some way to hang or suspend the upper shutter so it is independent of the bottom shutter.
The shutters themselves are very old six panel shutters about 3/4 inch thick and I will be refinishing them so I could attach any hardware to them if it looks OK.
The wall is thick enough that I was going to build a pocket box out of luan and 1×1 inch pine to create an enclosure for the shutters, then join it to a slot cut in one of the side jams. Then if possible I thought of bedding that in spray foam applied to the inside of the exterior sheathing then filling the rest of the wall with either foam or fiberglass and closing the wall back up with sheetrock and finish trimming the window.
I’ve never done this before so was looking for any other creative ideas!!
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Greetings bean,
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And please explain what an Indian shutter is.
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Back in days of yore the violence of the fronteir was commonly fraught with native indian antics as attacks on homes.
To counter this, thick boards on runners sat aside each lower window that could be slid closed quickly in the event of an indian attack, hence the term 'indian shutters'.
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Me no think that keep injun out. Injun strong, shutter weak, shutter no hold up to tomahawk.
I think the idea was to keep the indians more unaware of what was going on in the house and to buy some extra time.
Wonder if any shutters with bullet holes have survived the years.
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Probably somewhere there's one, my guess is out west somewhere.
http://www.maple-grove.com/interior_raised.htm
well, myths can add a bit of jazz to history and excite the thoughts of the brownie troops doing a sleepover in a place like that when one of them asks the question 'what are those sliding doors on the windows for.'
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Ya, sometimes myths are truths too.
Interior sliding shutters that were only opened during those beautiful fall days of Indian Summer. ;-)
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
I don't see how you will be able to do it without opening up the wall. You may want to try posting your question on http://www.oldhousejournal.com/ .
Given the age of you house and the fact you have indian shutters, I assume you live in New England. There is a Historic Home Show scheduled to be in Sturbridge MA 18-20 April. See http://www.goodrichpromotions.com/ne_historic/index.html . You may find a restoration contractor there that could give you some ideas.
I'm glad to see you're trying to keep the shutter with the house. My house was built in 1776. Unfortunately, the indian shutters were removed when the house was renovated in the 1970s. I've been working for 3 1/2 years trying to get it back to its period appearance.
Jeff