Shutters. 48hour blinds but took months to get them. Love them. Can open top or bottom when they are open or closed. Very nice.

Where did you buy your shutters. And how long did it take?

There 2000.00 now

[QUOTE=IRISHGIRL3US;1974765 anyone put plantation shutters on their slider? If not what have others covered them with.[/QUOTE]

Yes I had shutter doors put on two sliders by ‘Blinds for Less’ and they look great. Easy to open and keep sun out.

I had Averte Natural fold blinds installed. They open to the right, to the left, or in the middle. I love the look.

https://www.horizonshades.com/window...-natural-fold/

We have Hunter-Douglas Luminettes on our sliders. They are elegant, yet functional as they provide privacy and light at the same time.

check out the Marion Flea Market...there's a fellow that sells design applications that can be applied to bathroom tub sliders, regular sliders and glass doors...that's what we put on a full panel glass door...it's frosted with a palm tree design on it....easy to install

We have a few plantation shutters in the house, but not on any of the sliders....we have a vertical blind that we close when we want privacy.....I'm curious how plantation shutters could be installed on a slider, unless they were a separate slider on a parallel track

Shutters for slider
 

we put up BY-Pass shutters on bedroom slider. You can open, close, etc without having to close the slats. about $1200. Love them.

I have platoon shutter doors for our lanai doors to the pool. My neighbor also has them. Call Scott (843) 290-6065 if you need them.

depends what you want them for. Shade? I went with window film, for privacy and it also, protects the uv light. Verticals do fine, and some add a Valence over the top, which is lovely... You want to be able to look out your windows and see the view. The Plantation Shutters are mostly for Hurricanes high winds. We are NOT in a high risk area for that.

Go for Plantation Shutters if you want a permanent reduction of natural light in your house because even with them fully open they restrict some degree of natural light. The same goes for any drapes/curtain solutions. However, go for a fully retractable roller solution if you'd like to occasionally experience full-on natural light in the room. The choice is as simple as that.

The plantation shutters on the interior of our sliders have nothing to do with high winds. They are for privacy and to block the light.

Like pretty much everyone who has commented on this thread, we LOVE ours. We ordered them through Shutter Professionals in the early months of the pandemic and it took a long time to get them. I assume it wouldn't take as long at this point. The quality is excellent.

kathy

Ours slide back and forth. We can slide them regardless of whether the slats are open or closed. The frame around the door stands out a ways from the wall (maybe 6" or so?) in order to allow for this. If anyone wants to see a picture or two, let me know.

kathy

We have ordered ours, 48 hr blinds, lots of good references. FYI Right now there is a 14 week lead time until they can be installed.

I just put plantation shutters on all the windows in my house. (The installer said I just increased the value of my home by 10k — more sales pitch?) Anyway, I didn’t like the way shutters would block half the view of my sliders so I went with a motorized blind that mimics the look of the shutters. They can be opened completely or adjusted for a partial appearance just like the shutters in the room, but the slider is never fully blocked limiting my view to the outside.