Another design point that will make your Kestrel
shutters and folding screens stand out above all others is our authentic pegged,
mortise-and-tenon joinery. Not just mortise and tenon... pegged
mortise and tenon.
The "industry standard" calls for relying on just
glued, dowel joints or screw joints. These will eventually work loose as you can see for
yourself when you look at the shutters sold at local home improvement centers.
Some places will try to trick you by pushing their shutters
as "authentic" mortise and tenon but they DO NOT USE ANY LOCKING PEGS!
Why is that important? Well...
In every assembled custom sized Kestrel shutter you receive, the frame is glued and
clamped tight. Other manufacturers stop here. We go that extra step and
drill holes through the face of the shutter and through the tenon. Pegs are then
inserted through these holes, acting like cotter pins. When the clamps are released the
shutter frame is held fast by the pegs. No matter how hard you try to pull the
shutter apart, the locking pegs will work to keep it together.
Mortise-and-tenon joinery is something that has been proven to last over the centuries.
This is why every single historic site you've gone through has interior and exterior doors
and shutters made this way. One very famous site which used mortise-and-tenon joinery is
Stonehenge. Here stone lintels measuring 10.1/2 ft by 3.1/2 ft by 2.3/4 ft are still
supported after several thousand years because they were built properly using Mortise
& Tenon joinery!
And this is why your
Kestrel Shutters will be made with true mortise and tenon joinery.
Want to know more
about how we build our shutters? Click
here!
