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Installing Permex Shutters

Bob meets general contractor Wes Lohr at the Colonial-style affordable home in Mashpee, Massachusetts. The exterior of the home is receiving finishing touches as synthetic Permex shutters from JL Shutters are installed. These solid, handsome shutters feature a lifetime warranty against defects and a ten-year warranty on the painted finish from Sherwin Williams.
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Installing Permex Shutters

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" OK well one of the four houses is colonial in style offset a center entry colonial -- lowers -- TC here hey aria. And -- putting finishing touches which is to say the shutters we are a very appropriate detail for a colonial house yes very much -- Now normally in most you know tract houses you'll see vinyl shutters that are good. Just kind of put up in their thirty bucks -- these are. From jail shutters in Tennessee the pro max. Little -- a little better quality of the shutter while they're heavy shutter that made out of a composite the great thing about this is they've got. A lifetime warranty and a ten year warranty from Sherwin-Williams on -- there appear membership. Peel and I must say whoever chose the colors for of the facade and the shutters that are very good -- and I styles thanks web."

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