Shutter Components in France ‘Ferrure de Volet)

Shutter components in French

French shutter components as found in France.

Ferrure de volet > shutter fittings or ironmongery

Poignée de volet > handle for opening or closing the shutter.

Accessoires d’espagnolette > Shutter latch which is mounted on the inside of the shutter and operating from the inside.

Crochet à vis avec crémaillère > the stay which resembles the common ‘hook and eye’ is a low-cost method of holding the fixed shutter in place for the first opening to close against.

Penture de volet > strap hinge, the long metal bar that is bolted to the shutter and sits over the pin in the wall which it rotates on

Scellement > Chemical fix is a great way to fix the gond (PIN) into the wall and the reason for that is it secures the loose stone around the gond (hinge pin) You could try to use cement for this but I don’t recommend it as the gonds will become loose.

Gond > hinge pin which comes in many types, some are mounted on a plate, designed to be fixed with a chemical fix (Scellement) or screwed into the stone or wood (bois)

Arret de volet > Stop, tieback is used to hold back the shutter (volet battant) to the wall when the pair of shutters are left in the open position

Arret> These are secured to the cill and lintel for the shutter to close against.