Tier-on-tier shutters split into independent top and bottom panels, so you can throw the top open for light while the bottom stays closed for privacy. The most flexible style for street-facing rooms, bay windows and period homes — and at Shutters365 it costs no more than full height.
Tier-on-tier shutters split the window into two independent sets of panels — a top tier and a bottom tier — each on its own hinges, opening and tilting separately.
That extra split is the whole point: keep the bottom tier closed for privacy from the street while the top tier stands wide open for light and a clear view of the sky. Fold both tiers back to open the window fully, or tilt just the louvres you want. The divide sits wherever you choose — line it up with a window transom (mid-bar) and it looks like it was always meant to be there. It’s the closest a shutter gets to doing everything a curtain and a blind do, at once.
Pick tier-on-tier when you want to control the top and bottom of the window separately — it’s privacy and light at the same time.
Ground-floor living rooms and bedrooms that look onto a pavement. Keep the lower tier shut so passers-by can’t see in, and open the upper tier to keep the room bright and airy.
The traditional favourite for Victorian and Edwardian homes and bay windows. The two-tier split echoes original sash proportions, so it looks right at home in a period property.
Home offices and dining rooms that need privacy at some times and openness at others. Because each tier moves independently, you fine-tune light and privacy without ever choosing between them.
Here’s the good news: at Shutters365 tier-on-tier costs exactly the same per window as full height — you’re not charged extra for the split. So the choice is purely about how you live with the window.
Choose tier-on-tier if you genuinely want to open the top and bottom independently — the classic “privacy below, light above” setup for street-facing and period windows.
Choose full height if you prefer the cleaner, unbroken look and don’t need the two tiers to move separately. It’s the more minimal option, with a mid-rail available for tall windows.
Choose café style if you only ever need privacy on the lower window and want to leave the top permanently open — it covers less glass, so it’s the most affordable of the three.
Every style is priced the same way: your window’s area in square metres × the material rate (PVC shown, from £127/m²). These are the exact prices our designer would quote today.
| Window (PVC) | Full Height | Tier-on-Tier This page |
Café Style |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average window 900 × 1,300 mm |
£149 | £149 | £127 |
| Large window 1,400 × 1,800 mm |
£320 | £320 | £160 |
Full height and tier-on-tier cover the whole window, so they cost the same — there’s no surcharge for the tier split. Café style covers the lower window only, so it’s billed on about half the area (small windows meet our 1 m² minimum). Prices include free mainland-UK delivery; hardwoods are £145–£164/m². See the full shutters cost guide.
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