ᐅ Roller shutters in the guest bathroom: yes or no?

Pwnage619 schrieb:

The question is whether we even need roller blinds in our bathrooms or not

Is it a bathroom with a shower? Is the window small? Is the window sill set higher? Is the window directly opposite the shower or in a place where you can be seen? Those are all factors to consider.
If it’s a 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 inch) window with a sill height of 150 cm (59 inches), then you probably don’t need roller shutters... If you have a floor-to-ceiling window opposite the shower, then some kind of privacy screen would be advisable.

For example, we don’t have anything in front of our window, not even frosted glass, and the window faces the street — nobody has ever complained 😉

Pwnage619 schrieb:

Why aren’t roller blinds considered a burglary protection?

They don’t provide real protection, but they do act as a deterrent. It also depends on whether the window is screened by a hedge. If you have a row house with a small front garden facing the street with that window, a burglar is unlikely to try breaking in there, and is more likely to target the patio or garden side away from the street.

Personally, I would also let the appearance influence the decision: for example, if all the other windows have roller shutters... However, it could be that the window stands out architecturally, so a roller shutter might not fit aesthetically anyway.

By the way, do you have a thread where you present the whole house?

Mycraft schrieb:

I also think it looks really bad when some windows don’t have shutters. In my opinion, it’s saving money in the wrong place. But that’s just my view.

I think it looks bad when on nice days at around 8 to 9 PM all the shutters automatically close, creating a cage-like effect and a total feeling of rejection from the outside. The house opposite my apartment has such a system, and in the evenings you look at it and think, what a cage 😉 😉 😉.

kbt09 schrieb:

and create a cage and a complete barrier to the outside.

Most people create this “cage” quite well even without shutters, using hedges, fences, and so on. Behind a “nice” 2m (6.5 ft) privet hedge, the neighbor sees nothing all year round. I don’t necessarily find that better—often rather worse.

Curtains, pleated blinds, and Venetian blinds serve the same purpose by the way. The cage is there either way.

As for lowering shutters in the evening: we are no longer in the previous century, even if most people still install and adjust them following their grandfather’s pattern. Of course, in modern houses, shutters are only lowered when necessary (and when that is varies every day), not punctually at the same fixed time every day.

I don’t really understand this ongoing debate that’s appearing in various threads lately. Privacy screens yes/no, roller shutters yes/no. Everyone should just do what they want. I also don’t claim to understand how someone can choose not to have a privacy screen or not close their shutters by 9:00 PM. Why? Because a) it’s none of my business what others prefer, and b) I honestly don’t care. My quality of life doesn’t improve if my neighbors leave their property completely open or if I can see what they’re doing in their living room until 10:00 PM. Conversely, it doesn’t worsen either if I couldn’t. So why should it concern me? I just don’t understand this discussion.

Electric aluminum roller shutters offer more than just privacy. In summer, they effectively keep heat out, and in winter, the insulation material provides very good thermal insulation. Our shutters cannot be easily pushed up from the outside, and the aluminum slats cannot be easily cut. Therefore, they are not completely ineffective in terms of burglary protection.

WingVII schrieb:

And the aluminum shutters can't be cut through either. So they are not entirely ineffective in terms of burglary protection.

Did you install something special there? You don’t even need to cut or lift the shutters. Without additional security measures, they can be pushed out of their tracks within seconds and end up on the lawn—and the wider the window, the easier this is.