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

Mycraft schrieb:

Did you install something special there? You don’t even have to cut or lift the shutters. Without extra protection, they can be pushed out of the guide within seconds and then lie on the lawn, and the wider the window, the easier it is.

The guide is fixed every 30-40 cm (12-16 inches) with a long screw and dowel. Last winter, when a shutter was frozen shut, I tore the shutter off at about half its height with quite some force, and it was quite a struggle to remove it. If the shutter had been at the bottom, I wouldn’t have been able to get it out (lifting it in the bottom position was impossible). But I didn’t try to use a crowbar on the guides. Therefore, I can’t imagine removing the aluminum shutter without noise and effort.

This is easier than you might think and almost silent. The screws on the sides only hold the guide in place, so they don’t help in this case. However, the shutter is flexible, and this increases with the width. In other words, a 70cm (28 inch) window is more difficult to open than a 1.80m (5 ft 11 in) patio door.

You don’t have to lift it at all. Nobody does that nowadays—it’s too tiring and usually ineffective. Instead, simply pull it out of the guide (of course, not with bare hands), which is quick and easy. A screwdriver is enough.

I generally find roller shutters very, very unattractive and would only accept external venetian blinds as shading on a new build.
I have roller shutters everywhere but hardly ever close them, except in the west-facing kids’ room as sun protection occasionally.
Closing the shutters while showering... I prefer to shower with the window open.
-> On the guest toilet facing northeast, they’re simply pointless.

I like it when someone watches me while I’m showering. 🙂

We have electric roller shutters installed everywhere except in the guest toilet on the ground floor and the bathroom on the first floor. There, we chose frosted glass.

The guest toilet has no shower, the window is relatively small, and it has a high sill. That’s why the absence of a shutter doesn’t bother me.

On some days, I do wish there was a shutter in the first-floor bathroom. The window is large and has a standard sill height.

What bothers me is not so much privacy, but rather that the bathroom heats up quickly on hot days, even though it only gets morning sunlight.

However, it’s not enough of an issue for me to consider retrofitting a shutter there now.

apokolok schrieb:

I find roller shutters generally very, very unattractive and would only accept venetian blinds as shading on a new build.

But that is just the current mainstream trend towards minimalist Bauhaus style, etc.
In 10 years, people will feel comfortable again with carpets, sloped ceilings, and without those industrial-style blinds—because those are the few elements in a house that still provide a sense of coziness. And eventually, the time will be right for that again.
But the original poster probably does not care about that now. 😉