Hello everyone,
Summer is just around the corner, and we’re facing the issue of sunlight exposure.
We have a large window wall (southwest-facing) measuring nearly 8m by 2.5m (26 ft by 8 ft), and now we want to install some kind of sunshade.
An awning is currently our choice: what should we consider here? Which color is most suitable? I wanted a solid red, but apparently that color has the most problems with fading outdoors. Anthracite? Would that be too dark, and does it fade a lot?
What about dirt and stains — does it get warmer under a gray awning compared to, for example, a yellow one? Should we go for a full cassette or a half cassette awning? The half cassette seems to have the advantage that I can retract it just enough to stop at bird droppings and then wipe them off easily.
We have already arranged the electrical setup. The requirement is that it must protect the terrace and living room from the sun. We would also like to be able to sit under the awning during light rain. Does a rain and storm sensor make sense? Would you recommend having a light installed in the awning?
The windows will be replaced — the frames will be anthracite and fitted with external venetian blinds (is that the correct term for those slatted blinds?). But this will take a while and is quite expensive.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions. I don’t want to have the friendly salespeople come to the house unprepared.
Best regards,
Claudia
Summer is just around the corner, and we’re facing the issue of sunlight exposure.
We have a large window wall (southwest-facing) measuring nearly 8m by 2.5m (26 ft by 8 ft), and now we want to install some kind of sunshade.
An awning is currently our choice: what should we consider here? Which color is most suitable? I wanted a solid red, but apparently that color has the most problems with fading outdoors. Anthracite? Would that be too dark, and does it fade a lot?
What about dirt and stains — does it get warmer under a gray awning compared to, for example, a yellow one? Should we go for a full cassette or a half cassette awning? The half cassette seems to have the advantage that I can retract it just enough to stop at bird droppings and then wipe them off easily.
We have already arranged the electrical setup. The requirement is that it must protect the terrace and living room from the sun. We would also like to be able to sit under the awning during light rain. Does a rain and storm sensor make sense? Would you recommend having a light installed in the awning?
The windows will be replaced — the frames will be anthracite and fitted with external venetian blinds (is that the correct term for those slatted blinds?). But this will take a while and is quite expensive.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions. I don’t want to have the friendly salespeople come to the house unprepared.
Best regards,
Claudia
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Pinkiponk3 Apr 2020 07:53hampshire schrieb:
The new house will have no awnings.Could you please tell me why the new house will be without awnings? Personally, I am not very fond of awnings in a private setting, as they tend to take up too much visual space on an average single-family home and, in my opinion, require quite a lot of free area and house façade around them to look good and not dominate the house. If possible, my husband and I plan to forgo awnings and instead set up one or two easily assembled and disassembled parasols (possibly in different colors) as needed. My goal is also to create attractive seating areas all around the house, so we can move with the sun or shade as needed. That’s why on the ground floor we will have almost exclusively patio doors, except on the front entrance façade (a compromise due to our situation; I would have preferred more doors there as well). Now I’ve digressed. Why will your new house be without awnings?
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Pinkiponk3 Apr 2020 07:57For awnings, I like the yellow-and-white stripes; they remind me of the "south."
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Pinkiponk3 Apr 2020 08:00Curly schrieb:
... they don’t have to be striped and have a trim at the front like an ice cream shop.Yes, that’s exactly what they have to be. (Just kidding.)Pinkiponk schrieb:
My goal is also to create nice seating areas all around the house so we can move between sun and shade as needed. That’s why on the ground floor we will have almost exclusively patio doors, except on the front facade (a compromise due to the location of the stairs—I would have liked more doors there as well). I completely agree.
I also like sitting in front of the house. We use the front door, with the key left in the lock. We traditionally had a bench in front of the house, now we have two metal chairs in the flower bed.
Besides that, there is the fire bowl area with two simple granite benches, the bench in the greenhouse, the wind-protected spot in the beach chair, two chairs facing east, two breakfast chairs in front of the main patio door, two deck chairs on the sun deck, and then a table with six chairs.
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hampshire3 Apr 2020 08:55A retractable awning does not suit our house. We have covered the central terrace area so that 6-8 people can sit in the shade. A large roof overhang provides a "baseball cap effect" for the windows.
