ᐅ Exterior or interior roller shutters in new construction?

Bauexperte schrieb:
Why should there be any insulation issues if the inspection opening is accessible from the inside and located below the roller shutter box? It’s actually the other way around, since if you ever need to access it, you would have to remove plaster and insulation, right?

Why would plaster and insulation need to be removed? Obviously, you have never seen such a wall-mounted shutter box. It’s a very similar system to opening it from the inside. Side openings are not allowed anyway. A simple image search clarifies this quickly.
And why it might cause problems when opened from the inside, I couldn’t tell you. Poor workmanship, bad system… In any case, for two acquaintances, the blower door test revealed a weak spot there.

Bauexperte schrieb:
Why should you do that?

Why not? If someone likes the very decorative plastic covers for the opening, fine. Personally, I find them rather unattractive.

But my question was actually about something else. I’ll try to phrase it differently in case I wasn’t clear before.
It concerns the difference between two types of roller shutter systems: mounted on top of the window or in front of the window. One with a shutter box and one without. If there is a shutter box, I mean only those that are not visible from the inside as such and therefore have an inspection opening on the outside.

Hello,

DaLinux schrieb:

Apparently, you have never seen a wall box like this.

Well, yes, but that was many, many years ago; honestly, I didn’t expect these systems to still have customers.

Regards, Bauexperte

Ok.
I see it as a new development. But you can be mistaken that way.

Let's see what the sellers are trying to sell.

I also have roller shutters mounted on top with the housing above and an inspection opening on the inside... no issues with airtightness, and you can access it anytime.

Open the housing/ remove the insulation, and you can easily reach the mechanism.

There are also windows with roller shutters or venetian blinds integrated between the panes. Would that be something for you?

Phew, this is another super special/extra expensive solution...