ᐅ How often do you use your roller shutters?

ypg schrieb:

No idea why they are so hyped, but all the houses with those things around here rattle annoyingly.

1. Ours don’t rattle – not in the east, south, or west. And up north, nothing can rattle because there aren’t any there.

2. Venetian blinds are the ideal combination of thermal insulation and “you can look outside” while “nobody can look in.” Roller shutters and pleated blinds just can’t do that.

3. Venetian blinds – hype, hype, hooray!

We use them daily as well. Electrically, it’s just a push of a button.

ypg schrieb:

No idea why they’re so hyped, but all the houses around us with those things rattle annoyingly.

The practical aspect is that you can leave them half-open. The sun stays outside, yet it’s still reasonably bright inside. For me, though, it wasn’t worth it; in a single-family home, you have the luxury of four exterior walls and can get light through a second window.

SoL schrieb:

Well, above the windows you probably have a fairly large box for the roller shutters. That box has worse insulation properties than a good wall or good glass. The glass surface on the window also insulates better than the frame.

I think our solution is quite clever. The windows have a raised profile, in front of which the roller shutter is flush with the exterior wall and is plastered over. On the inside, this profile is additionally insulated and plastered as well.

AxelH. schrieb:

Ours don’t rattle

Then it might be due to your quality.

WilderSueden schrieb:

The practical thing is that you can leave them half-open.

About the noise: when I stand on the terrace in the evening and hear those things, I can’t rate them as good. What I hear, the residents must hear as well... maybe residents are more tolerant of the noise.
We have simple roller shutters: yes, they are opaque. But as I said before, we no longer use them for insulation or privacy. And as sun protection: only during the day, when we are not home... when we are there, we enjoy the sunlight. As someone who spends evenings outdoors, you don’t keep the sun away from you 🙂

xMisterDx schrieb:

My parents-in-law have neighbors like that; we call them "the vampires."
As soon as a ray of sunlight breaks through the clouds, the roller shutters go down...

Of course, you can do that... but do you really want to sit in the living room in dim light during summer?

We definitely don’t. I would never think of using the roller shutters for shading. In summer, the large garden windows are open as soon as possible.

We also use the roller shutters every night. In the open-plan living area, we close them when we go to bed, because I don’t like looking at the shutters before then. In the other rooms, sometimes they go down at dusk. In the morning, I raise them all as soon as I get up.
During the day, I only lower one of the shutters halfway at the dining area in autumn or winter when the sun is low enough to shine directly on my laptop.

ypg schrieb:

Houses with those things rattling around us are annoyingly loud.

Hmm, then your neighborhood must be from before 2000?
Rattling blinds like that are no longer common, or are they?
The current models are guided by rails on the left and right sides.

Blinds like these are a must in the south for me. You need shading in summer (it makes the difference between 25°C (77°F) and 29°C (84°F) in the peak summer heat).
With roller blinds down, I feel trapped. With these blinds down, I get shade and can still see outside perfectly.

Also interesting how everyone says “I don’t need roller blinds,” but in polls, everyone uses them. Me too, daily.

WilhelmRo schrieb:

Hmm, is your residential area from before 2000?
Venetian blinds are no longer common, or are they?
The current ones are guided by rails on the left and right sides.

This is mainly a matter of price.
Both types exist. It also makes a difference whether the slats still have a rubber lip.

WilhelmRo schrieb:

Venetian blinds in the south are a must for me. You need shading in summer (it makes the difference between 25°C and 29°C (77°F and 84°F) in the peak of summer).
Roller blinds down and I feel trapped. Venetian blinds down and I have shade while still being able to see outside clearly.

In the south, it is less important than in the east and west. In summer, the sun stands so high in the south that an eave overhang is enough to provide shade.
If eave overhangs were left out, of course it’s a different matter. 😉
The sun shines at a low angle in the east and west, so much more sunlight comes in.