ᐅ Adding window blinds to a brick house afterward – experiences and tips?

Hello,
unfortunately, we missed the chance to have blinds installed during the construction of our house (single-family home, lightweight concrete walls, brick facade) on the upper floor. Now, during the height of summer, we notice that the windows are a major weak point, which is why the upper floor gets very hot—especially the rooms with west-facing windows. The rooms with east-facing windows don’t get nearly as hot, since they don’t receive direct afternoon sunlight continuously.

Does anyone have experience with installing blinds afterward (type? wireless or wired electric)? At the moment, we’re cautious because we don’t want to damage the brick facade around the windows.

I’m grateful for all tips, experiences, and advice 🙂

Hi,
if your main concern is the temperature, you might want to consider solar control glass as an option. After all, you wouldn’t have to change anything on the brick facade, just replace the glass. You also wouldn’t need to install any wiring for power supply.
Get advice about solar control glass from your window manufacturer/glazier.
Best regards, redtatoo

Hi,
thank you for your reply.
At the time, we deliberately decided against it because permanent room darkening (even if some people might not perceive it as very noticeable) was not an option for us. For example, one room is also used as an office.

MaxMustaman92 schrieb:

Does anyone have experience with retrofitted roller shutters?

I have installed them throughout my house because I don’t like it to get too warm inside.
I used external roller shutters at the top for the bedrooms and screens at the bottom for the kitchen and living room. The screens can be installed flush with the exterior facade. However, a hole needs to be drilled through the masonry to the inside for the electrical connection. You can’t see it though, as it’s hidden behind the housing.

The external roller shutters are deeper/thicker than the window recess and protrude over the windows. For those, too, a few holes had to be drilled into the masonry per window. Nothing was really damaged, just the spots where the holes were made.
I wanted manual roller shutters (which was still possible with some effort); electric shutters are standard. However, I did not want any remote control via phone or other fancy features. I have simple switches and just stand next to them until they finish moving up or down (and I think every time: cheers to manual roller shutters. 🙂)

I believe that with electric windows, a manual option or a window without electric operation is required because of the second emergency escape route. This should be taken into consideration. Otherwise, the concerns are mostly aesthetic, which I don’t find problematic at all.