Hello.
We have a problem because we have electric roller shutters throughout the ground floor and first floor. Our architect said that a second escape route must always be ensured. In the event of a fire, the electrical system could fail, and we might not be able to use the second escape route from the first floor window above the garage. The building authority / planning permission office is said to be strict in such cases. The architect recommends a manual crank. Do you possibly have a better idea? A manual crank doesn’t look very appealing…
We have a problem because we have electric roller shutters throughout the ground floor and first floor. Our architect said that a second escape route must always be ensured. In the event of a fire, the electrical system could fail, and we might not be able to use the second escape route from the first floor window above the garage. The building authority / planning permission office is said to be strict in such cases. The architect recommends a manual crank. Do you possibly have a better idea? A manual crank doesn’t look very appealing…
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Mottenhausen5 Jul 2019 10:41User0815 schrieb:
Why not simply leave out the electric roller shutter at the window?Sure, you could also leave out the entire roller shutter and install an internal blind for 29.99 instead. It’s simply a comfort feature. Typically, even during a fire, the house’s electrical system will keep working for a while, as the roller shutters often have separate power circuits. Unless the distribution board itself is on fire, the unaffected circuits will continue to function: you press the switch, the roller shutter opens, and that’s it. This is mainly about worst-case scenarios like fire and power outage.
Isn't there almost always at least one room on the upper floor that comfortably manages without roller shutters? In our case, the utility room and storage room upstairs were never planned to have roller shutters, even though we were not aware of any escape route issues.
I can’t recall a time when I would have lowered the shutters there, so we simply decided to leave them out entirely.
I can’t recall a time when I would have lowered the shutters there, so we simply decided to leave them out entirely.
Mottenhausen schrieb:
Of course, you could also skip the entire roller shutter and just install a blind inside for 29.99. It’s basically a comfort feature. In most cases, the house’s electrical system will continue to work during a fire since the roller shutters often have separate circuits. Unless the distribution panel itself is on fire, the unaffected circuits will still operate: you press the switch, the shutter goes up, and that’s it. This is only about worst-case scenarios like fire and power failure.I meant why not simply omit the electric roller shutter on the one (emergency exit) window and install a manual roller shutter with a crank instead.
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