Exterior blinds for shading in summer

Raffstores can also be really annoying, they're endlessly slow and that's why they're always down at everyone I see in the neighborhood.

Then it's poorly planned. Here 5 meters southwest-facing, Raffstore with a fast-run motor from Warema installed. In that time, I can barely open the door before they have gone up.

Also, they rattle like crazy when it gets a bit windier.

Nonsense. S-lamella that often stands completely in the wind, guided in rails. You hear NOTHING there. So far (and we live on a windy Sauerland mountain) triggered by the wind guard only once. And a few meters further in the forest, all the trees were already lying down.

Appearance is also not great.

Matter of taste

Hard to keep clean is another issue.

Nonsense. Doesn't take more work than cleaning windows The advantages clearly outweigh! We don't sit in a dark cave like with roller shutters when it's sunny!

Screens should also not be forgotten. Light permeability is selectable. Thus not "digital" like roller shutters, do not rattle like venetian blinds...

Pro roller shutter. When you're not at home, the shutter can definitely be down and the house relatively dark :p When I am at home in the high summer in the afternoon (because primarily that’s when overheating of the house really matters – in winter I want to take advantage of solar gains and won’t shade the windows) and I’m not outside in the garden or on the terrace but inside the house, then I just raise the shutters in the living room and leave the blinds / sunshades / sun sails or whatever outside down, and the shading of the living room is restored :cool:

Roller shutters are easier to maintain and cheaper (+ a small advantage of better thermal insulation if they are fully lowered at night in winter ;)) Also, I like their appearance better for a single-family house: Venetian blinds always remind me of public buildings/schools/office complexes, where they were initially primarily used. Until now, in recent years, they have made the transition to single-family houses.

But as always, "to each their own"

Then it is poorly planned. Here 5 meters south-west orientation, venetian blind with high-speed motor from Warema installed. In the time it takes me hardly to open the door, they are already raised.

Nonsense. S-lamella which often stands completely in the wind, rail-guided. You hear NOTHING. So far (and we live on a windy Sauerland hill) triggered by the wind guard only once. And there, a few meters further in the forest, all the trees were already lying across.

Matter of taste

Nonsense. Doesn’t require more work than window cleaning.

The advantages clearly outweigh! We don’t sit in a dark cave like with roller shutters when it’s sunny!

I see your nonsense every day at many houses :D. I tell the owners that they were all poorly planned, ok?

I actually cleaned the blinds on the ground floor for the first time this week since moving in with one of those slat cleaning tongs. It was less annoying than I thought, but just cleaning the slats took about 4 hours without cleaning the windows. In my opinion, it’s enough every 2 years.

I don’t know how I’m supposed to take such statements from prospective builders/ Silke seriously. Sorry. But in summer, you can’t do without blinds and shutters (you can clearly see this in every housing development – everyone, absolutely everyone, is shaded without exception) and after 3-4 days at/above 30 degrees, you can’t ventilate the heat out anymore. But everyone has to experience this themselves with lots of glass in the south.

In my opinion, the worst off are the 1.5 stories; there you sleep upstairs in the middle of summer at 30 degrees and above.

Good morning,

thank you very much for the numerous responses. This allowed us to learn some new things, but it initially sounds like it’s in favor of exterior blinds. I am now attaching our living room floor plan again, as I still have questions regarding that. South is, as mentioned, the three windows at the top:



The window facing west will definitely remain with a roller shutter. On the south side, at the long wall section, the table will be placed outside and accordingly we are currently planning an awning. If this were extended to the two doors next to each other, we might possibly not need any exterior blinds there because this would shade that area? Or does the awning on the south side not work, or does it not provide sufficient shading? Since you should of course be able to go outside in the summer, it would bother me to have to raise the blinds every time. Hence also the idea with the awning, so that at least one door leading outside is still usable.

However, I would then need to fit both doors with blinds, otherwise it would look awkward. So either just the kitchen door with exterior blinds or also the section labeled 'living room'. Or do you have better concepts?

P.S.: Everything that does not get exterior blinds will definitely have a roller shutter