Roller shutter guide rails for wood-aluminum windows: solutions sought for narrow reveals

Hello everyone

I am looking for a suitable solution for installing side roller shutter guide rails on wood-aluminum windows. Normally, the guide rails are attached directly to the wood of the window frame. However, with wood-aluminum windows, this is not possible because of the outer aluminum shell – the wood recesses by about 18 mm, and the remaining space between the masonry reveal and the aluminum shell is only about 22-27 mm. Unfortunately, this is not enough for the standard base profiles.

Does anyone know of special roller shutter guide rails designed for this narrow width? The profiles from, for example, Gutmann Mira Classic do not work for my application because they are not intended for an installation opening of 80 mm (roller shutter box closed on the room side).

Does anyone have a suitable manufacturer, an alternative rail system, or a different mounting method that can be used on wood-aluminum windows with narrow reveals and top-mounted shells? I am grateful for any idea or practical tip!

Hello,

take a look at the narrow guide rails from Roma or Warema, which are specially available for tight installation situations with wood-aluminum windows. The types "Kompaktführungsschiene" often fit in reveal widths starting from about 20 mm. Installation is usually directly on the aluminum shell with suitable spacers – pay attention to thermal separation. If that is still too tight, almost the only option left is a flush reveal installation with on-site adjustment or custom fabrication by a metalworker.