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Roller shutters
Roller shutters
Rigid aluminium slats that roll down on the outside of the glass — the strongest way to stop heat and glare before they reach the window.
Every blind on this site fights the sun after it has already come through the glass. A roller shutter is the one product that gets there first. It is a curtain of rigid aluminium slats, housed in a headbox above the opening, that rolls down the outside face of the window and stops the sun landing on the glass at all.
On a Rivonia west elevation with no verandah and no tree, that difference is not subtle. The glass never gets the chance to heat up, so the room behind it stays workable through the worst two hours of a summer afternoon. Rolled halfway down, the shutter shades while leaving the bottom of the window clear; rolled fully down, it closes the room to near-darkness with the slats sitting tight in their guides.
They are also the most complete light and privacy control we can fit. A bedroom with a shutter can be made properly dark at two in the afternoon — which matters if somebody in the house works nights — and the room is entirely closed to view from outside without a curtain in sight.
Operation is a strap, a crank or, far more usually, a motor with a remote or wall switch. On a first-floor window a motor is not a luxury; it is the difference between using the shutter every day and never touching it after the first week.
The practical detail
How we specify it here
Small decisions that decide whether you like the blind in two years’ time, not just on installation day.
- Headbox above the opening — built-on or built-in, sized to the roll — it should look deliberate, not bolted on
- Side guides — the slat curtain runs in guides both sides, which is what keeps it steady in wind
- Slat profile — a heavier slat for wide openings, a lighter one where the span is modest
- Motor with remote or switch — strongly recommended above ground floor; a manual crank is fine at a reachable window
- Complex approval — external work usually needs body-corporate sign-off — raise it early and we will supply what they ask for
Not sure which fabric or which room? That is exactly the conversation the free measure is for — samples held against your own light beat any swatch on a screen.
Questions
Asked most often
Straight answers, including where the answer is “it depends on the room”.
What do roller shutters actually do better than a blind?
They stop the sun outside the glass. An indoor blind absorbs heat that has already entered the room; a shutter never lets it in. On a hot west or north-west window that is the single biggest improvement available short of changing the glazing.
Are these security shutters?
No. Ours are shading shutters — specified for sun, heat, glare and privacy control. Security-rated shutters are built to a different standard entirely and are a separate product, which we are happy to quote on request. We will not imply that one does the other’s job.
Will the complex allow them?
Often, but it is external work on the face of the building, so it usually needs body-corporate or trustee approval. Ask before you order — we will give you the drawings and colour details they will want to see.
Manual or motorised?
Manual is perfectly workable at a window you can reach comfortably. Anything above the ground floor, or any shutter you will operate twice a day, should be motorised — otherwise it quietly stops being used.
Keep looking
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The rest of the range, and where each one earns its place.
Where we fit them
Roller shutters across our patch
Where a west-facing room needs the sun stopped outside the glass, we fit roller shutters across Sunninghill, Morningside, Woodmead, Sandown and Gallo Manor.
Let’s get it measured
Tell us about
your windows.
Which rooms, which way they face, and what is actually bothering you about the light. One of our expert consultants will contact you shortly to arrange the free in-home measure.
- Free in-home measure with fabric and slat samples
- Written quote, itemised per window, no obligation
- Made to order — nothing cut down to fit
- Repairs and restringing on existing blinds too
Our consultant does five to six measures a week across this area, so the diary fills early.
Want a ballpark first? The Window Schedule carries a two-minute window list — pop in rough sizes and we’ll send a budget range by the next working day. Not sure how to measure? Leave it: our consultant measures for free and you get exact per-window pricing either way.
Would rather type than fill in a form? Open the chat and the assistant will take it from there.
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