Hi guys, looking for some roller shutters for our bedroom windows that get plenty of sun everyday. Makes it very hot for the toddler and baby to sleep in. Any good installers in Melbourne?
Alternatively, any other ideas for me to reduce the heat? Currently have blinds installed but light and heat will still get through.
We are based in the east in Melbourne.
Roller Shutters sit outside of your window tho
Oh ok, sorry I have one of those motorised blinds, I thought you meant those. Would roller shutters stop you from having your window open? Not sure.
Hmm anyone knows if those 3M windows films work? We have frosted windows so might need to install them on the outside?
it depends how your window being open, my old house is sliding upward so it wont stop me slide open the window when having the shutters shut.
Mine open outwards. I guess i can't have the shutter partially down at all if I want the windows open.
@nsfx84:
films can apply inside which is what I did too on one of my room. but keep in mind it may darken your room if you only have one window.
you control the position of the shutter, it can be half shut or all shut. Try plantation shutter in white which they are quite good
Thanks LB. Hmm… shutters seems to be the best since i want it dark too.
Wonder if these guys are any good. Decent google reviews (if legit)
https://www.ozrollershutters.com.au/online-quote
Plantation shutters, will they be good keeping heat out?
My shutter installed by them 10 years ago and their service is OK and do the work but they are not cheap.
Plantation shutters looks good and they are inside the window. it will do the work.
If you want to add security then shutter will be your first choice but they are the most expensive. Also if you are the only one on your street having, it may not good consistent.
I am also in Melbourne and coincidentally I have these guys installing blinds right now - they seem pretty good.
Thanks will have a look.
Friends of mine mounted a shade sail against their West Facing Wall with 4 stainless steel spacers about 10cm long drilled into the brick.
Has the benefit of allowing some light through the window whilst blocking the majority of heat, plus it shades the majority of the wall area, not just the window.
Easy to DIY, looks OK (even in winter when they take it down and there's just the 4 Steel spacers protruding) and significantly cheaper than Roller Shutters!
Thanks Scubacoles. I will have a look at the options.
We are in Melbourne with West facing bedroom windows. In summer we create a window cover for the outside of the window made up from flat silver foldable battens used for insulation and a couple of the car windscreen heat reflecting covers. We have a windout window above the balcony door so we can hang it off the winder and then use another of the car reflectors on the inside of the window. It looks ugly as sin but the window cover reflects back the light before it hits the window and seems to keep the room cooler. We also open the balcony door up at night and use a big fan to suck in as much cool air as we can. Just something to look at if you don't want to pay for blinds. If you do go for blinds I agree you need them on the outside of the window to stop the heat hitting the window,
We put roller shutters on to reduce light and they mentioned the insulation benefits, I asked them what the R rating is and he didn't even know what an R rating was. I thought that seemed kinda wierd.
There is problems with the motor burning out on large roller shutters and if it's a small window I would just go the manual winder.
he didn't even know what an R rating was
If you were female he'd tell you. ;)
The main issue with roller shutters is their initial cost. They do have benefits however there may be other options that are less expensive and offer similar properties. The other issue I have (though not sure how much of an issue it actually might prove to be) is how easy roller shutters would be to unwind in the event of a large fire that has engulfed the home, and then finding the remote or finding the winder.
Though I don't necessarily think roller shutters are a waste of money I just think it's definitely worthwhile to really investigate other options.
Also, as for R value, even wall insulation that is installed on the studs is at most around 2.7 I believe, which considering it's thickness and material I'd have thought would offer more resistance to energy transfer than aluminium (which would conduct heat fairly well) and then quite thin foam. Sound might be a different kettle of fish, but my own feeling is that R value for roller shutters wouldn't be necessarily particularly that high, but like I say, I'm not an expert so don't want to definitively say one way or another.
Sorry not more helpful. Maybe try something cheaper first and go from there?
You might want to consider outdoor blinds/shutter instead. I have indoor blinds and what I have found is that the sun heats up my roller blinds and my room still get quite warm since the roller blinds in on the inside.