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Boxes, slats, guides and how the parts go together. 44 guides.
SurveyA shutter built into the lintel
A lintel box is invisible from outside and is a building job. New builds and serious refurbishments can take it.
CostAlulux roller shutter: a UK fitted illustration
Price it as a premium measured shutter, not as a commodity security door from an online shop. Wide openings and motor choice move the number more than.
SurveyAlulux roller shutter: where it belongs
Alulux is another German roller shutter maker in the same broad family as ROMA: front-mounted retrofit boxes, top-mounted boxes for new windows, and.
ComparisonAlulux roller shutter: where it is the wrong buy
If the only fitter who can get Alulux to your postcode has fitted two, you are the training job. Ask for a recent address you can walk past, or pick a.
SurveyBelt operation
A belt winder is simple, cheap and needs a slot through the wall or frame for the strap. That slot is a draught and a water risk if it is cut badly.
SurveyBox sizes from about 137 mm upward
Boxes grow with the curtain height and the slat. Common cassettes step through sizes around 137, 150, 165, 180 and 205 mm, and security or tall doors.
CostBubendorff solar shutter: a UK fitted illustration
Dealer-fitted Bubendorff shutters are a premium solar product. Illustrations for a normal window often land in a similar band to other good solar.
SurveyBubendorff solar shutter: where it belongs
Bubendorff builds the aluminium shutter and the solar drive together, and its public material describes production in France and Germany. The company.
ComparisonBubendorff solar shutter: where it is the wrong buy
A care package is only as good as the dealer who has to attend. Bubendorff's public pages discuss dealer support for parts.
SurveyCables through cavities
A wired motor tempts someone to drill straight through a cavity wall. That can wet the cavity, pierce a tray or make a thermal puncture for the sake of.
CostCaribbean Blinds external shade: a UK fitted illustration
Bespoke external blinds are quoted on width, fabric and wind exposure. They can cost as much as a modest shutter and do a different job.
SurveyCaribbean Blinds external shade: where it belongs
Caribbean Blinds is a UK maker of external blinds, awnings and pergolas, in business since 1987 according to its public site. This is the product to.
ComparisonCaribbean Blinds external shade: where it is the wrong buy
Fabric will not stop a forced entry the way a locked aluminium curtain can, and it will not black out a nursery. Wind policy matters: a screen that.
SurveyCrank handles
A crank avoids a strap slot and avoids a motor. It is slow on a large curtain and it is another hole, smaller than a belt hole.
SurveyFixing guides to uPVC
Guides can go on the frame or on the wall beside it. Frame fixing is discreet and can warp a weak sash or pull a screw into a chamber.
SurveyFixing into brick
Brick and block are the friendly substrates. Render over insulation, crumbling mortar and soft red rubbers are not.
SurveyFront-mounted shutter boxes
A front-mounted box, the Vorbaurollladen, sits on the outside face above the window. It is the usual UK retrofit because the wall does not have to be.
Costheroal roller shutter: a UK fitted illustration
System prices move with the window order. A shutter added in the same contract can be better value than a later retrofit, and it can also be the line a.
Surveyheroal roller shutter: where it belongs
heroal is a German aluminium systems maker. Roller shutters in this range are often specified with the windows, not hung on as an afterthought.
Comparisonheroal roller shutter: where it is the wrong buy
Integrated boxes want a lintel and a frame designed for them. Forcing a heroal stack onto a tired opening is how reveals get butchered.
SurveyObstacle detection
Decent tube motors stop or reverse if the curtain hits something. That matters over a bifold that is not fully stacked, and over a child, and over a.
SurveyRadio motors and wall switches
A handset you lose is a bad control system. A wall switch, a phone app and a simple timer are different, and a good job offers the one you will still.
SurveyReveal depth
Side guides need a flat face and enough depth. A shallow uPVC frame, a shaped brick reveal or a bifold track can steal that face.
CostROMA roller shutter: a UK fitted illustration
Expect a premium architectural price. The box type changes the making-good and the planning risk more than the logo does.
SurveyROMA roller shutter: where it belongs
ROMA is a German Rollladen maker with front-mounted, top-mounted and built-in boxes. It is the sort of product people mean when they point at a German.
ComparisonROMA roller shutter: where it is the wrong buy
A beautiful system on a street the council protects is still a planning problem. Colour, projection and the street scene decide it.
CostSchüco integrated shutter: a UK fitted illustration
The number lives inside a window contract. Ask for the shutter, the motor and the box as lines you can see, so a later window quote without shading can.
SurveySchüco integrated shutter: where it belongs
Schüco is an aluminium window and door system. Shutters in that world are designed with the frame, often with the box hidden or seated on the frame.
ComparisonSchüco integrated shutter: where it is the wrong buy
Replacing sound windows only to gain a hidden box is an expensive way to get shade. If the glass is fine, a front-mounted solar shutter may do the.
CostSomfy solar roller shutter: a UK fitted illustration
As a September 2026 illustration, a single domestic window with a Somfy solar drive often sits in the same band as other solar retrofits, commonly.
SurveySomfy solar roller shutter: where it belongs
Somfy is a motor and controls company. The RS100 Solar and the wider solar roller-shutter kits put a panel on the headbox, a battery in the system and.
ComparisonSomfy solar roller shutter: where it is the wrong buy
Somfy's public pages say the panel can charge from daylight, not only from hard sun, and that the install stays on the outside. A north wall, a deep.
CostSWS SeceuroShield: a UK fitted illustration
Security curtains cost more than a light domestic foam slat once the guides, the locking and the heavier axle are included. A shopfront is a different.
SurveySWS SeceuroShield: where it belongs
SeceuroShield is the security shutter range from SWS UK, a British manufacturer. Public distributor pages list profiles such as SeceuroShield 38, 60,.
ComparisonSWS SeceuroShield: where it is the wrong buy
A vision slat is not a blackout and it is not the same barrier as a solid curtain. An insurance or police specification has to name the tested assembly.
SurveyTop-mounted boxes on new windows
An Aufsatz system sits on the window frame and is fitted when the window is. The box can finish inside, outside, or both, depending on the detail.
CostVelux roof window shutter: a UK fitted illustration
Supply-and-fit illustrations for one roof window often sit lower than a 4 metre bifold shutter and higher than a hopeful online blind. Scaffold or a.
SurveyVelux roof window shutter: where it belongs
A Velux shutter is made for a Velux roof window. Solar and mains versions exist.
ComparisonVelux roof window shutter: where it is the wrong buy
If the roof window is an old size, or not a Velux, this product may not fit. A lantern is a different shade: an external roof blind, a film, or living.
CostWarema external shade: a UK fitted illustration
External venetians are a premium shading product and they need a box and guides of their own. Compare a Warema venetian with a roller on the same.
SurveyWarema external shade: where it belongs
Warema's public range covers external venetian blinds and roller shutters. The venetian, often called a Raffstore, tilts.
ComparisonWarema external shade: where it is the wrong buy
Slats that tilt are weaker security than a locked roller curtain, and they can be noisier in wind. A coastal or exposed site needs the wind management.
SurveyWind class
Shutters sold in Europe are commonly talked about against EN 13659, including wind resistance. A sheltered London yard and a Plymouth headland are not.
SurveyWired motors and solar motors
Wired motors are the right answer when the panel would sit in shade, when you are already replastering, or when several large curtains would rather.