Recent content by kalathedog

:lol: Any particular reason why?

How do the masses view these plantation shutters? I have seen a few homes with them fitted and just wondered what people thought about them.

That brings us back full circle to the question that experience tell me that the polyeurethane foam filled aluminium lats do have an insulating property, the question being how much, and the level of accuracy of my calculations (apparently not very)...

I see where you're coming from on the fire stuff now, I'm looking at manual mechanism, I can't see any advantage in having motors. They're not heavy and not a problem. Are you saying that planning are incompetent?? :D I was speaking to someone a bit further up the food chain at the...

Masona, I'm not really sure I see that as being a problem, or any more or less of a problem than we have now. Why would they not open? If a house complies with current building regs there should be adequate escape provisions built into the design, if not simply open them and jump out. Again in...

Thanks, it's becoming a bit clearer now. My understanding is that internal shutters are not good because they can provoke condensation and even break the glass in extreme cases. Not something I'd be too happy about. How airtight does airtight have to be to be beneficial, all the shutters I've...

Clearly I didn't understand your question, sorry. The point being that an insulated roller shutter will offer an insulated barrier. It did seem quite straightforward to me. Regarding cold bridging, I'm not 100% sure of what or where you're talking about. I assume that any perceived cold...

U value from an insulation point of view. Sorry about the link, I thought Dropbox was supposed to allow this sort of thing... It did work for me though. :cry:

Hi everyone, this is my first post so treat me gently. Hopefully someone can help me get my head around this. I lived in Spain for a few years and practically all the homes are fitted with roller shutters. Since my return to the UK I've been thinking that it would be a good idea to fit them to...