External Venetian Blinds

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The physics, in plain terms

An interior blind manages heat that's already inside the room. An external venetian stops most of it before it ever reaches the glass — on a wall built to face Walker Bay or the open Atlantic beyond Gansbaai, that difference is dramatic rather than marginal. It's the same principle European and high-end architects have used on glass buildings for decades, applied to a Whale Coast living room.

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Built for this exposure, not retrofitted for it

Wide aluminium slats, typically 60–90mm, run in guided side rails or cables and tilt and raise on command. We specify these as motorised as standard on this coast, with a wind sensor that auto-retracts the blind before a gust arrives — an exposed external system that can't protect itself in a south-easter or a winter front is a liability, not a feature. Finishes are powder-coated to the same marine-grade spec we use across every exterior product here.

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Where they earn their keep

Hermanus's cliffside rebuilds and any Gansbaai or De Kelders home with a hard north or west glass wall are the clearest case — the kind of house where the aircon runs constantly and the answer isn't a thicker curtain, it's stopping the heat outside. Facade fixing needs either design-stage planning or a proper retrofit assessment on an existing elevation, which is exactly what the free measure is for.

• Motorised with wind-sensor auto-retract as standard on this coast
• Powder-coated, marine-grade finish for direct salt exposure
• Effective on any hard north- or west-facing glass wall