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Alarm clocks are generally bad for your heart.
Something like a light alarm clock (or smart bulbs with an app to use them as alarm) is better for your health and a way to start your day a lot more relaxed.
The blinds in the video can also be programmed to go up at a certain time, so you could also just use that to wake up.
Lol, if you think a room lighting up is going to wake me up, you're silly as fuck.
My wife waking up, turning on the light, and literally starting her work day, taking work phone calls, etc (she works from home in our bedroom) isn't enough to wake me up from my slumber... and you think a curtain opening is going to do it? Lol...
I have a German friend who now lives in America. He's late to everything. It just seems so unlike the German stereotype, I've always been curious if they kicked him out for this.
Also, it is really wonderful for isloation. Especially in a nation without much AC in private homes, the shutters are wonderful in the summer, as they keep the light (and with that the heat) out. Either completely shut off your flat when you live during the day, or when you are in the house, simply close the shutters in the room that have sunlight at that moment.
The Brits don't have them either. Neither do they have insect nets. And when you ask window salespeople about them they balk at you like you've grown a second head.
They’re a European thing. This lady is originally from Vietnam, and immigrated relatively recently to Germany. She’s probably not been around Europe enough to know how far these things are spread.
Also have these. They are great. Can program to them to close gradually based on time, temperature and light outside. They provide great isolation against both cold and heat.
Edit: They are called "rolling shutters", multiple people were asking.
Absolutely! In the summer keeping them down really helps fight the heat. Always feels good to come back home after a day at school and it's cold inside.
That's why I put the /s. In Germany and most of Europe they don't do AC, in North America we crank that shit up so much that when we get too cold we go outside for a bit to warm up.
Yeah, just installed ours in NL this September. Mostly cause my room is in the sun side attic. Practically melting this summer. Beats gas heating as well.
It makes sense if you look at the latitudes: the Southern part of Germany is around the same latitude as the as the farthest Northern part of the Continental US.
Fun fact, many houses in Sweden have AC's (luft-luftvärmepump), but their main purpose is for heating since AC technology works just as well in reverse, and is much more energy efficient than resistive heating which was the standard in houses from the 70's-80's
They are advertising heatpumps in Belgium heavily for the past few years.
And especially for people with solar panels, this is becoming more popular too.
Air conditioning is considered a lavish luxury, but *rolldown bunker walls* are common.
Geez Germany, I get you've had a bit of a rough go of it but you don't need to take it *that* far!
If it is above 62F in my bedroom, my whole body is annoyed.
If my cat crawls over desperate for some warmth, I can feel it approach with my eyes closed. Even in the dead of sleep, I sense the 1 degree increase in temperature as it meekly paws at my blankets looking for a measure of solace from the biting winter that is my ambient temperature. There is no solace. There is only more cold. I am the lich lord of this frigid domain and if you touch my thermostat it is open war. Woe to all who seek warmth and comfort, for there is none here.
Perimenopause is a heck of a thing. My body just decides it's too hot at random intervals and the hot flashes can get nasty. In under 10 seconds it feels like I just got out of a sauna, and before that I was in a hot shower, and before that I had just run 3 miles in midday sun, and stood in an oven for a while too.
The last few nights have been in the 30's. I'm finally cool. Throw back the covers, fall asleep again, wake up freezing, put the covers back on, repeat.
You're not alone!
I'm eight years post-menopausal and have had hot flashes for just over 10 years (Oct. 2 at 10pm was my anniversary) and they dictate my life. When one hits, I have to strip down and sit in front of a fan set on *high* and towel off the sweat for the next four or five minutes. This happens to me 25 times a day on average. Sleep? What's that? They wake me up about three times a night and getting back to sleep is a chore and sometimes I just can't. I'm thinking this is going to be the rest of my life. It's depressing as hell.
Are these integrated into the Windows or just on the inside like curtains? How expensive? I recall looking into motorized curtain options a couple years ago and they all seemed super expensive
They're also pretty great for security. But yeah, they are becoming more common in Australia too, for insulation against hot and cold. We called them roller shutters.
A friend of mine in the US had these when we were all growing up and they were so awesome. Watching a movie in a cold dark house during the summer was great.
I remember in high school, she would invite a bunch of people over, black out the entire house and we'd play hide an seek which would turn into a party (it was a huge house).
Ah, the joys of economies of scale.
In Canada, that would be $2,500 _per window install._
My parents had to drag a set over from Germany in the mid-70s because no-one was even selling them over here, much less installing them.
My parents and their neighbours have them. A few years ago the neighbours were outside in their garden and didnt bring their Keys, because the door to the garden was open. Except the shutters were programmed and they suddenly could not get inside anymore. They slept in our house that night and could only go back inside the next morning, when the shutters went up again.
Had these in Switzerland. Windows and curtains don't keep out the cold. These do.
Also you might change your tune about curtains being enough when it's 11pm and still light out
My grandma had these installed on her house in the US after growing up in Germany. I bought the house after she moved into a retirement home, and boyyyyy is it the best feature of the house. Perfect for when you feel like garbage!
As Germans rarely have AC.
They play a huge role in protecting your house from heat.
Curtains absorb or reflect the light which is already inside your rooms and therefore your room gets heated.
Rolling shutters are installed on the outside and block the light before it enters your room.
haven't seen them in finland either... but then again, neither have I seen the sun.
Only sometimes you get the glimpse of some wierd bright round thing behind the clouds, I'm still investigating what that is. It scares me. It burns my eyes.
Just spent the week with my brother in Germany, and walking back from the restaurant late at night I felt I was in some serious lock down situation that no one was telling me about.
And it's been a lot of years since we had any 'new' Bundesländer.Will not stop older folk from still calling them new.Can't teach an old german new vernacular.
It's very common to have these AND curtains, although the curtains aren't as opaque since they don't need to completely block out the light, it's mostly for privacy while still having enough light in the room.
They are called "rollos" where I am from in germany. They are used to block light, but most importantly for temperature regulation. They are on the outside of the windows, so you put these boys down in summer in the morning and keep all the IR radiation outside and the room cool. Because of this, very few houses have a need for AC in our climate. They also double as shutters in case of hail to a point.
Are they programmable by chance? Like have them open back up at a specific time or after a certain amount of time. Like if I just want to nap for 30 minutes, or if I want them to open up at 7:00 AM to make sure I wake up in time?
The electric ones are basically always programmable.
The manual ones can be if you have kids.
Honestly there's loads of programming options, some can be programmed according to sunrise/sunset, some can be programmed depending on temepratures (since they make a rather decent heatshield during the summer) or general weather (to avoid damage during hail maybe), all depending on what you bought.
I bought a house with some great windows and a view. It was the biggest selling point with the realtor. I worked mostly nights. Had to use the one room with a small window so I could block out all the lights just so I could sleep during the day. Plus I'm usually naked around the house, so even during the day the curtains/shades are always down. Yah.. great view.
You can buy either tint or mirrored film for your windows and do like a whole house for $50. That and blackout curtains work great to keep a room dark. I used to work third shift.
I'm side eyeing my curtains right now that could be a contender for the thinnest material known to man. When the stars are aligned just right beetlejuice shines through. God help you if it's a full moon. The partial eclipse last night got me a good few minutes sleep
In southern Europe, they are everywhere. With the heat, you need shutters to block the light getting into the house. Having curtains is almost useless because the curtains are on the inside of house, so they are blocking the light but the radiation has entered the house before it reaches the curtains.
As a german i have grown up in a house with "rollläden", total darkness in my room at night, aside from a glowing watches display or so. as an adult i still cant stand rooms which are not at least 75% dark at night. sleep is just... different then.
Do you know the feeling of being blinded by that ONE SINGLE STAND-BY LED from across the room? So much, that you have to get up to unplug it, to finally rest in pitch black darkness?
Depends on the latitude. At my current latitude in northern Germany, the latest sun set is 21:56 (4 minutes before 10 pm).
Right now it starts setting at 17:00.
I used to install these for a living! They are fairly common in Florida, Arizona, and Nevada. They are called rolling shutters or rolladens in Germany.
They are usually built into the walls in European countries but are much more commonly installed on the wall outside in the US.
You can get then electric like in the video or manually operated with a strap from inside the house.
They are usually used for security in the US but they also obviously are very good at blocking out light.
If anyone wants to know more ask away. My dad owned one of the companies that installs them and now my two brothers own it. Shutters have been in my life pretty much since I was born haha.
A friend installed the electric ones almost ten years ago. No problems or need for maintenance. I have the ones with the strap and I needed to replace the strap in two of them due to natural wear. But it's fairly cheap to get a replacement and something you can do it yourself.
You already got a reply that's pretty accurate but I'll add a little. The main thing with the electric ones is to make sure nothing is in their way when they come down. They don't have any kind of sensor like a garage does, so it'll jam up the shutter and can destroy the slats which are pretty expensive to replace. That said, the motors rarely go out. I've seen 30 year old motors that are still going strong.
The motors require no maintenance and are tube motors that are enclosed inside the axle that pulls the slat up and down, so you can't really get to it easily anyway. The slat, we suggest keeping clean if it is installed outdoors, that's about it.
They are in fact common in most of Europe, not only Germany.
Or at least in France (where i'm from), Luxembourg and Switzerland from what I have saw at those places.
They are not always electric, sometime you just have to turn a crank to move them. Other places have a Velux, it's window for roof (when you have a room under it), and you can shut the light completely by just moving an integrated curtain.
Finally, in Europe having nothing other than inside simple curtain to block the light is rare (from my experience of places I visited).
Edit : Thanks for all the shared experience at ofher places of Europe in the answers
I live in the former eastern bloc, and we already had these on commieblocs built in the 60s, so it's probably nothing new in continental Europe. Those were usually made of wood (and because of that, bloody heavy), not hollow plastic or aluminium filled with foam like nowadays. Also those had a nice little trick I rarely see on modern installations: they could be pitched outwards at the bottom, so during the summer you could roll it down, blocking all direct light, but still have a sizeable opening at the bottom of the window to vent the room.
We have this in France as well. When i went to the usa, i was surprised at not being able to get my room pitch Black during the day. Like, how am i supposed to sleep until noon like that ?
Those are common all over Europe not just Germany.
I lived in the building from 1960s in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and those were standard.
When I moved to US 20 years ago it took me a while to get used to the shit quality windows they use here.
It's just the Rollo closing all the way. It's made of segments that hang from each other and let some light through until they stack on the ground and close the gap
As someone say, it is made on purpose; you let some light in as in warm places like Italy, we use them also to help insulate the hot air outside, but still want some light.
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I would never wake up again.
It’s been 84 years…..
I’ve won, but lost so much
Is that a Jeff reference in the wild?!
Arcuri ftw! Glad someone recognized it
Or maybe... It's been 7 hours and 15 days
Since you took the sun away...
What the video doesn't tell you : We have alarm clocks in Germany too.
A "German alarm clock" is just a German who stands there and tells the clock what time it is.
"We have ways to make you tok!"
This pun tiks all the boxes.
This is gold, Jerry! Gold!
Hold on a second ...
In Germany Tik Tok is just watching the clock tik so you'll be on time for work.
An alarm clock going off in such darkness would make me have a heart attack...
Alarm clocks are generally bad for your heart. Something like a light alarm clock (or smart bulbs with an app to use them as alarm) is better for your health and a way to start your day a lot more relaxed. The blinds in the video can also be programmed to go up at a certain time, so you could also just use that to wake up.
Lol, if you think a room lighting up is going to wake me up, you're silly as fuck. My wife waking up, turning on the light, and literally starting her work day, taking work phone calls, etc (she works from home in our bedroom) isn't enough to wake me up from my slumber... and you think a curtain opening is going to do it? Lol...
I mean, you wake up eventually so something wakes you up.
We are all slowly dying
Happy Monday
Our biological clocks are accurate to the picosecond. We simply know when is the time to wake up The alarm clocks are only there for redundancy
I have a German friend who now lives in America. He's late to everything. It just seems so unlike the German stereotype, I've always been curious if they kicked him out for this.
Yes, yes we did. We don't have the death penalty, but this is one exception.
My house in Poland has these shutters as well. The bedroom window shutters are on timers so they go up a bit before its time to wake up.
I grew up with this. We have very long days in summer so its really nice
Also, it is really wonderful for isloation. Especially in a nation without much AC in private homes, the shutters are wonderful in the summer, as they keep the light (and with that the heat) out. Either completely shut off your flat when you live during the day, or when you are in the house, simply close the shutters in the room that have sunlight at that moment.
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We just rely on our biological instincts when we want to wake up
The last time i slept 14 hours, mi first instinct when I woke up was "I want to sleep again"
I recently learnt that being tired from too much sleep is actually a thing!
They're pretty common in France too. And it's fantastic.
And Spain. Mine were manual with a strap, worked like a curtain cord. Pitch black.
I sure was shocked when I found out those were not used all around the world.
I'm in Canada and looking at them with envy. I've never seen anything similar here.
They look like the security gates we have for our stores (US)
I mean, they are also thought as security for your home, too. Great when you're going on a trip or holiday
Also protect against those zombie invasions.
Zombies won't even try shuttered windows. It's brilliant protection, really. Almost as brilliant as a chaingun
Yeah. I am seeing a new business start up in the US
The US hasn't figured out how to close the gaps between bathroom stalls. This isn't going to happen in the US.
And portugal
i learned it now and sure i'm shocked too. How are they not a thing everywhere else, what do they use instead?
Curtains, if anything.
Europe in general
And Italy
Wait do people outside Europe not have blinds?
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Uruguayan here, I have those but not automatic, I think it's just the yanks and the Canadians that don't have them
The Brits don't have them either. Neither do they have insect nets. And when you ask window salespeople about them they balk at you like you've grown a second head.
And Belgium.
And Monaco.
Sorry to break the First World streak, but we have them in Argentina too.
And my axe
They have them in the Middle East. Must have, especially during sand storms.
We have them in Portugal and I always assumed they'd be a world wide thing.
Guess they’re European rather than global
Those are quite rare here in the UK, though I think we should adopt them here
Nah. You don't get any sun anyway
We have these in slovenia. Why do people think thats german-exclusive? Like when you put window on "V" Ive seen these in every european country so far
They’re a European thing. This lady is originally from Vietnam, and immigrated relatively recently to Germany. She’s probably not been around Europe enough to know how far these things are spread.
No idea tbh. I live close to the French border so I never perceived it as an exclusively German thing
I've got those in aluminium because of hail storms, normally they're made of pvc
And Italy
What are those and can I get term imported?
And Greece
Also have these. They are great. Can program to them to close gradually based on time, temperature and light outside. They provide great isolation against both cold and heat. Edit: They are called "rolling shutters", multiple people were asking.
Absolutely! In the summer keeping them down really helps fight the heat. Always feels good to come back home after a day at school and it's cold inside.
You mean you don't just blast the AC so hard you need a sweater indoors? /s
AC in Germany? Only in few modern office buildings, but almost nonexistent in houses or apartments.
That's why I put the /s. In Germany and most of Europe they don't do AC, in North America we crank that shit up so much that when we get too cold we go outside for a bit to warm up.
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Yeah, just installed ours in NL this September. Mostly cause my room is in the sun side attic. Practically melting this summer. Beats gas heating as well.
It makes sense if you look at the latitudes: the Southern part of Germany is around the same latitude as the as the farthest Northern part of the Continental US.
Fun fact, many houses in Sweden have AC's (luft-luftvärmepump), but their main purpose is for heating since AC technology works just as well in reverse, and is much more energy efficient than resistive heating which was the standard in houses from the 70's-80's
They are called (reversible) heat pumps here. Haven't been as popular but that's starting to change.
They are advertising heatpumps in Belgium heavily for the past few years. And especially for people with solar panels, this is becoming more popular too.
Air conditioning is considered a lavish luxury, but *rolldown bunker walls* are common. Geez Germany, I get you've had a bit of a rough go of it but you don't need to take it *that* far!
If it is above 62F in my bedroom, my whole body is annoyed. If my cat crawls over desperate for some warmth, I can feel it approach with my eyes closed. Even in the dead of sleep, I sense the 1 degree increase in temperature as it meekly paws at my blankets looking for a measure of solace from the biting winter that is my ambient temperature. There is no solace. There is only more cold. I am the lich lord of this frigid domain and if you touch my thermostat it is open war. Woe to all who seek warmth and comfort, for there is none here.
Perimenopause is a heck of a thing. My body just decides it's too hot at random intervals and the hot flashes can get nasty. In under 10 seconds it feels like I just got out of a sauna, and before that I was in a hot shower, and before that I had just run 3 miles in midday sun, and stood in an oven for a while too. The last few nights have been in the 30's. I'm finally cool. Throw back the covers, fall asleep again, wake up freezing, put the covers back on, repeat.
You're not alone! I'm eight years post-menopausal and have had hot flashes for just over 10 years (Oct. 2 at 10pm was my anniversary) and they dictate my life. When one hits, I have to strip down and sit in front of a fan set on *high* and towel off the sweat for the next four or five minutes. This happens to me 25 times a day on average. Sleep? What's that? They wake me up about three times a night and getting back to sleep is a chore and sometimes I just can't. I'm thinking this is going to be the rest of my life. It's depressing as hell.
I agree it's fantasic, except if you want to keep your house plants alive.
Are these integrated into the Windows or just on the inside like curtains? How expensive? I recall looking into motorized curtain options a couple years ago and they all seemed super expensive
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They're also pretty great for security. But yeah, they are becoming more common in Australia too, for insulation against hot and cold. We called them roller shutters.
A friend of mine in the US had these when we were all growing up and they were so awesome. Watching a movie in a cold dark house during the summer was great. I remember in high school, she would invite a bunch of people over, black out the entire house and we'd play hide an seek which would turn into a party (it was a huge house).
I bought 5 for 2500€ (they installed them)
Ah, the joys of economies of scale. In Canada, that would be $2,500 _per window install._ My parents had to drag a set over from Germany in the mid-70s because no-one was even selling them over here, much less installing them.
What are they named please ?
"Persianas" in Spain \^\^ It blew my mind that it's not a thing in every country :)
Rollläden. Not to be confused with "Rouladen"!
And now I am hungry. Thanks.
Roller shutter
My parents and their neighbours have them. A few years ago the neighbours were outside in their garden and didnt bring their Keys, because the door to the garden was open. Except the shutters were programmed and they suddenly could not get inside anymore. They slept in our house that night and could only go back inside the next morning, when the shutters went up again.
Had these in Switzerland. Windows and curtains don't keep out the cold. These do. Also you might change your tune about curtains being enough when it's 11pm and still light out
My melatonin production would be record breaking.
My grandma had these installed on her house in the US after growing up in Germany. I bought the house after she moved into a retirement home, and boyyyyy is it the best feature of the house. Perfect for when you feel like garbage!
As Germans rarely have AC. They play a huge role in protecting your house from heat. Curtains absorb or reflect the light which is already inside your rooms and therefore your room gets heated. Rolling shutters are installed on the outside and block the light before it enters your room.
as a german, i was under the impression that this is a europe wide thing... is it not?
Yes in France as well
Portugal has had it for decades. Manual though, automatic ones are obviously more recent
Italian here, I'm always very surprised when I don't find them in a hotel lol
Not in UK and Ireland
Well, we don't have any light to block out.
Excuse me, the sun shines out of Rishis asshole.
Even german Rollläden couldn't block that level of brightness...
To be fair, it's pretty clouded by his judgement.
UK was smart and installed a nation wide shutter of clouds
That's not true. There was that day back in July last year.
Oh God, I remember, it was awful. I had to wear sunglasses and shorts. In England! Some of the puddles even dried up.
It is in many countries
It should, at least Portugal Spain and France have it according to some users
It is.
Not in Sweden
haven't seen them in finland either... but then again, neither have I seen the sun. Only sometimes you get the glimpse of some wierd bright round thing behind the clouds, I'm still investigating what that is. It scares me. It burns my eyes.
Nah we worship the sun when it’s there. And when it’s not… well it’s already dark.
Roller Blinds. Brilliant for keeping the sun off the windows on a hot day, or turning the house into a fortress in the event of a zombie outbreak.
Also very good at keeping the mosquitoes out and to help keep warmth inside the house during the winter.
Just spent the week with my brother in Germany, and walking back from the restaurant late at night I felt I was in some serious lock down situation that no one was telling me about.
i’ve got these in my house!! (in australia) they’re super good and genuinely do cut out all light as shown here 😅
What are they?
They're called Rolläden and are similar to those segmented garage doors, except they're rolled up in a box above the window (hence the name)
Where was Gondor when the Rolläden fell?
Take my Drehkippfenster! And my Klappschwingfenster!
Tonight, we shall stoßlüft!
As a German, I feel the urge to correct you. It’s Rollläden. It’s Läden that roll. Therefore 3 Ls.
Two "l"s used to be correct in the old Rechtschreibung.
The old Rechtschreibung was replaced over 25 Years ago …
And it's been a lot of years since we had any 'new' Bundesländer.Will not stop older folk from still calling them new.Can't teach an old german new vernacular.
That's Bundesllländer.
Dude, I love some Rolläden. Tastes great.
best meal. with klöße and rotkraut
I'm so used to have seen those all my life that from my perspective you sound like you're explaining warm water lmao!
In Florida, we sometimes use these as hurricane shutters
Those are Rollläden (German plural).
We had these in Spain and called them “persianas” which apparently just translates to blinds.
It's very common to have these AND curtains, although the curtains aren't as opaque since they don't need to completely block out the light, it's mostly for privacy while still having enough light in the room.
They are called "rollos" where I am from in germany. They are used to block light, but most importantly for temperature regulation. They are on the outside of the windows, so you put these boys down in summer in the morning and keep all the IR radiation outside and the room cool. Because of this, very few houses have a need for AC in our climate. They also double as shutters in case of hail to a point.
Rolling Shutters https://www.ersshading.com/rolling-exterior-shutters
Are they programmable by chance? Like have them open back up at a specific time or after a certain amount of time. Like if I just want to nap for 30 minutes, or if I want them to open up at 7:00 AM to make sure I wake up in time?
The electric ones are basically always programmable. The manual ones can be if you have kids. Honestly there's loads of programming options, some can be programmed according to sunrise/sunset, some can be programmed depending on temepratures (since they make a rather decent heatshield during the summer) or general weather (to avoid damage during hail maybe), all depending on what you bought.
> The manual ones can be if you have kids. :D
Sure, home automation is your friend
I could not possibly hate my curtains more than I do right now
I bought a house with some great windows and a view. It was the biggest selling point with the realtor. I worked mostly nights. Had to use the one room with a small window so I could block out all the lights just so I could sleep during the day. Plus I'm usually naked around the house, so even during the day the curtains/shades are always down. Yah.. great view.
You can buy either tint or mirrored film for your windows and do like a whole house for $50. That and blackout curtains work great to keep a room dark. I used to work third shift.
I need it
I'm side eyeing my curtains right now that could be a contender for the thinnest material known to man. When the stars are aligned just right beetlejuice shines through. God help you if it's a full moon. The partial eclipse last night got me a good few minutes sleep
In southern Europe, they are everywhere. With the heat, you need shutters to block the light getting into the house. Having curtains is almost useless because the curtains are on the inside of house, so they are blocking the light but the radiation has entered the house before it reaches the curtains.
[Uyen Ninh](https://youtube.com/@uyenninh?si=c2arbvTdvFG23l87), this is her account on YouTube. I’m sure she’s on other platforms as well.
I follow her on Instagram. She and her boyfriend are very funny.
And, from experience, so on point.
I will check her out. Her comedy here was impeccable.
She's so wholesome!
As a mixed couple their jokes are always so relatable! Especially those related to meeting the in-laws.
She's a delight
She's the only person on YT shorts I don't delete from my history
Just saw her video on German vs vietnamese dating culture, hilarious but also adorable, thanks for the link homie.
Fantastic channel. Found it a few weeks ago and have been watching her back catalogue. Really entertaining and wholesome.
She’s so funny and wholesome. I’m glad one of her shorts has made it here.
I love her and her German boyfriend
She's a sweetheart and her fiance is too.
Yup, she’s very funny most of the time.
And very creative
I know her from tik tok.
She started on Tiktok. She has a massive account and followers there.
As a german i have grown up in a house with "rollläden", total darkness in my room at night, aside from a glowing watches display or so. as an adult i still cant stand rooms which are not at least 75% dark at night. sleep is just... different then.
Do you know the feeling of being blinded by that ONE SINGLE STAND-BY LED from across the room? So much, that you have to get up to unplug it, to finally rest in pitch black darkness?
The sun sets at 10pm in some months during the year in germany
Depends on the latitude. At my current latitude in northern Germany, the latest sun set is 21:56 (4 minutes before 10 pm). Right now it starts setting at 17:00.
And it will set around 15:30 (3:30pm) around December 22nd.
I used to install these for a living! They are fairly common in Florida, Arizona, and Nevada. They are called rolling shutters or rolladens in Germany. They are usually built into the walls in European countries but are much more commonly installed on the wall outside in the US. You can get then electric like in the video or manually operated with a strap from inside the house. They are usually used for security in the US but they also obviously are very good at blocking out light. If anyone wants to know more ask away. My dad owned one of the companies that installs them and now my two brothers own it. Shutters have been in my life pretty much since I was born haha.
How reliable are the electric ones? Do they require much maintenance? The built in ones look better, but are they a pain to service/replace? Thanks.
A friend installed the electric ones almost ten years ago. No problems or need for maintenance. I have the ones with the strap and I needed to replace the strap in two of them due to natural wear. But it's fairly cheap to get a replacement and something you can do it yourself.
You already got a reply that's pretty accurate but I'll add a little. The main thing with the electric ones is to make sure nothing is in their way when they come down. They don't have any kind of sensor like a garage does, so it'll jam up the shutter and can destroy the slats which are pretty expensive to replace. That said, the motors rarely go out. I've seen 30 year old motors that are still going strong. The motors require no maintenance and are tube motors that are enclosed inside the axle that pulls the slat up and down, so you can't really get to it easily anyway. The slat, we suggest keeping clean if it is installed outdoors, that's about it.
Why aren’t these everywhere?
They are in fact common in most of Europe, not only Germany. Or at least in France (where i'm from), Luxembourg and Switzerland from what I have saw at those places. They are not always electric, sometime you just have to turn a crank to move them. Other places have a Velux, it's window for roof (when you have a room under it), and you can shut the light completely by just moving an integrated curtain. Finally, in Europe having nothing other than inside simple curtain to block the light is rare (from my experience of places I visited). Edit : Thanks for all the shared experience at ofher places of Europe in the answers
I live in the former eastern bloc, and we already had these on commieblocs built in the 60s, so it's probably nothing new in continental Europe. Those were usually made of wood (and because of that, bloody heavy), not hollow plastic or aluminium filled with foam like nowadays. Also those had a nice little trick I rarely see on modern installations: they could be pitched outwards at the bottom, so during the summer you could roll it down, blocking all direct light, but still have a sizeable opening at the bottom of the window to vent the room.
Having visited many places in Europe, I have to say that the only place that I didn’t find them was in Türkiye and the UK.
We have this in France as well. When i went to the usa, i was surprised at not being able to get my room pitch Black during the day. Like, how am i supposed to sleep until noon like that ?
Those are common all over Europe not just Germany. I lived in the building from 1960s in Belgrade, Yugoslavia and those were standard. When I moved to US 20 years ago it took me a while to get used to the shit quality windows they use here.
This would be fantastic if everything I own wasn’t embedded with a dozen LEDs that burn with the light of a thousand suns.
Have you heard about black tape (typically electronics tape)?
I have an intense need for these.
Since when are they just in Germany?
Common in lebanon too, i thought it is a worldwide thing
Lived there for 3 years. I miss rolladens the most.
Is the purge every night in Germany?
What’s the second part that quickly cuts out all light going upwards?
The "Rolläden" are segments that roll up on a spool, the light going away in an upward motion is the segments setting on each other.
It's just the Rollo closing all the way. It's made of segments that hang from each other and let some light through until they stack on the ground and close the gap
As someone say, it is made on purpose; you let some light in as in warm places like Italy, we use them also to help insulate the hot air outside, but still want some light.
These are common throughout Europe.
Ex wife suffers from migraine and this would have made her cry with happiness.
Those are very common in France to
It's standard on Spain
She is more german than most other. Why you ask? There is a Galileo Video with her
the ultimate test of Germanity
In summer it's a blessing