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Louvres.
Glass louvre windows and aluminium louvre screens that let air through and keep sun and rain out.
01What it is
Louvres, explained.
Louvres come in two kinds. A louvre window has adjustable glass blades in an aluminium frame, turned by a handle to let air in while the rain runs off the blades.
A louvre screen has fixed aluminium blades set at an angle. It hides what should not be seen, such as air-conditioner units, service yards and water tanks, and lets them breathe.
Where it suits
- Bathrooms, stairwells and kitchens that need air all day
- Screening condenser units, generators and service areas
- Shading west-facing glass
02The kinds
2 ways it is made.
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Glass louvre window
Blades tilt together from closed to fully open.
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Aluminium louvre screen
Fixed blades for shade, privacy and ventilation.
03Choices you will make
What goes on the drawing.
Each of these is decided before anything is cut. If you are not sure, say so in the quote list and it will be talked through.
- Kind
- Blade glass
- Frame finish
04For a price
What to send us.
- Width and height of the opening or the area to screen
- What sits behind a screen, and how much air it needs
- A photograph from outside and from inside
The quote list
Pricing louvres? Send every size in one message.
List each opening, its width and height, how it should open, the glass and the finish. The quote list turns it into one tidy WhatsApp message, and it adds up the glass area as you go.