Timber, for the established double-storey streets
Wide 50mm timber slats suit the more established homes around Welgemoed and Durbanville's older streets, where the window sizes and interior finishes are more conventional than the frameless glass going up in the newer estates. Quality lacquer handles the belt's normal humidity; keep it out of a steamy en-suite and it will outlast most of the fittings around it.
Aluminium, for the kitchen and bathroom timber can't go in
Slim 25mm aluminium slats do the wet-room work timber can't — steam-safe, easy to wipe down, and available in a colour range that matches a renovated kitchen rather than fighting it. It's also the more budget-friendly of the two, which is why it's a common pick for a converted garage office or a rear extension.
Why tilt beats open-or-closed on a ridge full of view glass
A roller is open or shut by degrees; a venetian steers light by direction. Tilt up for glare-free daylight over a vineyard or fairway view, tilt down for privacy from a neighbour's upper floor on a closely built estate street, close flat for full dark. On a ridge where houses are often stepped up a slope facing each other, that direction control does real, daily work a roller can't.
It's the same logic behind our external venetian blinds — slats standing outside the glass instead of inside it, for the west-facing windows where the sun itself, not just the neighbour's window, is the thing that needs steering.
A tilted slat does what the ridge's own tree line already does to the light — it just lets you choose the angle yourself.
On-site measure, Northern Suburbs- 50mm timber slats for established double-storey homes
- 25mm aluminium slats for kitchens, bathrooms and laundries
- Tilt for glare control, close flat for privacy or full dark
- Wand or cord tilt, motorised on premium lines
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