By mid-afternoon in an Adelaide summer, a west-facing room can be 8 to 10 degrees hotter than the rest of the house. The TV is unwatchable, the couch is off limits, and the air conditioner runs flat out and loses. Here is what actually works, including the options nobody sells.
Morning sun arrives at a low angle and is gone by lunch. Western sun arrives in the hottest part of the day, stays for hours, and hits your glass almost side-on, so eaves and verandas do little. Once that heat is through the glass, it is in the room, and no amount of internal shading fully removes it.
Window film cuts some heat and glare and costs little, but it works all year, so winter rooms turn gloomy. External shade sails help if the geometry suits. Planting a tree is genuinely the best long-term answer and takes a decade. Internal-only fixes like a basic venetian stop light but trap the heat inside the room with you.
The most effective solutions block sun on the outside of the window. Outdoor blinds or a Ziptrak system enclose an alfresco or shade a wall of glass and drop the room temperature noticeably. Roller shutters seal the window completely, cutting heat, light and noise at once. Inside, sunscreen roller blinds are the best compromise: they cut glare and UV while keeping your view and daylight.
Every option above is compared honestly at your free measure, including when the cheaper one is the right call.
Best for alfrescos, decks and full walls of west glass.
See options & get a quote →Best for bedrooms and street-facing windows: heat, light and noise in one.
See options & get a quote →Sunscreen fabrics cut glare and UV while keeping the view.
See options & get a quote →Recent Adelaide installs solving exactly this problem.
Fixing this takes three simple steps, and one person handles all of them.
Simran visits with samples, measures every window himself and gives you an honest, fixed quote on the spot.
Your blinds, curtains or shutters are made to the millimetre for your exact windows, usually within 7 to 21 days.
The same person who measured comes back and installs personally, backed by a 5-year warranty.
Every blind, curtain and shutter is covered for five years, and because Simran fitted it, he stands behind it personally. No call centre, no runaround. If something is not right, one call fixes it.
"I measure it. I install it. Same person, every time."
Tell Simran a little about your windows and he'll be in touch to arrange a free in-home measure. No obligation, no pressure, no call centre, just the person who'll do the work.
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