I am looking to equip two rooms with external zip blinds.
The prices of external blinds (at least in Belgium), and zip what is more, are exorbitant. Even for small bedroom windows. With electric motor on solar more than 1500€. When I think that my roller shutter velux Solaire SSL cost me 500€ and found this already quite expensive. I have for example made smart some ikea interior blinds with a zemismart battery motor for 35€.
In short, I would like to start on an Ikea fyrtur base, the advantage is that it has a removable battery that lasts 4 months apparently (not really need a solar panel then), with zigbee (prefer this than Somfy’s IO/RTS), affordable and blackout, in aluminum, removable (so potentially will remove in winter), can be resized quite easily.
2 problems to solve: waterproofing and guiding.
- for a relative protection I could always add this in an aluminium box but where to find it ? and not sure if it’s enough for the electronics… Not sure either that the polyesther fabric is made for the outside ?
- The guiding, guiding by cable or aluminium gutter would be easy to realize. But for zip (need to use it as a mosquito net too), I haven’t found yet …
Has anyone already done that ?