Aluminium for the wet-winter rooms
Kraaifontein's rain arrives in winter, not summer — June and July are the wettest months here, and a kitchen or bathroom window is the one place in the house where damp genuinely matters more than sun. Aluminium venetians, in 25mm or 50mm slats, are the moisture-safe choice: powder-coated finish, easy wipe-down, and none of the risk a fabric roller or a timber slat carries in a steamy room. It's the sensible default for both a brand-new estate kitchen and an older Windsor Park bathroom alike.
Timber for a room that wants a warmer material
A study, main bedroom or formal lounge that isn't fighting steam or splashback can carry a timber venetian instead — wide 50mm basswood slats with real grain and warmth that aluminium doesn't have. It suits an established Kraaifontein home with a bit more character to the room, or a new-build owner who specifically doesn't want the whole house to read as one uniform aluminium finish.
The adjustability argument
A roller is open or closed by degrees; a venetian steers light direction — tilt up for glare-free daylight, tilt down for privacy from a neighbour's upstairs window, close flat for full dark. On a new-estate street where houses sit close together and windows often face straight into a neighbour's, that tilt control is doing real privacy work a roller blind can't.
A kitchen window in Kraaifontein gets one question every time: is it fighting steam, splashback or a neighbour's upstairs view. The answer decides aluminium or timber before fabric ever comes up.
On-site measure, Kraaifontein- Aluminium: 25mm or 50mm slats, moisture-safe for kitchens and bathrooms
- Timber: 50mm basswood, warmth for studies and main bedrooms
- Tilt control for privacy from close-set neighbouring windows
- Motorised tilt available on premium lines
Aluminium or timber, and what each costs
Guide figures per square metre, installed. A 25mm or 50mm aluminium venetian sits at R1,000 to R1,500 per square metre on a wand and cord, and at R2,500 to R3,600 with a motor. Timber is more expensive to make and heavier to lift, so allow R1,600 to R2,600 per square metre hand-operated and R3,000 to R4,500 motorised.
A narrow window carries a minimum charge, because the headrail, the ladder tapes and the fitting hardly change with width. Past roughly two metres wide we would split an opening or motorise it rather than hang a blind fighting its own weight, which is a conversation for the measure and not for a price list.
Ready to measure your windows?
Free measure at the house, every window priced on its own line, and nothing owed if you decide against it.
