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Louvres enable architects to enhance a building's shade control, privacy, and architectural design. They come with multiple forms and names, including fixed louvre eyebrows, fixed louvre pergolas, opening louvre roofs, window shrouds, and vertical frameless louvres to name a few.

So just how much do louvres cost? 

In this article, we provide industry expertise into the cost of louvres, showcasing a series of real projects to demonstrate the price factors.  

When installing a pergola or louvre roof, you need to consider the dimensions and engineering. 

In this article, we outline the various requirements for pergola designs or louvre roofs in New Zealand, including maximum blade span, beam spans, and consent obligations. 

Louvres are often fixed to the side of balconies to provide privacy from neighbouring apartments. As a result, we often get asked, can the louvres act as a balustrade? In short, the answer is yes but there are some things to consider.  

Are you wondering which fixings to use for your louvre blades? 

The short answer is that it depends on where the louvres will be attached, and whether they are vertical or horizontal, angled or straight, and operable or fixed. 

In this article, we cover the most common types of louver fixings to help you plan your project. We also share some of the issues you may face to help you prepare for and avoid them. 

If you are looking for energy-efficient home design ideas, aluminium louvre panels may be the answer. Louvres provide enhanced shade control, natural ventilation, heat regulation, and architectural style to elevate any building.

In this article, we explore how aluminium louvres help to reduce environmental impact and improve a building’s energy efficiency. 

Installing louvres or an exterior facade on a property is an excellent way to elevate outdoor living space, and improve a building’s profile. The problem is, that these structures are prone to thermal expansion.

In this article, we explain what thermal expansion is, how to calculate it, and the impact it could have on an aluminium louvre system. 

Louvres are continuing to grow in popularity across New Zealand. They provide a multitude of practical benefits like weather and rain protection as well as privacy and sun shading. They’re also commonly used by architects and designers for aesthetics, and to increase the street appeal and character of a home. Louvre blades were traditionally constructed from something like wood, however, as technology has evolved and residential houses have developed into even more elaborate designs, we are seeing many louvre manufacturers move to aluminium.

As manufacturers of architectural louvre solutions, we know how important it is for architects to have access to the right documentation to be able to proceed with housing projects and new builds. From technical design files to documents to support building consent applications, there’s a lot that can be required to get a project underway.

Whether you need street appeal or practicality for a home, louvres can be used in many versatile ways. With new builds in particular, the options are almost endless for the different ways that louvres can be used – from aesthetically pleasing designs to sun shading and privacy.

We’ve covered five common yet effective places that louvres can be used on the exterior of a home. Get inspired and see how you could use louvre blades for your next project below!

If you’ve been searching for a louvre shading system for a home or future project then you may have come across some different spellings of the word, throughout your searches. Common misspellings and different English spellings mean that louvres can be hard to find when doing a simple web search. While we refer to the popular shading system as a ‘louvre’ or ‘louvres’, we do see the spelling ‘louver’ appear from time to time. But is a louver the same as a louvre? What exactly is the difference between the two?