A home-owner expects a perfect rolling shutter to meet 7 functions in order to afford him, his family and his property protection from sunlight, hurricanes, hail, cold, noise, aggravated attacks by burglars and terrorists whilst at the same time providing a degree of privacy.

External rolling shutters were first installed over 150 years ago in Central Europe, where they are still in use as protection for windows and terrace doors. In daily use, they are a worthwile, long-term investment offering protection and energy saving advantages.

The current, commonly used rolling shutters in PVC or mini-shutters only provide sun and sight protection, because their relatively weak curtains offer no resistance against the other above mentioned influences. Perfect rolling shutters will become more important in the future because of their energy saving, sound-proofing capabilities not to mention, the protection provided against burglary and terrorist attack.

Weather catastrophies such as hurricanes, hail and snowstormes caused by world-wide climate change have increased and will continue to do so. Our experience has shown that PVC- and standard mini-rolling shutters with roll-formed aluminium slats cannot resist high winds or withstand flying debris. Windspeeds of 48 km/h (34 mph) can push or pull these weak curtains out of certain side tracks. In comparison to todays weak standard shutter curtains, the good old wooden rolling shutters can be hit with winds up to 100 mph (according to width and with 50 mm side-tracks) without bursting whilst our stainless steel rolling shutters “BULLIT” reach a far higher storm resistance of up to 200 mph (we are working on 250 mph versions) and offer the highest protection against all flying debris during hurricanes.

So when planning to protect your doors and windows, you should contact the specialists! They understand which rolling shutter material (PVC, wood, aluminium, stainless steel) best meets your needs. They have the necessary professional certification to undertake the work. They meet all the correct European standards. They must offer accessories such as shafts, side tracks, motors in all available variations and quality ranges. Finally, for the installation of these perfect rolling shutters use a professional manufacturer like us and you can´t go wrong!

The following pages give you the opportunity to select curtain materials with varying slat
or moulding sizes, accessories, security equipment etc.

Have a look at "Heydebreck-Stability-Directives" (download a pdf) and "Shutter-Bodywork"