Location: Midrand · System: Adjustable Louvre + Slat Screening
The brief
A patio on a modern Midrand plot, close to the boundary, with the roof line of the property next door directly in view from the seating.
Privacy at one end, without building masonry and without turning a bright patio into a closed box, is the problem to solve.
What we built
An adjustable louvre roof on a charcoal frame with white blades over the patio itself, and a charcoal aluminium slat screen closing the exposed end.
The screen is horizontal slats with gaps between them. From inside, at seated height, the slats block the direct line of sight; air and light still move through it. It is powder-coated to match the frame, so it reads as part of the structure rather than as fencing.
The system itself is set out under Louvre Awnings, and there is more of our work in Midrand.
Screening without building a wall
A brick wall solves privacy and creates two new problems: it stops airflow, and it puts a heavy element on a patio that was meant to feel open.
Aluminium slat screening trades total opacity for something more useful. Slat spacing sets how much it blocks, and because it is the same material and finish as the roof, it does not read as an afterthought bolted to the end.
The specification behind it
- Adjustable aluminium louvre roof — charcoal frame, white blades
- Horizontal aluminium slat screen to the exposed end, powder-coated to match
- Slat spacing that blocks the sight line while keeping airflow
- All-round gutter with downpipe outlets set on site
- 15-year guarantee on aluminium, 10-year on Chromadek®
Screening is a sight-line problem, not an area problem
The usual instinct is to screen the whole open side. It is rarely necessary. Privacy is only lost along one line — usually from a specific window or a specific seat.
Stand where you actually sit, look at what you can see, and screen that. It is cheaper, it keeps the patio open, and it works better than screening everything at half the height.
If you’re considering the same
Photograph the view from your seating position, not from the doorway. That is the picture that decides how much screening you need and where it goes.
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