Roller shutters sell well on the market. Earlier posts covered different types, styles, and repair. As the tech updates, more types and styles appear, including some that look good and work well, and quite a few homes now use them too. Today let’s look at the various sizes.
High-speed roller shutter sizes:
Makers build high-speed shutters up to W10 x H16 m, opening and closing at 0.6 to 2.0 m/s. Panel thickness: 0.3, 0.35, 0.4, 0.45 mm. Whole-panel thickness: 12 to 20 mm. There is no standard; each company sets its own.
Color steel roller shutter sizes:
Panel thickness options: 0.325, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0 mm. Rails: 80, 90, 105 mm, etc. Rail spec: 5.5 to 5.8 cm, or 9 cm. Aluminum spec: 0.6 to 1.2; rail 8 cm. Slat spec: type 77 is usually 77 mm wide per slat; type 99 is 99 mm.
Garage roller shutter sizes:
Set by the garage’s height and width. Garage shutters are almost unlimited: max build height 10 to 15 m, max width 4 to 12 m. Common sizes: the shaft is usually an 80 mm tube; end brackets vary by door size; decide on a cover by use. A small single garage (under 3 m wide, under 2.5 m high) uses type 55 or 77 slats; a large double garage uses type 77 slats.
Electric roller shutter sizes, several specs:
1. 3.5 m long x 4.3 m wide. By opening type, roller shutters split into manual and electric. Manual ones use the spring on the center shaft for balance; electric ones use a dedicated motor to turn the shaft and stop at set limits.
2. 5.2 m long x 4.3 m wide. By slat material: inorganic fabric, grid, aluminum alloy, crystal, stainless steel, and reinforced wind-resistant.
3. 4.5 m long x 4.8 m wide. By install: in-wall or side-wall (inside or outside the opening). By opening: top-roll or side-roll.
Fire-rated roller shutter sizes:
Common ones are about 2.5 x 3 m. The smallest on the market is 1.9 x 0.9 m, which is also the standard. The most common are 2 x 0.9 m, and the smallest is 1.9 x 0.9 m. That is the floor. More sizes are designed to the actual case. There is no fixed rule for the largest or smallest fire shutter size, nor for width.
On sizes, customers need not worry much. A proper, professional roller shutter maker sends an engineer to measure the opening and build the shutter to fit.
(Content generated by AI, for reference only)