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		lm28469 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: $30 Homebrew Automated Blinds Opener (2024) With a properly designed house your roof overhangs should already take care of that: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5e91c81d669b... https://www.house-energy.com/images/Overhang.gif I feel like we design houses like we design cars and many other modern things, form over function and fix the problems by adding a ton of overcomplicated technologies. If you have huge openings and no overhangs I'd go for something like that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPNMp6pMJjk

aidenn0 6 months ago | [–]

What about houses with more than one level? The overhangs help not at all on the ground-floor.

coolcase 6 months ago | [–]

SOUTH (or NORTH) is doing a lot of the heavy lifting there!

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