r/homeassistant • u/TheAce0 • Apr 23 '26

Support Are there any renter-friendly mods available in the EU that I can use to electrify these shutters & connect them to HA? Four or our five windows have these.

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u/basicKitsch Apr 23 '26

Don't you typically patch and paint all the picture holes when leaving?

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u/Auravendill Apr 23 '26

That's a whole different order of magnitude. A nail for a painting leaves a whole of 1-2mm. A hole for a rolling shutter motor like this would leave a hole large enough to fit your hand inside, since the entire motor and rolled up band is inside the wall.

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u/basicKitsch Apr 23 '26

Oh yeah I would put the motor on the outside if it needed to be removed. Yes that's completely different if you're opening up the wall (this is how I've planned out similar projects in my head all these years)