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Built in Cape Town

Real photos from a real installation — and, further down, clearly marked renders for inspiration.

A residential project in Cape Town · Installed July 2025

Wall-mounted louvred room

A garden-side room against the house: a motorised louvred roof that opens to the sky, closes against the rain, and glows at night — enclosed with fixed glass and sliding doors.

System
220 mm louvre, motorised
Roof
6.5 × 3.0 m, 3.02 m high
Mounting
Wall-mounted on two sides, 3 posts, mid cross-beam
Sides
Fixed glass and glass sliding doors
Lighting
LED strips in the louvres
The louvres turning at night, LEDs on — filmed on site.

How it came together

From crate to roof in July 2025

The same project, step by step — the way every epergola roof is delivered.

  1. A forklift carrying a wooden export crate from a truck to the site1

    7 July 2025

    Delivery

    Export crates arrive and are off-loaded on site

  2. Louvre blades wrapped in blue protective film packed in a crate2

    7 July 2025

    Unpacking

    Every blade arrives wrapped and numbered

  3. The installation team standing under the newly erected white frame at sunset3

    12–17 July 2025

    Posts & beams

    Frame up: posts, beams and gutters

  4. An installer fitting louvre blades into the frame from below4

    18 July 2025

    Louvres

    Blades clipped in and linked to the motor

  5. An installer on a ladder sealing the top of a glass wall panel5

    July 2025

    Glazing

    Fixed glass and sliding doors fitted and sealed

Design inspiration

Styles to picture — renders

Supplier and concept renders of louvred roofs in other settings. They show what the system can look like; they are not completed epergola projects.

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