18- Mar2025

Home renovation and shutter selection: with Pracal's Augmented Reality, we make your job easier

With the arrival of warm weather, many people start planning home renovations. Whether it is a simple interior renovation or a complete intervention, the spring and summer period is the ideal time to tackle work and improve living comfort. However, between choosing materials, estimates and renovation costs, making decisions can become stressful.

To relieve you, even in part, a delicate time like home renovations, I suggest, for what concerns the choice of shutters and blinds, the use of Pracal's Augmented Reality.

As a true expert,AR gives you information regarding the best blackout system to meet the needs of:

Thermal insulation
Energy Efficiency
Home security
Aesthetic rendering of the shutter

All visible at the moment, right now if you want, directly on the screen of your smartphone.

Go to Ar.pracal.com and try the experience of installing the shutter you need in Augmented Reality now.

Augmented Reality: at least for choosing fixtures and shutters, don't stress yourself out

Getting an idea of what your new home will look like during renovation, and even being able to preview it using new visual graphics tools, gives you a clear idea of what your home will look like. Pracal's Augmented Reality was created to do just that: to help you choose, during window replacement, the most suitable shutter for your home in a few simple steps, previewing the final rendering.

How does it work?

Enter pracal.com, in the AR Experience section.
Place your smartphone camera in front of the window or balcony.
Select the shutter that best suits the fixtures and needs of your home, choosing from different models and colors.
View the result in real time, remove doubts and second thoughts.

Designed to simplify and even make it fun to choose a new roller shutter, Augmented Reality is especially useful in modern home renovations, where every single component is designed for comfort and efficiency.

Why use Augmented Reality in home renovation?

Thanks to Pracal's Augmented Reality:

Reduce the margin for error in aesthetic and functional choices.
Visualize the actual result before you buy.
Save time and avoid stress during renovation.
You optimize the compatibility between shutters and fixtures and reduce the time used in making the choice, especially if you have to take advantage of the 2025 window replacement deductions.

Routine and extraordinary maintenance: when do you need a permit?

When it comes to shutters and fixtures in a renovation, it is crucial to understand whether the work falls under routine maintenance or extraordinary maintenance, as this affects the need for permits and tax incentives:

Routine maintenance: includes repair, replacement or renovation of shutters and fixtures without changing materials, colors or texture. It does not require building permits.
Extraordinary maintenance: concerns work that changes the characteristics of the property, such as installing shutters with automation systems, changing the color that impacts the facade, or integrating innovative shading systems. In these cases, permits or communications to the municipality may be needed.

If your intervention falls under extraordinary maintenance, you may need to submit a building file such as CILA, SCIA or DIA, which we see in detail below.

CILA, SCIA and DIA: what is needed for replacing shutters and window frames?

When installing new windows and shutters, it is important to understand whether formal notification to the municipality is required. The three main building practices are:

CILA (Notification of Commencement of Work Assevered): required for extraordinary maintenance work that does not change the load-bearing structure of the building. Usually required for replacement of window frames with different materials or installation of innovative shading systems.
SCIA (Segnalazione Certificata di Inizio Attività): required for more significant interventions that change the aesthetics of the building, such as installing shutters with home automation systems or changing the color of the facade.
DIA (Denuncia di Inizio Attività): now less widely used, it is required only in special cases of heavy building renovation.

If you are in doubt about what procedure is required for your renovation, consult your local municipality.

Simplify your renovation with Pracal

If you are in the process of home renovation and are facing the replacement of windows and shutters, rely on Pracal's Augmented Reality to make it easy.
No more need to imagine them, now you can preview the shutters right in your own home!

Pracal is practical!

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