Vertical Blinds

Still one of the best blinds ever designed, the vertical blind has so much to offer.  Not only can it provide heat reflection, privacy, glare reduction, and dimout effects, but it looks fantastic too, with 1000’s of new and exciting fabrics to choose from. Gone are the days when vertical blind fabrics where aimed just at the office environment.  There are entire collections now devoted to vertical blinds for the home.

All blinds have louvers that turn a full 180 degrees, offering total privacy if required (at night time), or partial privacy during the day. All louvers can be draw back to one side to open the window space completely.

BENEFITS

  • Angle the louvres for daytime privacy and light transmission
  • Close the louvres completely for night time privacy.
  • Draw the blinds back to one (or both sides), to open the window space.
  • Vertical blinds provide excellent privacy to sensitive rooms such as bedrooms and lounge areas.
  • Fabrics can be chosen to achieve a specific objective, such as:
    • Allowing light to penetrate whilst giving privacy
    • Dimming-out a bedroom from early morning light
    • Deflecting heat and glare from sunny rooms and conservatories
    • Providing a ‘net’ effect during the day (allowing you to see out, but people can’t see in)
      • Note: this type of fabric will not provide privacy at night time when the lights are on.)
  • Extremely cost effective when compared to other window coverings.
  • Excellent for large windows. The mechanisms of this blind can cope with widths of 4.5mts!
  • Easy to replace fabric. Once the louvres become undesirable, they can be removed from the tracking, and changed for another cloth.  This reduces the cost of the blind, but also eliminates the installation cost altogether.
  • Fabrics are available for both a classic and modern look.
  • Available with curved and arched top tracks to suit almost any window.
  • Self-aligning runners ensure that louvres always angle in the same direction.
  • Easy to maintain.

CONTROL OPTIONS

  • Left hand control
    • All louvres stack back to the left hand side, and the controls are also mounted on the left
  • Right hand control
    • All louvres stack back to the right hand side, and the controls are also mounted on the right
  • Split draw
    • Louvres will bi-part from the centre, and stack back to each side. Controls can be specified as either on the left or right hand side.
  • Reverse control
    • Louvres will stack to the opposite side to where the controls are positioned.

LIMITATIONS

  • Minimum and maximum sizes (products may vary slighly in specification, and should be checked on the relevant product page)
    • The minimum size for a vertical blinds is 100mm, however, it must be noted that at such a small size, there would only be one or two louvre strips.
    • The maximum size for a vertical blind is 5000mm wide. However, we don’t recommend that the blind is made any wider than 4000mm, because installation and maintenance becomes more difficult over this size.
  • Doors
    • Where vertical blinds are fitted to single doors which open outwards, it must be noted that when stacked, the blind will take up approx 200mm(8”) of width in the opening. Often in these situations, we can supply an extra piece of fabric for the customer to make a small tie-back to keep the louvres close to the wall when stacked.
    • Where vertical blinds are fitted to single doors that open inwards, the same applies; however, the door is likely to open onto the blind causing damage to the fabric. It is therefore recommended that the blind is made to fit outside the recess, so the fabric can stack back past the edge of the recess.
  • Unequal spacing of louvres
    • Depending on the width of the blind, it may be that the first louvre overlaps the second louvre slightly more than the rest of the louvres on the blind. This is not a fault, it is normal and should not cause concern.

SUITABLE AREAS FOR USE

  • Bay Windows
    • Vertical Blinds are very suitable for bay windows.
    • Bedroom
      • Blackout fabrics can be used, however, because of the small gaps of light between each louvre, you can only acheive an 80% blackout effect.
    • Lounge
      • Can be made with curved tracking for bay windows. Perfect for French doors and sliding patio doors
    • Study
    • Conservatory
      • Excellent for privacy and light deflection
    • Kitchen
      • Also suitable in front of a sink window, but customers must remember that this type of blind will take up most of the window sill space.
      • Easy-Wipe fabrics allow you to wipe them over with a sponge and detergent. They are made of Pvc and are excellent for this application.
    • Bathroom
      • Like the kitchen – the blind may take up most of the sill space
      • Easy-Wipe fabric work well here also.
    • Dining Room     
      • Perfect for French doors and sliding patio doors
    • Utility Room

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