Custom Made Blinds – They’re pretty straight forward aren’t they?
So there you go you have decided to have a interior face-lift for your house, what to do? Well once you have got something to sit on and something to sleep in the subject of ‘window dressing’ (excuse the pun) creeps up the priority list.
But then once you find out whether you are buying any window coverings for privacy, heat retention or purely décor, what’s next?
Often the answer depends on the route you want to take and the skills available to you.
- Do you or your partner enjoy DIY?
- Can you make curtains?
- More importantly can either of you get excited enough about window dressing to bother.
Well there are answers laying around in most big towns and DIY outlets. Off the shelf or ready-made blinds and curtains can often provide your ‘get out of Jail free’ card. So you go armed with the window measurements and the credit card to town often only to find that you seem to be the house with the oddest sized windows!
Curtains and blinds present themselves in ‘far too big’ or just 2 inches too short (would we notice it really though…..) and then you realise the stress of finding the colour and material you want. Now what exact shade was the paint in the living room???
Oh and your dear hubby is all of a sudden as capable as Barry Bucknell – the famous television DIY evangelist.
Guarantee on the product, well any way what can go wrong it is just a simple blind isn’t it.
In short there is a lot to consider when choosing any kind of home décor – you probably wont be surprised to learn the best place to do it is in YOUR home.
That is where custom made blinds can come in. Just sit back (in your chair) and let someone else take the strain – it’s not hard and quite a distraction too. You may also benefit if you need conservatory roof blinds as we are the premier company in the UK.
Often once The fresh conservatory owner finds that the conservatory he or her have purchased is a higher temperature than the greenhouse they begin to find ways to render it liveable. Some times it is feasible to see conservatories which are not employed for the intended purpose, because they are very warm, very dazzling or simply not cosy enough. We should not overlook either that a conservatory is present all-year around so therefore it can become ‘like a fridge’ during winter.
The variety of window blinds is quite extensive and it is usually the roof window blinds which cure the most urgent issues (ie. Light & heat). However even when you do look at Conservatory Roof blinds on their own there is quite a range: Roller window blinds, pinoleum blinds & pleated blinds are typically found. Sometimes you can find remote motorised choices too, in case Some can’t get to the Conservatory Roof simply.
The world wide web is a great place to begin looking round for what you desire – however it is a first-rate thought to bear in mind exactly why you want blinds in the beginning! If it is only for decorative reasons it is merely a issue of looking at the right pictures for the type & design you prefer. But be careful though because the expense of blinds in your conservatory roof maybe more than the whole conservatory cost to construct. So carry out loads of research before making your final decision.
For a universal rule often you usually find pleated window blinds to be the most cost-conscious option & there is such a abundance of fabrics that the right look & functionality should suit your requirements. Hence even when you’ve found the pleated blind fabric you prefer there is one other important enquiry to make – ” Do you need to drill any holes in my pristine conservatory to accomodate any blinds”?
Often the most typical answer to this with the majority of window blinds is ‘Yes’ & that arises all types of issues such as warranty infringement and so on. The alternative is there since if you do take the Perfect Fit alternative for your new pleated window blinds there will be no holes drilled whatsoever. There are merely a very small number of situations when Perfect Fit can not function however Perfect Fit is expanding in popularity very quickly portraying these are not sizeable!
Some other pluses of Perfect Fit window blinds, one is they clip to fit so therefore they can clip out meaning they are very easy to clean!
Furthermore every Perfect Fit window blind is within its own surround hence making it a superior answer for all high temperature problems as any air can not ingress behind the window blind. This means you do have another layer of air for insulation during summer & winter.
Conservatory Roof Blinds
So you have got the new conservatory and now is the time to make it feel like a room! This is one way to expand the size of the house fairly easily to make an extra area for the growing kids to have their playroom.
Or you may be using it as a dining room or lounge area. Having said this you would be amazed at how many people are using their conservatory to store bikes and other household items.
That is often the case when the conservatory is too cold, too bright, too hot or like a ‘goldfish bowl’.
The conservatory needs a certain amount of furnishing to make it ‘liveable’. If it is too bright the kids will not be able to see the TV screen. Too hot in summer makes the room inhabitable (staggeringly many people actually remove the internal conservatory door in summer to let the heat out)! Often you will see conservatories built without window vents in the roof apex so the heat becomes trapped. Although there is reflecting glass that can be used to keep the heat down – this wont solve the glare problem though.
So it seems the answer is to get some blinds. Do bear in mind that if you do have a heat issue about 70% of the heat is coming in through the roof. So don’t fit window blinds and think that will help – it won’t!
When it comes to roof blinds you need to be very cautious when buying them. You have probably heard the stories about the salesman who comes for the evening (sleeping bag in the car)! To sell you your roof blinds, he comes equipped with a bag full of ‘discontinued’ fabrics to do you a ‘deal’. The salesman is prepared to spend as much time with you (many hours in fact) to walk out of your door with an order. DON’T PLAY HIS OR HER GAME
Lets put this nicely – you have invited the salesman into YOUR house for you to consider buying roof blinds. You should be in control of the situation, you are NOT obliged to entertain him for any longer than you want to and you are DEFINITELY NOT obliged to buy anything on the night. So, yes do make a cup of tea and be civil but do ask lots of questions bearing in mind he or she is prepared to stay all night (because they are on a very big commission). Believe me they would rather spend their evening somewhere else! They are ONLY with you on the prospect of making very good money.
Don’t make a decision on the night (you will regret it), do get any free samples and take notes of various prices for different solutions. Then show them the door and arrange to see some other companies, if you haven’t already. Get at least 3 quotations and then have a think about the whole service offered – guarantee, how are they fitted (any drilling of your new conservatory!!), reflective material and how much experience do they have (ask to see their portfolio of previous jobs).
You might already know of Perfect Fit blinds. They are the blinds that clip-in to the window frames that don’t need holes to be drilled in your conservatory. They have leaped in popularity as a competent answer for conservatory roof blinds as many folks can order these (side window) blinds on the internet and fit them themselves.
As ‘side blinds’ they are available as Roller Blinds, Venetian Blinds or Pleated blinds so there are loads of choices. The issue with side or window blinds is they are actually only good for one feature and that is privacy, they DO NOT solve any temperature or glare problems being transmittted through the roof.
This is where Perfect Fit conservatory roof blinds come in as these days there is the knowledge to manufacture blinds of all kinds of shapes to accomodate the complicated shapes found inside of the average conservatory roof. It is not possible to use venetians or rollers in the roof blind, but you can use side blinds though!
Whilst Venetians & rollers are out, Pleated blinds are the option left open. As each pleated blind comes in it’s own specially made frame (which incidentally is a lot more substantial than the side blind version), this frame has to be particularly accurately measured to guarantee it will clip inside and work perfectly. This is exclusively something that can be attempted by a specifically taught surveyor/fitter.
The Perfect Fit frames need to be particularly well built to ensure they can hold the load of the blind without falling away of the roof! The frames are a piece of art in themselves, individually constructed using metal and plastic parts which are all pieced together by a software programme. The clear tensioning wires, that hold the blind up, and in place, are fitted and tensioned within the frame, implying they are not fitted individually and tensioned on location (meaning many more drilled holes also).
Last but not least the clip openings are accurately positioned (to suit the shape of the blind) inside the frame. Hence ensuring that the blind is supported in the correct way to ensure load distribution within the roof of any conservatory.
Why not pay a visit to Conservatory Roof Blinds and see how we can transform your conservatory
Roller blinds are very commonly used in children’s bedrooms to help them get to sleep; the ‘black out’ variant is by far the best option in bedrooms. Two things to be aware of though, cost and variety.
Proper blackout material is a laminate that has a layer of plastic on the back (usually white in colour) this often means that the price is higher than ‘standard’ fabrics. However do have a look out for the darker coloured polyester materials common today. Dark colours will naturally cut a great degree of the light out anyway and will save you money, not true ‘blackout’ but certainly worth considering. The drawback is that if you want neutral colour there is then a trade-off with increased light coming through the material.
True ‘blackout’ materials often come in very limited colours and virtually no patterns meaning the end result can look very plain and bland. Again going to a standard thick polyester material will open up a whole range of colours and patterns though.
One thin got bear in mind is that when blinds are installed into the window recess (the best scenario to reduce wear & tear) if the blind is a roller there will be a slit of light down each end of the blind. This problem can be solved though by using a ‘cassetted’ roller blind at a much higher cost.
Mounting the blind on the ‘face’ of the wall over the window can solve this. Do beware though doing this the blind will probably be more susceptible to damage (particularly in kids bedrooms).
