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
