Conservatory Blinds

A DIY conservatory is an ideal way to extend your home or spend your leisure time, be it for a lounge, dining room or just a leisure area for you to enjoy your garden all year round, whatever the weather conditions.

However, your conservatory will not be fully complete without conservatory blinds to either the roof or roof and panels, as these will give your conservatory an air of elegance and help to keep your conservatory cool and prevent the sun's glare in your eyes. You will be surprised how bright it is when the sun is out.

Conservatory blinds also reduce the suns U.V. rays from fading your furniture and fabrics.

There are Many Types of Conservatory blinds:

Original French Pinoleum conservatory blinds Original French Pinoleum is the traditional fabric for conservatory blinds. It transforms the glare of the sun into a soft, dappled light and effectively controls the temperature. Our wood weave gives the optimum combination of good looks, lightweight strength and shading.

French Pinoleum conservatory blinds are composed of thin strips of hardwood expertly woven together to provide a beautiful and natural look for your blinds.	French Pinoleum conservatory blinds are recommended for all types and shapes of conservatory. The use of this traditional fabric for conservatory blinds, dates back to Victorian times.

A state of the art computerised system ensures that your conservatory blinds will be a perfect fit, whatever the shape and size of your conservatory.

Conservatory blinds Solar R Solar R is the highest performing conservatory blind fabric currently available, reflecting 85% of the sun’s energy. Ultra light weight and easy to wipe clean, Solar R eradicates glare, yet allows enough light for plants to thrive.

Without Solar R conservatory blinds The sun’s glare - including harmful UV rays - penetrates the conservatory, making the room uncomfortably hot, fading furnishings and damaging plants.	Solar R is technically the highest performing conservatory blind available reflecting up to 85% of the sun’s energy.

Solar R conservatory blinds allows light to penetrate to allow plants to thrive yet eradicates glare.

Conservatory blinds Pleated Conservatory Pleated blinds have a neat, modern style which looks perfectly at home in any type or size of conservatory. Totally practical, they reflect up to 83% of heat and come in a range of 224 colours which will add the essential finishing touch to your conservatory.

Pleated conservatory blinds add the essential finishing touch and come with a 5 year guarantee. With 224 colours in the range, you will be spoilt for choice.	With 20mm pleats, unlike the more common 25mm, Appeal Pleated blinds have a neat, stylish look which looks perfectly at home anywhere.

Pleatedconservatory blinds are tailor-made by craftsmen to fit even the most difficult spaces.

These awnings shade you and your family from the sun's harmful rays, so you can relax in complete confidence knowing that your awning will provide protection as well as adding a real touch of luxury to your home.

They are fully retractable and combine superb design and advanced technology, plus we can promise you an expert design service and an unrivalled range of materials, designs and colours to choose from.

• Experienced home designers will visit you and show you all the options and fabric styles.
• Professional planners will handle all the meticulous measurements.
• Technical specifiers will draw detailed plans for our installers to work to.
• Trained installers will fit and test your awning with maximum care and minimum fuss.
• A financial team will be happy to advise on a range of payment options.

Any type or style of conservatory, sun lounge or orangery can have blinds fitted to them.

1. Pleated conservatory blinds which fold horizontally i.e. these are designed to fold up and down on panels and between the roof rafters. These can either be manually operated or by remote control.
2. Roller conservatory blinds as above operate up and down on panels and between the roof rafters and again can be either manual or remote control.

Conservatory blinds can be made in any colour, pattern or fabric, thus giving you total choice and colour co-ordination to your conservatory, i.e. setting the desired mood, blue will give a cool effect where as oranges and reds give the effect of warmth.

However any reputable company will give advice on this subject.

Specialised companies supply conservatory blinds with a solar finish therefore reflecting the suns heat away from your conservatory keeping it cool during the summer. This may cost a little extra but we think it is worth considering.

DIY Conservatory Blinds

Drapes in voiles and muslin fabrics are now very fashionable.

They can look very effective and at much lower cost than the above options, but you will need time and patience. Being a good seamstress would help. A good curtain company should be able to advise you on fabrics and drapes.