What are Solar Blinds

Helpful Tips for buying Solar Blinds

Solar Blinds can give your house all the advantages which the sunglasses can give your eyes. Solar Blinds are made with special fabrics and materials which prevent glare and harsh sunlight from affecting your interiors while providing a clear view of the outside.  These blinds can also effective block UV radiation, thus providing protection to your interior decoration, furniture and upholstery.  Since they also give good level of heat insulation, these blinds can help you save money spent on Air conditioning in summer or heating in winter.

Solar blinds are available for mounting inside and outside the windows.  For the interiors, roller shades are normally used.  These shades can be installed on the window casings and when required, can be pulled down or rolled up.   These blinds can effectively block sunlight and diffuse the natural light coming inside the room.  Depending on the degree of their transparency, these blinds can be used in home theatre rooms, TV/ Computer viewing rooms and bedrooms.

The full length blinds which are mounted outside the windows, porches and patios are called exterior blinds.  Since these window blinds are larger and prevent sunlight and UV radiation before they enter the building, exterior blinds provide more insulation from heat.  They keep the home interiors cooler in summer and hotter in winters. These blinds can be raised when you need more ventilation and can be lowered when you need protection from glare and insects.  They are however costlier and you may need professionals to install.

The material used for solar blinds can be obtained in different ranges depending on the level of light allowed through it.  This is called openness number which is a percentage ranging from 1 to 30.  A lower openness such as 10% would mean that 90% of the light coming would be blocked by the blinds. The visibility outside would also depend on the openness, higher the better visibility.  However lower numbers would mean that it would give more UV and glare protection. 

You can get solar blinds which can perfectly match and enhance your interior decoration.  This is because you can choose from a variety of shades, colors, tints and patterns.  Different models are also available such as motorized blinds, woven designs and those with continuous loop control systems.  The materials used also differ and include fibreglass, polyester and others.  For the outside you can choose the moisture resistant varieties.  Depending on your budget, you can also opt for blinds which are remote controlled.

Solar blinds are available for all types of budgets.  Since they make your home comfortable while saving costs on heating and cooling, they have become a part of modern households.