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Do Shutters Provide Blackout? Posted on 30 Jan 10:12 , 0 comments
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Do Shutters Provide Blackout? Posted on 30 Jan 10:12 , 0 comments
How to blackout windows, is a question we are often asked at The Shutter Shop. The answer would have to be a classic "it depends", as no window treatment will provide you with 100% blackout, total darkness. This is due to the very clever nature of light, windows, cracks and crevices!
You will find this is the case with curtains and blinds too! However, if you are concerned about blackout, particularly if you have sensitive sleepers in your household, children, or work shift hours requiring you to sleep during the day, we can provide you with an additional option to your shutters that will provide you as close to black out that you will find in the window dressing market.
Our shutters can come with room darkening blinds, these blinds which like the shutters are made to measure, sit in a channel directly behind the shutters, which means that light bleed is almost entirely eliminated, creating a dark room no matter what time of day that it is. It also means that if you live in a town or city with street lighting directly outside of your windows you will not be disturbed.
Another advantage of these clever room darkening blinds is that, due to the nature of their design, they significantly help to maintain heat escaping through the windows and also reduce noise – another important factor in city life.
If you are wanting only to have the ‘look’ of shutters but still wanting the blackout, you can be reassured that the blind can neatly be rolled up when not in use, so that it is out of site behind the shutters. Therefore, the answer to the question of whether Shutters provide black out? Is no, not alone, but you can still have shutters and achieve darkness with built in room darkening blinds behind your shutters!
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This article remains at its original URL as part of our complete journal archive. Its subject connects to the same specialist guidance our surveyors provide today: considering the window proportions, room, privacy requirements, light and the right product material before confirming a design.
A considered approach
Shutters are made to order, so good decisions begin with careful measuring and a clear understanding of how the room is used. Full height, café style and tier-on-tier panels each manage light and privacy differently, while bay windows, special shapes and wide openings need their own design response.
Our team can show you the current range of materials, colours, louvre sizes and hardware during a free home survey.
For confident DIY customers, selected shutter styles can also be measured and configured online. More complex bay, shaped and tracked installations are best discussed with our professional measure-and-fit team.
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