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Before you Buy Window Blinds
Just like anything you buy, there are different qualities, different features and benefits to different brands. The same holds true for blinds, shutters and shades. It amazes me daily that we get phone calls into our store asking how much our shutters are. Or someone has measurements from “Joe’s Blinds” for faux-wood blinds and they want a quote over the phone from us. How many people call a car dealership and ask “how much is a car?” Let me start by saying, you can buy faux-wood blinds at Home Depot for really cheap. They’re going to break in a couple of years and they won’t be covered under warranty, but they’re cheap! Same applies to shutters. You can buy what appears to be “cheap” shutters advertised in all the little things you get in the mail. They’ll advertise a square foot price that seems like a really great price. It might be, but ask for a full written estimate at your house, after they’ve measured your windows and you’ve picked out the frames, make sure your written estimate includes the whole thing, including installation and sales tax. And then ask for references. Do some research on the company that you buy from. They’re going to ask you for a deposit before you ever get the product, so be careful.
Shutters can be a big investment into your home. It’s the only window treatment that will add value to your home from most appraisers. People hear a lot of different stories about shutters, see a lot of different prices and different types of shutters and it can be a little over-whelming. Here is some of the things you’ll hear when shopping for shutters, and then the truth.
· “You don’t want wood shutters here in Arizona, the climate isn’t good on them.” The truth: Nonsense. This will be told to you by someone most likely trying to sell you a “composite” shutter from a Chinese company by the name of Norman. They’re not bad shutters if you don’t mind that they’re made in China from MDF board and plastic. I guess if you buy your furniture at Walmart, you’ll like these. If the wood shutters are made locally, kiln dried correctly, and painted or stained with UV protection finishes, they do great here and they will last forever.
· “They told me at the home show their shutters are only $14.99 a sq. ft.” The truth: They are charging you extra for the frame. Sometimes 2 or 3 sq. ft. extra per window. Again, get a bottom line quote, including everything, and then compare price and quality. Don’t shop for shutters by what some claim as a “square foot price.” Take this little test… measure one of your windows. Let’s say it’s about 36” wide by 60” long. To figure square feet, multiply 36x60 and divide by 144. That will give you square feet. In this case it’s 15 sq. ft. Now ask that company for a price on that $14.99 shutter. Doing the math, it should be $224, right? You’ll probably get an answer somewhere around $260, which would really be more like $17.30 a sq. ft. So… just be careful and trust the person you’re making an investment in, trust the company that’s selling them and trust the products they’re selling you and do your homework. Like any home improvement category here in Arizona, there’s a lot of “fly-by-nights.”
Mike O'Daniel
The 3 most important questions you should ask yourself before covering your windows.
1) Why do I want to cover my window? You should ask that in each room. Consider whether you want privacy, insulation, or just to decorate your windows. There are many different styles with many different controls and features that will help you in getting the most out of your window coverings.
2) Do you have a beautiful view? Did you invest a lot of money in your backyard with a beautiful pool or exquisite landscaping? Maybe you purchased a lot with a golf course view or a lake. Then you don't want to cover these windows. If sometimes you need privacy or insulation, honeycomb shades do both and then they get out of the way with a tight stack on top.
3) What is my budget? You never know how much things will cost until you do a little research. You may be suprised at how inexpensive the right window treatment can be. Let me expand on that thought. Once we had a customer who wanted white wood shutters on a window in their family room. This shutter would have cost $1150. I talked them into doing 2 1/2" stained wood blinds. Not because it was cheaper but because it was a better treatment in the area they were covering at the time. They had spent a lot of money on gorgeous valances over the tops of their windows, and they would not have been able to open their shutters. Also their home was decorated with dark stain wood and dark tile and dark furniture. The stained wood blind went better with their decor then white wood shutters would have. They were able to cover 3 windows for the same price as it would have cost them to do one window, and they got a better functioning, and a better looking product.
In general people will get a few estimates to compare costs. When you are decorating your home, or covering your windows multiple consultations will help you make the right decisions, which in the end is going to be the best value for you.
Written by Jerry Levinson at Blind Devotion window coverings.
A window blind is a specific type of window covering which is made with slats of fabric, wood or metal that adjust by rotating from an open position to a closed position by allowing slats to overlap. Metal window blinds are often used outside of the house or business to protect against theft, temperature, vision, bad weather and fire (in fire-prone areas). Often these blinds are machine-operated, rather than hand operated.
The horizontal version uses a thin woven "ladder" system to suspend the slats and enable slats to be closed via a rotating drum to which each upper end of the woven ladder is wrapped and attached. A lift cord allows blind to be pulled up and stack tightly to top of window when desired.
The vertical version uses a generally wider slat and has the added feature of being able to pull a cord to stack the slats together either to one side or to separate in the center and stack on each end. This vertical blind allows rotation of slats by a rotating shaft in the upper head rail housing which runs throgh independent geared carriers that will convert twisting of tilt rail to a rotation of each individual slat in sync.
The term Window blinds is also sometimes used, somewhat inaccurately, to describe window coverings generically - in this context window blinds include most every type of window covering ie. shutters, roller shades, roman shades and of course, vertical and horizontal blinds.
In Britain awnings are also considered blinds. A blind limits observation and thus “blinds” the observer to the view. The main types are slat blinds which can be opened in two ways and solid blinds.
Solid blinds can only be raised or lowered and are often called shades. There are types of blinds, such as Holland blinds and woven-wood blinds, where there are small spaces between the slats. In others such as pleated shades there are no spaces because the slats are sewn inside fabric.
Window blinds reduce the heat from sunlight. Ancient Egyptian pharaohs had blinds made of reeds. The most inexpensive blinds in the 1800’s were home-made roller shades, made of cloth.
Window blinds can be manually drawn using a cord, or automated through motorization. Controls for motorized blinds can be from a wall switch or keypad, remote control, or a personal computer, eliminating the need for cords and allowing control of otherwise inaccessible windows
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