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06 / SHADING & ELECTRIC BLINDS

Motorised blinds and curtains, silent and integrated into the interior

Blinds and curtains set on scenes and tied into the lighting, so the house closes itself at dusk. Fitted in homes and commercial buildings across Lancashire, Manchester and the North West.

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01 The proposition

Silent, sunrise-aware, integrated into the interior.

Motorised shading is judged on two things: how quiet it is, and whether you can see the hardware. Both are decided while the reveal depth, the pocket detail and the fabric are still drawings.

  • Pockets and reveals detailed with the architect before anything is ordered.
  • Blinds put on scenes: lowering against low winter sun, closing with the evening.
  • Lifting in the morning without waking anybody.
  • Fabric chosen for openness factor, blackout where it matters, and a finish the interior designer will sign off.
A games room with the roof light blind open, daylight and planting visible through the glass
The same games room with the roof light blind closed, the ceiling reading as a flat plane
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02 What's included

What motorised shading includes.

Eight parts of the job, from the reveal survey through to the scene that closes them all.

01

Motorised blinds

Roller, roman and venetian on quiet motors, fitted into pockets or integrated into the interior so the tube and brackets stay out of sight.

02

Motorised curtains

Tracks and drapes on silent drives, with the stack and return set out so the curtain sits properly when open as well as closed.

03

Blackout for cinema rooms

Side-channel blackout blinds that hold a dark room in daylight, coordinated with the cinema scenes so one button does both.

04

Solar and heat control

Fabric openness chosen for glare and heat gain, with automatic positions on sun angle so south-facing rooms stay usable in July.

05

Fabric and finish selection

Samples in the room, in daylight, alongside the joinery. Fabric decides how the blind looks far more than the hardware does.

06

Wired or battery

Mains and low-voltage drives where the house is open, rechargeable battery motors where it is finished and the plaster is staying.

07

Scene integration

Shading on the same scenes as the lighting, so evening, cinema and away each move the blinds without a separate app.

08

Lutron shading

Specification-grade drives and fabrics, matched to Lutron lighting on one processor and one set of keypads.

03 Recent work

Recent projects across the North West.

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04 Our process

Five stages, one team.

The same people survey the house, draw the system, install it and look after it afterwards. Nothing is subcontracted, and nothing is programmed by someone you have never met.

Stage 01

Consultation and survey

An hour or two at the property, looking at the rooms and listening to how you use them. We measure, photograph, and note what the building will and will not allow. No charge, and no obligation at the end of it.

Stage 02

Design and specification

Drawings, a schedule of equipment and a fixed price. Every position is marked, every cable route decided, and the specification is written so your architect, builder and electrician can all work from it.

Stage 03

Project management

We hold the programme alongside the other trades, from first fix to second. Across the Ribble Valley, Lancashire and Cheshire that usually means working around a builder who is already on site.

Stage 04

Installation and calibration

Our own engineers install, dress every cable, and then calibrate to the room rather than to a factory preset. Shading & electric blinds is set up in the space it lives in, at the time of day it will be used.

Stage 05

Handover and aftercare

A proper handover, documentation, and the same phone number afterwards. Remote monitoring catches most faults before you notice them, and the person who answers already knows your house.

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05 Commercial & hospitality

Commercial blinds and facade shading.

Commercial blinds are usually bought for one of two reasons: glare on screens, or heat gain on a facade. Both are solved with fabric specification and automation rather than with more air conditioning, which is why the shading conversation should happen before the cooling one.

We install motorised shading for offices, hotels and function rooms, with sun-angle automation across whole elevations, blackout in meeting and event spaces, and staff control limited to a keypad so the levels stay as the designer set them.

Commercial & hospitality work
Typical venues
01 Offices Glare and solar control on facades
02 Hotels Guest room blackout and curtains
03 Function rooms Blackout for presentations
04 Restaurants Terrace and glazing shading
05 Retail Window display protection
08 Common questions

Motorised blinds, honestly answered.

Budget from around £900 per window for a good motorised roller with a quality fabric, fitted and on control. Curtains and blackout side-channel blinds cost more. A whole house typically lands between £12,000 and £35,000.

Good drives are close to silent, and the ones people complain about are usually cheap or badly mounted. Mounting matters as much as the motor: a drive fixed to a hollow pocket will always sound worse than the same drive fixed properly.

Yes. Battery drives need no cabling and last a year or more between charges, and blinds can be face-fixed where a pocket is not possible. Wired is better where the walls are open.

If the lighting is Lutron, KNX or Control4, yes, on the same keypads and scenes. That integration is the point: an evening scene should close the blinds as well as lift the lamps.

Yes, and it is a substantial part of this work. Offices, hotels, function rooms and retail, with facade automation, blackout where it is needed and locked staff control.

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Let’s talk about your shading & electric blinds.

We visit, listen, measure, and come back with drawings and a fixed price. No obligation, and no hard sell afterwards.

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