Concept and varieties of blinds

Blinds are devices to adjust the degree of light penetration into the room. Consist of horizontal or vertical lamellae interconnected. Products are most often managed manually, but models are produced with automatic drive.

Translation of the word Blind Wikipedia interprets like jealousy, envy. The word from the French and the inhabitants of the East, who protect the decoration of the rooms and their wives from prying views. In this article, consider a variety of types of blinds and their characteristics.

The history of the appearance of the blinds

For the first time, blinds are mentioned in the 18th century

Production of products that are analogues of modern blinds, is rooted in a distant past.

Mentioning the blinds that protect windows from the penetration of light comes from Philadelphia, dated 1760, produced their designer John Webster, by origin of the Englishman.

In ancient Egypt from the Sun were protected by cane strips

According to some sources it can be seen that the analogues of modern Blinds in the form of wide bamboo leaves were used in the East to protect the rooms from the scorching sun.

Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs used cane strips to protect the room from light.

Women curtisankam liked to sink the passion in passersby, which could see their image between open blinds of blinds.

Shutters-blinds

In the Middle Ages in Europe, devices hiding women in the room from envious views of passersby were used. They were made of wooden horizontal and fabric vertical strips.

Announcement of blinds on the pages of old newspapers

Gradually, the blinds began to extend around the world, reaching America, they were patented by the resourceful industrialist John Hampton in 1941, July 28. It made a change in the device, adding it to the manual control mechanism. After that, the mass release began, the products were widely popular among the population.

In Russia, horizontal and vertical blinds according to Wikipedia began to be popular from the end of the twentieth century.

Definition of shutters

Blinds are produced with mechanical and automatic control, represent a device consisting of:

Eaves, which built into the mechanism, leading lamellas in motion;
horizontal, vertical lamellas or tissue canvases;
additional elements (chains, cords, canes).

According to the general features, the studied products are classified on:

horizontal;
vertical;
Fissure rolled curtains and rollers.

Depending on the material, divided:

aluminum;
plastic;
bamboo;
fabric;
Multifact.

The lamellas are attached on the eaves, are interchangeable, each of them can be replaced if necessary.

Plastic strips are the most short-lived, quickly burn out, yellow and break from the effects of sunlight. The remaining materials (aluminum, bamboo, fabric) can serve from 10 to 25 years.

Blinds are convenient to adjust and select an interior

Benefits

Blinds are a type of window curtains, but with broader functionality, they have a lot of advantages:

regulation of the degree of illumination indoors;
Protection of people from strangers;
Do not interfere with the passage of air when the window is open;
selected for any interior of the room;
Comfortable in management, easy to care.

Properly chosen to the interior of the blinds of the blinds will emphasize all the advantages of design design.

Horizontal shutters

Horizontal blinds are horizontal strips attached to the eaves, interconnected using a cord.

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Materials for manufacture:

Aluminum strips of a wide range of color shades, width 16, 25, 35 mm. Have a long service life, covered with paint by type of automotive, do not fade, do not break. If the band bend, the trace will remain on the bend place.

Operating Instructions Blinds
Artificial materials made under wood, lamella width 25, 50 mm. It is cheaper than natural materials, high quality imitate wood, easy to choose a model and color to the design of the room.
Natural materials: Wood, bamboo give the interior of the room an extra comfort. Ideal for clearance of premises in a classic style. For production, the width of the bands 25 and 50 mm with shades of natural wood are used. It costs quite expensive due to the need for material processing to give it durability and strength.
Plastic models are used in public places, have a small cost, but burn out and break when exposed to direct sunlight.

When installing horizontal blinds on a folding sash, purchase the bottom fixation, it will prevent the product to be saved when the window is opened into the ventilation mode.

The products are attached to the window with the help of two metal brackets, if necessary, the cornice is easily removed from the mounts.

Blinds are made according to individual sizes and design, you can order a photo printing. Plastic models are sold in finished form, produced the most sought-after size.

In order for the product for a long time, you need to manage correctly:

Adjusts the degree of light by changing the angle of rotation of the lamellas, using a cane rotation;
To lift the canvas, dragging down the rope down, and omit, pulling the rope up;
To fix at the necessary height, we take the rope from the middle of the canvas and let go.

Before lifting / omitting the web, you need to turn the strips into the horizontal position relative to the floor.

Fabric vertical blinds

The lamella of vertical blinds is most often made of fabrics impregnated with special compositions.

Vertical blinds are applied not only in office, public spaces, but also living apartments, country houses. Consist from cornice with vertical strips attached to it, which are attached to the surface with the help of special holders.

The lamellae is made of tissue impregnated with special compositions that give it the density, antistatic and repulsive properties. Fabric You can choose any density, transparency, color shade suitable for the interior of the room.

Type of fastening blinds

Types of fastening:

to ceiling;
on the opening;
Inside the opening.

Control:

Lamels shifted to the right or left;
shifted from the edges to the middle;
The strips are moving away from the middle to the edges, and shift to the right or left.

The control chain is located on any comfortable side. Width of fabric strips 89 and 127 mm. On how to mount vertical blinds, see this video:

The most commonly used strips of smaller width, wide lamellas look good in conjunction with large windows.

Plastic vertical blinds

Vertical blinds with plastic lamellas are used in stores, offices, medical facilities, private houses, suitable for rooms with high humidity.

Do not require special care to clean from dust enough to wipe with a damp cloth.

Plastic models The optimal option for installation in the premises to which the special requirements of the sanitary and epidemiological service are presented.

Blinds pliers

Pluts are made of paper or fabric

Plissa is a cloth collected in the fold. For production, fabrics are used, non-transparent light from transparent to completely.

Models with a cellular structure are manufactured in which two layers of pleating are glued together, such a structure allows you to increase the thermal insulation properties of the room.

Optimal for installation on the openings of non-standard forms: arched, trapezoidal and round.

Rolled curtains

Roll curtains are well suited to protect against the sun

Roll curtains are a variety of blinds, represent a canvas wound on the shaft, perform a sunscreen function and protect against prying views.

Made depending on the type of box:

Closed boxes look more aesthetically protected from the penetration of dust inside the mechanism, side guides for tissue preventing its savings are provided. When measured, it is necessary to clearly determine the size of the finished product.
Open boxes are installed in the opening with the help of side mounts in which the shaft is installed. Management occurs with the help of a chain mechanism by pulling the degree of fabric winding on the shaft.

On light adjustment:

from translucent fabrics with a high degree of light transmission;
medium density;
dense, non-transmitting light;
System day-night.

Curtains are manufactured according to individual sizes, you can choose the web of the right quality and coloring.

When the design design is changed, the canvas is easy to replace by setting a new one in an existing box.

Rolled Curtains Day-Night

The most difficult and functional is the day-night system, made of two canvases located in parallel to each other and having alternating transparent and light-tight bands. When the fabric moves, the degree of illumination is adjusted, if necessary, the room is completely darkened. About how to measure the window and install Roll Curtains Day-Night See in this video:

Bamboo rolled curtains

Jute curtains

Bamboo rolled curtains are suitable for the design of the classic interior. Bamboo stems are connected by thin cords that are attached to the shaft. The canvas is quite dense, does not prevent, so it does not need to install vertical guides.

Jute rolled curtains

Natural jute fibers are used for the manufacture of the canvas, such a design disperses light and helps to keep heat in the room in winter and cool in summer. Curtains with an open and closed box are made.

Electric Drive Management

Electric shutters are controlled from the console

Modern electrical drives allow you to install the selected model on the opening of any form, can be installed complete with the lighting sensor or timer, fit well into the smart home automated system.

An electric motor is built into the box, with which the illumination is adjusted in the room. The system is controlled using the control panel or the sensor installed on the wall. The mechanism can be configured by control by each product individually or the chosen blind group simultaneously.

The automated system is used in large mansions, office buildings, cinemas and other public and personal facilities.

Tips for choosing a blind

What to pay attention to when choosing a type and model of blinds:

We are determined with the fastening method: to the ceiling, on the opening, inside the opening. To visually expand the space, it is better to fix the cornice in the opening, but with such a fastening you need to have a space for turning the slats. This option is not suitable for the room in which the windowsill is narrow or there are vases with flowers.
Between the bottom edge of the product and the windowsill should remain a gap 1-2 cm.
When attaching a cornice on the opening, the windowsill remains free.
Do not choose a plastic cornice, it has a deform property. The optimal option will be an aluminum eaves painted in a color combined with stripes.
Multifactore vertical models are made from a combination of plastic and fabric, which can be located in several layers. Such a designer solution creates an effect of a curtain with tulle curtains.
When ordering models for rooms with high humidity, it is better to choose a fiberglass canvas, plastic and metal models, as they are easily clean and are not afraid of the impact of humidity.
In the living room and the office stylishly will look at models with jacquard stripes.
Indoor with an acoustic system is not recommended to install metal and plastic models, as they will distort the sound. Read more about what is worth paying attention to when choosing the blinds, see this video:

Installation of blinds is an excellent solution in creating a residential or public object design.

How to determine the size of the blind

When installing a cornice on the opening, the measurement is carried out taking into account the allowances of 30 mm on each side to the windows width. If the product will be mounted with removal of pipes, then 200-300 mm is added.

When ordering the length of the bracket, we take into account the width of the windowsill.

A greater reliability has a design fixed to the ceiling. For details on how to remove blinds and save, look in this video:

When installing in the opening, the width is ordered by 10-20 mm shorter than the opening of the windows, while the angle of slopes is taken into account.

If the windowsill is not installed in terms of level, it is not necessary to order models that are installed inside the opening, they emphasize the irregularities of its location.

For the correct measurement and installation of the product, you can invite a specialist or, using the instruction, perform measurements yourself.

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