Stop Staff Suffering by Installing Office Blinds

One way to combat solar glare, which also has many other benefits is installing office blinds. Office blinds are most commonly pleated blinds featuring a soft fabric which diffuses the light, minimising solar glare. Other types of blinds have been known to be used as office blinds, but in terms of reducing glare, while still letting light into the room pleated blinds are superior.

Glare is not the only problem caused by the sun, the sun can also cause extreme temperatures, which are only intensified by the pane of glass between the outside world and your office. Luckily blinds can also reduce this heat too. There are two ways this can be done.

Reflection and Absorption

Some blinds feature a reflective backing, usually a thin aluminium layer. This reflective the light. Whereas a fabric without a reflective backing will just absorb the heat. Both approaches do the job, but I’m sure you can guess which is better.

Note: Another advantage of reflective backing is that it keeps the heat in during the winter apparently.

Office Blinds save you money!

By reducing the heat and glare, you are not only increasing staff comfort but you could also save money at the same time! Think of it this way, when it gets too hot, what do you do? I’m guessing you turn on the air conditioning, an electrical appliance that costs you money. By reducing the heat from the beginning with blinds you will become less reliant on your air conditioning, which saves money on the bills and helps the environment!

Fabrics

The range of pleated blinds is absolutely huge. Want an orange pleated blind? No problem. Want a pink pleated blind? No problem either. No matter what your colour preference there should be a fabric to suit.

Fabric Types

Depending on which room you are installing blinds you may have a different fabric requirement, such as a blackout fabric in a loft bedroom or a dimout dimout in a living room. Luckily all these types are available in a pleated fabric, as well as others such as opaque and semi-opaque materials.

Sizes

In terms of pleat sizes the standard options are 20mm and 25mm. 25mm is the classic approach whereas 20mm is a more modern up to date contemporary look.

In terms of height and width it all depends on the supplier but you should expect the maximum to be around 2 meters wide by 3 meters drop.

Price

Due to their simple special fabrics pleated blinds are not the cheapest of blinds, verticals and roller blinds can easily be purchased cheap, but in the right situation pleated blinds are definitely worth the extra investment.

Shapes

One of the main advantages of pleated blinds is that they can be cut into all sorts of shapes and sizes. The main two applications of this feature is the use of pleated blinds in conservatories and the use of pleated blinds to create artistic window coverings.

Pleated Blinds in the Conservatory?

Yes, pleated conservatory blinds are very popular, not only because of the versatility of pleated blinds, but also the special treatment the pleated fabric undergoes.

The treatment used on pleated blinds gives them the ability to reflect light better than the average blind fabric, this makes them great for conservatories as they suffer quite badly to the effects of solar glare. The effects of solar glare include damaging effects to items inside your conservatory and also excessive heat which renders the conservatory useless.

Pleated Blinds and Curtains Together?

If you are looking for a cheap window covering option then this is not for you, if you are looking for something stylish and unique to set you apart from the crowd then this could be it. Out of all the house I have been to I have only ever seen this done once, but it looked amazing! Basically the curtains go over the blinds to offer the ultimate in light control. If you want to diffuse the light you can use the blind, then if that is not enough you can use the curtains.