Roman vs Roller Blinds - which is best to block out light?

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#278438 15-Oct-2020 17:54

Moved to a new place and the window currently has vertical blinds and the light from outside still comes in. I am thinking of adding either a roller or roman blind in front of it. Any pros and cons? Which one is better?

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#2586009 15-Oct-2020 18:24

roller normally fits inside the frame and will have a gap around it, roman will be over the frame so will block out more light

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#2586028 15-Oct-2020 19:22

we recently changed to rollers. Dual rollers per window frame, blackout against the window, sun shade in front of that.

Whilst it made a massive difference, you still get light seeping around the edges of the blackout...….huge improvement, but it's there.

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#2586029 15-Oct-2020 19:34

You can get a blackout roller blind with side channels that will block out almost all light

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#2586031 15-Oct-2020 19:44

Roman will fit on the front of the frame so you can keep the verticals and have best of both worlds. We have Romans and venetians and it works well.

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#2586037 15-Oct-2020 20:09

mattwnz: You can get a blackout roller blind with side channels that will block out almost all light

Do you have a link for this as I have been googling and could not find one.

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#2586044 15-Oct-2020 20:39

The rollers with side channels are pretty ugly and are unlikely to get wifely approval. I don't like light coming in, we have romans arriving soon to replace standard old curtains. I can't judge the product yet, but the service from https://www.romanblindsdirect.co.nz/ has been fantastic.

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#2586046 15-Oct-2020 20:46

CrashAndBurn:
mattwnz: You can get a blackout roller blind with side channels that will block out almost all light

Do you have a link for this as I have been googling and could not find one.

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#2586047 15-Oct-2020 20:50

timmmay:
The rollers with side channels are pretty ugly and are unlikely to get wifely approval. I don't like light coming in, we have romans arriving soon to replace standard old curtains. I can't judge the product yet, but the service from https://www.romanblindsdirect.co.nz/ has been fantastic.

These ones look really good and modern. They are a new design. But would depend on the house design.

We used to have roman blinds and I like the look of them, but they are essentially disposable.

The big thing the people are putting in at the moment are louvred shutters

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#2586058 15-Oct-2020 21:24

mattwnz:

These ones look really good and modern. They are a new design. But would depend on the house design.

We used to have roman blinds and I like the look of them, but they are essentially disposable.

The big thing the people are putting in at the moment are louvred shutters

I hope roman blinds aren't disposable, custom made ones are pretty expensive!

Louvred shutters could be really handy for our kitchen windows. So much sun comes in the whole room can get up near 40 degrees in summer if no windows are open.

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#2586073 15-Oct-2020 22:10

mattwnz: You can get a blackout roller blind with side channels that will block out almost all light

I had one of these fitted when I used to work night shift and needed dark for sleeping.

They came around and measured up and it was custom made and fitted. Worked 100% with zero light coming in.

Have not worked nightshift for years but still use it when I want a nanna nap in the arvo's lol.

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#2586079 15-Oct-2020 22:36

timmmay:
mattwnz:

These ones look really good and modern. They are a new design. But would depend on the house design.

We used to have roman blinds and I like the look of them, but they are essentially disposable.

The big thing the people are putting in at the moment are louvred shutters

I hope roman blinds aren't disposable, custom made ones are pretty expensive!

Louvred shutters could be really handy for our kitchen windows. So much sun comes in the whole room can get up near 40 degrees in summer if no windows are open.

So did we but they are impossible to wash the fabric due to the way they are made. But they do look very nice. With rollers you can wipe them down or potentially replaced on the roller

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#2586085 15-Oct-2020 22:56

I like honeycomb blinds, perfect for dealing with glare while still letting light in combined with great thermal insulation properties.

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#2586092 15-Oct-2020 23:28

neb: I like honeycomb blinds, perfect for dealing with glare while still letting light in combined with great thermal insulation properties.

I was wondering about the advertised thermal properties on these, because the ends of the blind are open. I wonder if a double roller blind (sunshade and blackout blind) would provide a similar amount of thermal insulation, as there would also be a still air layer created between the blinds?

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#2586093 15-Oct-2020 23:31

mattwnz:
I was wondering about the advertised thermal properties on these, because the ends of the blind are openare open. I wonder if a double roller blind (sunshade and blackout blind) would provide a similar amount of thermal insulation, as there would also be a still air layer created between the blinds?

I doubt it's as good as honeycomb, the advantage of those is that you have lots of small contained pockets of air rather than a single chimney funnelling cold air up from below. In other words the magic is that there's very little facility for convection cooling to occur.

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#2586122 16-Oct-2020 06:35

I wonder if there is a honey comb with side channels now to get best of both worlds e.g. blackout and insulation as the windows are single and not double-glazed.

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