The voile vertical blind is a revolution in vertical blind design. Essentially, it’s a vertical blind made with rigid PVC louvres, however, the special design of these louvres allows a voile cover to be clipped on, creating the most visually stunning effects seen on a blind. Allowing both privacy and light reflection, the soft look of this blind deceives the eye into thinking that it’s not actually a blind at all!
Benefits
- Angle the louvres for daytime privacy and light transmission
- Close the louvres completely for night time privacy.
- Draw the blinds back to one (or both sides), to open the window space.
- Voile Vertical blinds provide excellent privacy to sensitive rooms such as bedrooms and lounge areas.
- Different interchangeable voiles are available which allow the look to be changed without buying a complete new blind.
- Excellent for larger windows
- Voiles are available in cream, white, blue and green with either a plain or texture finish.
- Available with curved top tracks to suit most bay windows.
- Self-aligning runners ensure that louvres always angle in the same direction.
- Easy to maintain.
- Voile vertical blinds offer the same level of privacy as net curtains, plus the option of ensuring nobody can see in at night time.
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Product Options
- A straight pelmet to cover the top tracking is available. It has an insert into which a piece of vertical blind fabric can be slid in to match the colour of the voile. Any other colour can be inserted however, and customers sometimes choose a colour to compliment walls or other décor.
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Control Options
- Left hand control
- All louvres stack back to the left hand side, and the controls are also mounted on the left
- Right hand control
- All louvres stack back to the right hand side, and the controls are also mounted on the right
- Split draw – not recommended
- Louvres will bi-part from the centre, and stack back to each side. Controls can be specified as either on the left or right hand side.
- Reverse control – not recommended
- Louvres will stack to the opposite side to where the controls are positioned.
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Bracket Options
- Top fix spring clips (supplied as standard)
- This bracket takes one screw, and must be top fixed into the ceiling or window recess. It is virtually invisible, and has a quick release mechanism for simple removal of the tracking. It can be mounted with either a no.6 or no.8 screw.
- Standard Face Fixing Brackets
- Face fixing brackets are used for wall mounting, and project far enough to allow the louvres of the blind to rotate freely.
- Shallow fix face fix bracket – Available in two sizes, this bracket will allow a fixing to a thin framework or area where there is limited space. It is not used very often, other than for special applications.
- Extended face fix bracket - This bracket is like the standard face fixing bracket, but gives extra clearance for obstacles such as window handles.
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Limitations
- Minimum and maximum sizes
- The minimum size for a vertical blinds is 300mm, however, it must be noted that at such a small size, there would only be three or four louvre strips.
- The maximum recommended size for a voile vertical blind is 3000mm wide.
- Doors
- Where voile vertical blinds are fitted to single doors which open outwards, it must be noted that when stacked, the blind will take up approx 200mm(8”) of width in the opening. Often in these situations, we can supply an small plastic tie-back to keep the louvres close to the wall when stacked, however, it must be noted that this is an ideal for keeping voile louvres back, and it intended mainly for use on standard vertical blinds.
- Where vertical blinds are fitted to single doors that open inwards, the same applies; however, the door is likely to open onto the blind causing damage to the fabric. It is therefore recommended that the blind is made to fit outside the recess, so the fabric can stack back past the edge of the recess.
- Unequal spacing of louvres
- Depending on the width of the blind, it may be that the first louvre overlaps the second louvre slightly more than the rest of the louvres on the blind. This is not a fault, it is normal and should not cause concern.
- Split draw blinds
- If a split drawing blind is required, it must be noted that there will be a small gap at the centre point of the blind, where the two sets of louvres meet. This is normal, and unavoidable. Therefore, where possible, a single stack blind is recommended.
- White tracking only (Black and brown available early 2010)
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Suitable Areas for Use
- Bay Windows
- Voile Blinds are suitable for bay windows. For help on how to measure Bay Windows for DIY installation please click here
- Bedroom
- Extremely effective in bedrooms in providing a dimout effect
- Lounge
- Can be made with curved tracking for bay windows. Perfect for French doors and sliding patio doors
- Dining Room
- Perfect for French doors and sliding patio doors
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