Everything You Need To Know About Electric Blinds

Blinds have been a staple of the interior decorating world for hundreds of years, dating back to the Roman Empire (That’s why Roman blinds are called that!) but like all things, they’ve slowly changed as technology evolved.

Blinds went from pieces of fabric held up by strings, to more modern designs like roller blinds and day & night blinds which use more modern mechanisms and use more intricate materials than more traditional blinds.

The evolution of blinds has continued to push forward and recently Electric blinds have came onto the scene and gained plenty of popularity. Rather than being operated by hand like old blinds, electric blinds can be operated remotely by apps, Smart Home technology and remote controls.

For the most part, modern electric blinds are adapted from roller blinds as they’re the easiest blinds to remotely control as they only move up and down, unlike other blinds like vertical or Venetian blinds as they can move in multiple directions.

Electric blinds being adapted from Roller also makes them incredibly easy to install, even a DIY novice should be able to install a roller blind in a matter of minutes and with an electric roller blind you the same stylist choices you’d have with a standard Roller blind, allowing you to choose from a wide array of colours and patterns!

All of this makes electric blinds an attractive proposition for homeowners! And that’s before you consider the fact that you can control your blinds from almost anywhere in your home without needing to stop what you’re doing, get up and manually adjust the blinds yourself.

This also makes electric blinds a life saver for people with mobility issues, like the elderly or disabled people, allowing them to have full control of their blinds without needing to overexert themselves, giving them back some level of control over their life.

How Can You Get Electric Blinds?

Getting your hands on an electric roller blind is a simple affair thanks to the internet, there are lots of online electric blinds retailers like DotcomBlinds who can make you an amazing set of made to measure electric blinds!

To order made to measure electric blinds, you just need to measure your window in the same way you’d measure for roller blinds. If you’ve never measured for roller blinds before, it’s a simple task, you just need to measure the width and height of the recess of the window you’ll install them in!

When you have your measurements simply find a retailer who can make electric blinds to measure, provide them with your measurements and wait for them to make and ship your blinds! How much do remote control blinds cost? Electric or remote control blinds installation cost by size. While prices can vary, for an electric blind of 38in by 60in, you can expect to pay between $35 to $75 to install one blind.

Once you’ve received your new set of electric roller blinds, you just need to install them, you should receive instructions with the blinds, so just follow the instructions and in less than 10 minutes, you’ll have your new blinds set up and ready to go!