How do roller blinds keep my home cool in the summer?

Roller blind material

All roller blind types help keep your house cool in the summer, but some materials work better than others. You can tell which material is best by looking at how much light comes through the fabric when hung in a window. If you see a lot of light coming through the blind, it typically won’t be as good at keeping out the heat as one where you can see no light.

The thickness of the blind material can help keep the heat in the room. If the material is thin, it won’t be as thermally efficient as a thick material.

The coating on the fabric can also help keep a room cool. Blackout coatings and solar protective coatings can help the material perform better.

Blackout roller blinds

There are a lot of advantages of blackout blinds. As the name suggests, they block out all the light entering the room. They help keep the room cool because the hot sun rays cannot get past the window into the room. They also limit cooling costs by blocking out the hot sunlight.

Blackout roller blinds have other advantages. In the cold winter months, they keep in the heat. Keeping heat inside means a reduction in energy bills at a time when gas prices are rising.

Blackout blinds used to be boring. In the past, choices in blackout blind fabric were plain and drab. Today blackout blind fabric is very different. Blackout fabrics are bright and vivid, with hundreds of colour choices.

Blackout blinds might not keep all of the light out of the room. Depending on your window shape, a halo of light could still come into the room. At A1 blinds, we prefer to call them dimout blinds because they do not block out all the light coming in.

Solar Protective Coating (SPC)

Some of the best roller blind fabrics have a solar protective coating. These coatings let in some sunlight but reduce solar gain. A solar protective coating reflects the heat and light away from the room, helping it keep cool.
A1 blinds offer blinds with solar protective coatings. We can advise on what will work best and help you choose the best fabric for you.

Conservatory roller blinds

A conservatory is hard to keep cool in the summer. Roller blinds will help keep the room cool by blocking out the sunlight.

A conservatory lets in a lot of warm sunlight in the summer because it is a glass structure. Adding roller blinds to the windows will block out the sunlight and help keep the room cool. Perfect fit roller blinds are a good solution for the roof and the side windows because you can choose where you want to let natural light into the room. You can block out the direct sunlight by shutting some blinds. You can let natural light in by opening a blind that is more shaded from the sun.

Motorised roller blinds

Motorised roller blinds are a good way of keeping your home cool. Some motorised roller blinds work with a temperature sensor. When the room gets to a set heat, the blinds automatically open or close to make the room cool.

A1blinds can help with motorised blinds. You can even have blinds that work with your smart home device too!
So there we have it. Roller blinds do help keep your room cool in the summer. A1blinds has a lot of roller blind styles to choose from, and we are available to advise on the best roller blinds for you.

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