Used Cornel at BEST FOR LESS BLINDS and had a great experience.
Fast install, quality product, nice guy. /thread
Used Cornel at BEST FOR LESS BLINDS and had a great experience.
Fast install, quality product, nice guy. /thread
Went with Blinds.ca and got them delivered this week. Have 3 blackout cellular and 3 "light filtering" cellular. Install is dead easy, and so far no issues. They seem to be on another 25% off sale right now, so I suspect they run that sale pretty often. The fabric samples were nice, helped us decide on something to match our gross trim colour. You can't tell in the pic because of the light behind, but the fabric color is a very good match for the existing trim as well as the "hardware" of the blind. it all matches good. Just looks whiter because of the light behind it.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Before (with dirty glass)
After (never need to clean glass again!)
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How are the blackouts? Do they do a good job of blacking out?
edit: although this may not sound like a real question, it was supposed to be and I actually care about the answer.
Really good. I got the double cell, which I assumed would block more than single cell because it's more fabric. I installed one in a basement bedroom and it's my opinion that zero light got through the fabric. There is some leakage around the sides, but that's an issue with every kind of blinds and curtains.
They ask you to measure the "true" size of the space, and they deduct a small amount to make sure they fit. If you needed the least leakage, I'd reccomend measuring 1/8 too big, and the fit would be a bit tighter.
Probably good enough for anything but a photo darkroom.
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If you need true blackout you can buy blinds with a little channel that runs down the window frame for the blind to slide in to make it 100% blackout for a home theater room or any other scenario you might want 100% blackout.
I grew up with a friend whose dad worked nights, and he had aluminium shutters on the outside of each windwow haha - overkill, but also 100% blackout.
Yeah, there are solutions. I didn't need to go that extreme and am totally happy with this option.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Ya that's what my parents did for their theatre. I'm too poor for that though.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You can also get less light bleeding in if you mount the blackout blind outside the window jambs.
With the Ikea smart blind working with Homekit now, anyone consider getting them if not already? The issue I have is sizing for my windows as they only come in certain widths but apparently they are fairly easy to cut down. I may get a few and try it out. Any thoughts?
Homekit blinds are the shit. I have automations that adjust blinds based on time of day and occupancy to minimize direct sunlight while providing good light coverage in the house. I don't think I've manually adjusted blinds for a year now.
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Yeah, that's what I want for my bedroom at least. May be I'll buy one first to try out. Looks like you just have to pop the ends off, cut the housing, the roller, the end clip and the fabric, put it back and you are good to go.
And it works! They are fairly easy to cut. It would have been super easy if I wasn't lazy to set up my mitre saw instead of doing it by hand but that's me. The set up was a bit painful. They are not as easy or straight forward as I expect from most homekit accessories. Ikea can use some polishing on the hardware and the software for sure. The homekit integration is kinda clunky. It works but I have two copies of the Ikea hub and two copies of the blinds in my home app I don't know why.
I’m sure the software side will be addressed soon. IKEA was delaying the HomeKit rollout due to software issues, so clearly still last minute ongoing work happening.
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So blinds.ca is still the go-to?
Just had Hunter Douglas rollers installed throughout my townhouse. Blackouts in the bedrooms. The side channels really makes it completely dark which I like. Got the whole place done for under 5K installed.
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If you do use them, be sure you have a coupon or something. Don't be afraid to buy half first, then the second half a few weeks later when they mail you a second better coupon.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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I liked dealing with Tom at Sunset Blinds. Good price and installation. https://sunsetblindandshade.com/This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Did not observe any poop bags in my garbage bin.
Used RGO...where I bought them. They came out and did all the measurements and installed them in about 3 hours.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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