Smart homes which have long been portrayed as a popular concept are becoming an everyday reality. Blind Corners & Curves is the preferred provider of window coverings for Colorado’s finest and most respected home automation firms.
Blind Corners & Curves Motorization Studio.
We offer a truly dazzling array of motorized products. Do not settle! Blind Corners & Curves is unique in our ability to provide complete motorized solutions for virtually all styles of window coverings including: roller and solar shades, roman shades, wood blinds, woven wood blinds, Silhouette sheer horizontal shades, Duette cellular shades, pleated shades, Luminette sheer vertical shades, plantation shutters, projection screens, drapery applications, curved drapery tracks, and many more. We also provide conversion of existing manual shades to motorized shades.
We work closely with your home automation
provider allowing you to use third party systems to
streamline the control of motorized window coverings of all
styles. This allows your shades to be operated in concert
with lighting, security, heating and air conditioning, as
well as with audio visual system controls.
Getting Started With
Motorization
It can be difficult finding good answers about motorized
window treatments. Many decorators can be very helpful in
choosing colors and fabrics, but they are not well suited
to answer motorization questions. On the other hand,
automation experts may be able to tell you how they will
control a motor, but they have a limited selection or no
working knowledge of window treatments.
Blind Corners & Curves works directly with your
automation and integration experts to put it all together
by helping you select the right window treatment while
coordinating wiring, installation and integration.
Regardless of size, we’ll help you handle your
project from start to finish without worry.
Advancements in technology of motors, hardware and control
systems have made motorized window treatments a
consideration for nearly any room. It is now easier than
ever to control popular window covering products with
infrared or radio control or network them with automated
systems that control lights, theatre systems and more.
Long-life battery systems allow motors to
work with almost any window treatment in any window without
needing to run additional wires. While there are many
sophisticated and expensive options in motorization, there
are also very affordable motorized options.
One obvious benefit is convenience, especially in
today’s larger homes. With motorized control, blinds
or shades can be operated from any point in the house or
even automated. Safety is also important. With both
children and pets, hanging cords used to operate window
treatments are potentially dangerous. With motorized
control, these cords are eliminated from blinds, shades and
draperies. And window treatments actually look much better
without these cords!
Automated controls can provide some
security as well by making it appear someone is home while
actually away or on vacation. In today’s
energy-conscious world, it is important to have control of
out-of-reach windows such as skylights or high off of the
ground windows that, without control, can create year-round
energy problems. When you have control of these windows you
can prevent heat loss in the winter and heat gain in the
summer. Making all window treatments in a home easier to
control can help cut energy costs significantly.
Getting
Wired
Motorized shades use motors that are concealed within the
headrail of a blind or shade or the rolling tube that
controls roller shades. Drapery treatments use special
tracks with a motor attached that is hidden by the drapery
fabric.
It is wise to plan for motorized window treatments as early
as possible in the construction of a home and wire for them
before the walls are finished. This may mean taking a look
at what type of window covering will be used a little
earlier in the building process so that the right type of
wiring can be specified. Colors and other details can be
chosen later, but narrowing down to a specific type of
window covering should be done as early as possible. Some
systems run on high-voltage (AC), which is a home’s
line wiring. Other systems are low voltage (DC) and require
different wiring techniques. If the drywall is already up,
battery controlled solutions may be best.
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motorized Skyline Sliding Panel operation.
Motors & Control
Options
There are a variety of ways to control motorized window
treatments. For some, wall switches are practical. Others
will prefer a remote control using either infrared (IR)
which requires a line of site point and shoot operation or
radio frequency (RF) which can control without a line of
sight – even from a different room.
Most window covering systems can be
integrated into the major lighting and home control
manufacturers' systems, providing control from many
different methods including computers, touchpads, on-screen
commands and more. When integrating with a central control
system, preset “scenes” can be programmed by
the system integrator that installs the control system.
These “scenes” may include the window covering
to be opened to a determined point along with adjustments
to predetermined interior light settings —all at the
touch of a button.
Blind Corners & Curves closely aligns with motor
technology, control systems and home automation
manufactures including Platinum Technology from Hunter
Douglas, Somfy, Lutron, Sivoia Quiet Electronic Drive
(QED), Crestron, HomeWorks, Control 4, Vantage, BTX,
Techniku, Electronic Solutions Incorporated (ESI), EyeOn,
Lite Touch, Superna and HAI, among others. Our applications
include a variety of quiet motors utilizing both AC and DC
operation.
Your window coverings will seamlessly coordinate AC or DC
motors with integration protocol including RS-232, RS-485,
Multi-Link IP, infrared emitter (IR), radio frequency (RF),
RTS Somfy, dry contact, Z-Wave, X10, and internet protocol
(IP) systems, among others.
Regardless of the size or scope of your motorized project,
Blind Corners & Curves is uniquely positioned in
Colorado as an industry leader assisting you to maximize
your window coverings potential. Our certified installers
keep current with the latest technology by attending
manufacture and industry trainings, conferences, expos and
workshops. Your Blind Corners & Curves design
consultant and installation professional will work closely
with your automation integrator to ensure seamless control
with your automation system.
Blind Corners &
Curves, Inc. 8400 E Iliff Ave Unit 14 Denver CO
80231 • 303-755-5000 •
800-299-3019