conservatory ceiling blinds

cathie_3

Hello
We have just moved into a house with a conservatory. It gets very hot in the sun and considering it's only April I think ceiling blinds are the way to go. I have had a variety companies round to give me quotes but I am shocked at the price.

Have any of you fitted your own ceiling blinds? Is it easy?

or

can anyone recommend a inexpensive blind fitting company?

We are not very good a DIY the smallest thing takes days.

Thanks Cathy

PROFESSIONAL_LANDLORD

Have any of you fitted your own ceiling blinds? Is it easy?

Think it would be a pig of a job, given the shape of the panels.


This might be a daft idea! but maybe there is a coating/ spray you could apply to the glass to reduce the U V like a tint.

missile

How difficult would depend on the shape of the conservatory. If it is a simple lean to then, easy peasy but with a pentagon roof, you could try hanging some voil?

roswell

voil and velcro you cant go wrong really, easy to take down and wash and same effect as blinds, but you might find they dont cool it down but make it hotter, eg most of the heat escapes through the roof panels, by having blinds / voil up you trap the heat in (Great for the winter months)

So probably the best option is a roof vent of some kind for the summer ??

ThePoshCat_2

We had a quote for £1695 last night so I'm on the hunt for a cheaper alternative.

We have a toddler and a baby on the way so leaving the doors open is not an alternative and its the sun that blocks out the TV that is the real problem.

catwoman

I have the same problem in my conservatory (lean to type). At the moment I have plain vertical blinds up but its still too bright to watch tv, would vertical black out blinds help? or would I have to tackle the ceiling?

squibbs25

My nan was thinking of getting ceiling blinds in her conservatory but she too thought they were very pricey, mum has found a product called polycool.
It's supposed to keep cool in summer and warm in winter.

http://www.polycool.co.uk/

I personally have never heard of them before and cant comment on the product til i've seen it. Will keep you posted.

Squibbs

waddy80

Just found this thread, I too am looking at polycool, mainly because the conservatory we've just built is 25sq m and blinds would cost a fortune. Anybody got any stories about poly cool?

squibbs25

Well nan ordered the polycool and it arrived quickly (no probs with delivery).

As for the poly cool itself, well, first off it wasnt what we were expecting.
The size of the box alone makes you wonder if you've got the right thing! For some reason we thought the actual box would be bigger but when you open the box all becomes clear, the box consisted of:
3 x rolls of tape
1 x hole punch
1 x long yellow strip (to poke up roof)
1 x can silicone spray (like WD40 sort of thing)
1 x roof cleaner spray
1 x DVD (fitting instructions)

Basically you have to manually thread the tape up every curve in the roof.
As you can guess the lube is to try and make it as easy as poss.
The tape is (basically) a reflective tape.

You punch a hole in the tape with the hole punch included, the yellow plastic thing has a little 'knob' bit at the top that the tape sits in and you just push it up the roof space.
(sounds quite easy)
To be very honest we found it very time consuming, we've been dong it over the course of a few weekends (as its nans conservatory),
It's a 2 perons job and very fiddly,the tape can rip very easily, which is really fustrating as you have to pull it back out the roof, cut the end off, then start again.
On the plus side nan says she can notice the differece when sitting out there as to where it's been done so far.
When we've completely finished it i will repost and let you know the final outcome.

Has anyone else used polycool, if so how did you find it?


HTH
Squibbs

sallyrsm

My Mum and I both have polycool her conservatory is pretty small and lean to and immediately it was in the difference in the heat was amazing.. last year I nearly killed her budgies by shutting the door in there it was like the inside of a car on a hot day...
Nowadays it's warm in there but doesn't take your breath away with heat when you go in. No reduction in the light that I can see and was a doddle to fit as she's got wide channel roof... 100mm channels.
I can't wait to see if it retains heat in the winter.

Oh and they sent an extra roll (even though the measurements were correct) but they refunded the value of it.. £76 back!

I'd recommend them to anyone....

SatanicHare

Hi, i work for a double glazing repair company and we fit a very similar product to polycool for customers, initially was i was sceptical but after doing a dozen or so i can definately vouch for it's effectiveness. Fitted the gold inserts a fortnight ago, was a warm day, whilst we were working the temp inside rose to over 95 degrees, by the time we finished in the middle of the afternoon the temp had dropped to just over 70 degrees. Had nothing but positive feedback from all the installs