Conservatory roof blinds - do they work??

clare10a

Hi There, does anyone have any experience of buying conservatory roof blinds? Do they really keep the heat in as its claimed by Thomas Sanderson? I have searched everywhere for customer reviews with no success!

I have just been quoted 2,160 for 6 double pleated blinds to fit a simple lean to conservatory (size of each blind is 8ft x 2.5). If they don't help with insulation then i might as well purchase something which could at least keep the sun glare out......but then again do these work either.........sail blinds!?

Which are sold through shadeplus.

Any advice or recommendations would be gladly received (as long as you don't recommend knocking down the conservatory and building a proper extension!:-)

scaredlady

have not got posh roof blinds, so cannot help. However with our old conservatory OH ran thin wires from house wall to end of ceiling. then we laid bamboo? rolls up there. Shaded the sun beautifully. when not required we rolled them up.
2 things..this was not a double glazed conservatory, so we were told is was ok to drill into the piece of plastic at the end of the ceiling part. looked very neat I have to say.
with our DG conservatory we were told we could not drill into that, so we went with the opaque plastic ceiling. noisy (very) when it rains, but keeps the sun out well--south facing.

GlynD

The blinds work ok but the price you've been quoted seems very expensive to me.

OilyByker

Thomas Sanderson are the most expensive blinds and not related to Sanderson Fabrics which is a misconception. The answer to your question is NO. the effect of adding a thin fabric to your ceiling will not dramatically effect the temperature. If you wish to have 90% better heat retention. consider having the roof lined with foam board, and clad with appropriate cladding. This will make it darker, but cut down glare in the day and keep heat in during the winter.

There are a few companies offering this service.


NB I was quoted £8700 by TS, and spent £1400 to have the roof 'filled'. We now use the room all year.

clare10a

Thanks for the advice. I found a cheaper company who fit blinds. Not too keen on covering the glass at this stage as it will make the property so dark and that's one of the perks of having the glass roof.

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I have just had a salesperson quote just under £900.00 for 'thermo blinds' for the door and three small windows in my conservatory No I'm not sure if this is a good price or not.It seems a bit excessive to me so I'm undecided about getting them.I mainly want something just for a bit of privacy really when sitting out there

Martinjones10

I have heard bad things about the cost and also effectivness of roof blinds.
We are in the market for a solution and have come across many solutions most of which we do no like.
I came across the idea of a sail blind and then found this company, shadeplus.co.uk which seem pretty good, has anyone got any inside knowledge on them?

thanks

clare10a

Ah yes sail blinds....they look stylish but one of the downsides of these are if you have a low ceiling and they won't make a huge difference to heat loss (which is the same as normal blinds) the other factor is that they won't give you 100% coverage from the sun. I now have a reasonable quote for duplex blinds which will be fitted this week.!