Good BLACKOUT Blind...

[Les E]

Can anyone recommend a good Blackout blind (preferbly brown) for a Home Cinema room.

If they're not too exspensive I would even consider electric ones but they really need to be black out.

[Nick 156]

Hi Les,

I bought one of these recently for my daughter's bedroom - it works perfectly and was a doddle to install:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...rown.Brown.htm



Cheers

Nick

[garyb9900]

As a professional installer of blinds, the major difference you will note and need to take note of is that a blind can be described as blackout but still let light in. The reason is that many manufacturers call blind sthis but are merely referring to the fabric the blind is made from and therefore the gap around the edge of the blind will let light depending on the direction in which the windows face. if your budget won't stretch to proper blackout blinds, where the fsbric runs in a channel at either end (supplied with the blind) then maybe you can install a blackout fabric blind (roller) as close to the window as possible and fit an "L" section down each side, to create a light baffle. The same can be done at the bottom where the blind reaches the cill and a larger "L" section can be installed at the top to cover the blind itself. To give better effect still, paint the inside of these "L" swections matt black to stop light reflecting.
On the whole, although electric blinds work well and give great "WOW" factor in most situations they are difficult to justify the extra cost (please note i'm talking myself out of business here), considering the amount or times they are used and unless you have either very large windows or lots of them a manual blind is simpler.

[Geoxis]

Originally Posted by garyb9900

As a professional installer of blinds, the major difference you will note and need to take note of is that a blind can be described as blackout but still let light in. The reason is that many manufacturers call blind sthis but are merely referring to the fabric the blind is made from and therefore the gap around the edge of the blind will let light depending on the direction in which the windows face. if your budget won't stretch to proper blackout blinds, where the fsbric runs in a channel at either end (supplied with the blind) then maybe you can install a blackout fabric blind (roller) as close to the window as possible and fit an "L" section down each side, to create a light baffle. The same can be done at the bottom where the blind reaches the cill and a larger "L" section can be installed at the top to cover the blind itself. To give better effect still, paint the inside of these "L" swections matt black to stop light reflecting.
On the whole, although electric blinds work well and give great "WOW" factor in most situations they are difficult to justify the extra cost (please note i'm talking myself out of business here), considering the amount or times they are used and unless you have either very large windows or lots of them a manual blind is simpler.

Hi Gary,

now that you mentionned being a profesional in blinds... I am after a remote controlled electric blackout blind in dark brown with the channels. I have a window that is 1.75 x 1.25 (approx) . Can you tell me how much I am looking at installed.

Thanks