Sunscreen roller blinds let in as much natural light as possible while protecting furniture and flooring from harsh UV rays and retaining some privacy. Perfect for windows that get lots of direct sunlight, sunscreen roller blinds keep your home light and bright with less glare. They are a popular choice for north-facing windows in living areas and are a must for protecting your furniture and flooring from sun fade and UV damage. While sunscreen roller blinds don’t provide as much privacy as a light filter or blockout blind, they do obscure the view a bit and so are also suitable to rooms facing the street or other dwellings when privacy is a concern.
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Our sunscreen roller blinds are the ultimate solution for softening bright sunlight and glare. They go great in combination with blockout curtains too. See samples of all our options at your place with a free in-home consultation.
Why choose custom-made sunscreen roller blinds?
Expert advice
Our consultants come to you anywhere in New Zealand to help you find the perfect style for your home. They’ll guide you through the process of choosing the right sunscreen roller blinds for your home and take care of all the measurements to make sure you end up with a perfect fit.
Crafted with care
Our custom-made sunscreen roller blinds are almost all crafted with care right here in New Zealand. Our blind makers pay close attention to even the smallest details and are proud to get it right every time.
Professional installation
Once your new custom sunscreen roller blinds are ready, our professional team will install them to ensure they fit and hang just right. They will also show you best practice for using your new sunscreen blinds and make sure you’re happy with the end result.
Features & benefits
Pair with curtains
Use a sunscreen roller blind to filter light during the day then close the curtains for darkness at night. An opaque and lined fabric is best in this scenario as anything more translucent would still let in a lot of light and you’d be visible at night.
Inside or outside mount
Fitting your blinds inside the window frame offers the cleanest look, but your window recess needs to be deep enough. Fitting the blind outside and just above the frame is practical and flexible, suiting just about any window.
Front or back roll
This refers to the direction the blind comes off the roll – either from the front or the back. A back roll creates a tighter ‘seal’ against the window. A front roll could be more aesthetically pleasing as it hides the componentry better but leaves a gap for sunlight to creep through; best for an inside mount.
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Frequently asked questions
Sunscreen roller blinds are designed specifically to reduce glare and provide UV protection. Often confused with light filtering roller blinds, sunscreen roller blinds offer more visibility through them while reducing glare and protecting furniture and flooring from harsh UV rays. This makes them ideal for windows that face beautiful views or the backyard so you can keep an eye on the kids.
Made from hard-wearing and colourfast materials, sunscreen roller blinds provide daytime privacy while protecting carpet and furniture from harsh UV rays while allowing you to enjoy plenty of soft natural light without limiting your view.
Because sunscreen blinds are filtering out harmful UV rays, they do protect a bit from excessive heat, however, they don’t have much for thermal properties so if that is a priority, they may not be right for you.
How much they help with reducing heat comes down to colour. Dark-coloured sunscreen blinds will absorb the light as heat and can radiate it into the room, while light colours reflect the light back outside reducing the heat inside. This is especially helpful for rooms with lots of direct sunlight throughout the day.
Due to their semi-transparent material, sunscreen roller blinds do not offer much privacy at night. When your indoor lights are on, you’ll be quite visible from outside, however, sunscreen roller blinds can easily be combined with blockout roller blinds for a more effective solution at night.
While sunscreen roller blinds and light filtering roller blinds have a similar appearance and benefits, the main difference is the level of privacy.
Sunscreen blinds are designed to let even more light through while still protecting from UV rays, but the additional light means they provide less privacy. Light filtering roller blinds provide more privacy, especially at night, than sunscreen roller blinds.
Yes! Sunscreen roller blinds can block up to 97% of UV rays coming into your home. They are incredibly effective at protecting your furniture and flooring from UV damage and sun fade by blocking the sun.
Sunscreen roller blinds allow sunlight to come through them, for a light bright room while still protecting from UV rays. Blockout blinds fully block light from coming through, for a dark environment. They both protect from UV rays but create a very different atmosphere in the home.
Sunscreen blinds are perfect for daytime privacy, however at night when the inside lights are on, they don’t provide as much privacy. If you’re looking for nighttime privacy as well as daytime privacy, you can pair sunscreen blinds with blockout curtains or dual track blockout blinds.
Sunscreen blinds are made using a semi-transparent fabric that reduces glare and protects from harmful UV rays while allowing you to see through them, retaining your views.
Sunscreen blinds will still allow you to see the view out your window while softening harsh direct sunlight and protecting furniture and flooring from UV damage.