Solar Blinds
Solar R & Alu-Pleat Conservatory Blind Solutions
With space at an ever increasing premium, there was firstly the advent of conservatories, and then the more recent trend towards glass extensions for town and city dwellings. These glass structures aim to bring the outdoors and the surrounding environment into the home and yet without the appropriate conservatory blinds, providing protection from the sun, the space can become intolerably hot in the summer and, with no thermal insulation, too cold in the winter.
In order to bring the glazed area to a comfortable temperature additional heating and air conditioning is often required resulting in extra cost and higher carbon emissions. Heat reflective glass can help, but without shading the problems of temperature control, excessive reflective glare and lack of privacy remain inherent to these glass spaces.
Enter Appeal - the nation's specialists in conservatory window and roof blinds and shading solutions throughout the home. Appeal are most famous for their signature Original French Pinoleum blind collection, which transfers the sun glare into a soft dappled light and enhances the beauty of a conservatory or glass space. These beautiful bespoke wooden conservatory blinds are installed in homes throughout the U.K and Ireland as well as some of Britain's leading landmarks from The Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland, Hatfield House in England, through to the award winning ‘Conservatory Restaurant' at Calcott Manor Hotel.
More recently Appeal have pioneered their stylish Solar R® and Alu-Pleat® blinds which, with an astonishing 85% heat reflection capacity, are by far the most heat reflective blind on the market in the UK. An independent study by leading environmental consultancy Faber Maunsell examined the thermal effect of various types of window and roof blinds in a conservatory throughout the year.
Evidence from the study shows:
- For a typical hot summer day in July, the addition of blinds to the conservatory can significantly reduce internal temperatures by up to 8oc.
- Alu-Pleat® and Solar R® blind fabrics, both exclusive to Appeal, offer the highest reduction in internal temperatures.
- Blinds covering the roof are 3 times more effective at reducing internal temperatures than blinds covering the side windows.
- Conservatory blinds not only help to keep the conservatory cool in the summer but also offer valuable thermal insulation in the cold winter months and can reduce conservatory heating bills by up to 18%.
- With over 20 years experience in providing shading solutions, Appeal offer a range of blinds to suit applications ranging from conservatories and sunrooms to glazed extensions to offices, restaurants and hotels.
To find out more about the ranges of blinds and fabrics available from Appeal visit www.appealblinds.com or freephone 0800 975 5757 UK or 1800 509 482 ROI (all lines open 24/7).