Plastic blinds

For protection from the sun and curious glances of passers everywhere blinds are used. Plastic blinds occupy a leading position in sales and installation for many decades, not only as a budget option to protect windows, but also as an aesthetic element of the interior.

Blinds from plastic - the most widespread look which is used both in inhabited, and in non-residential premises. The progenitors of the blinds can be considered shutters, which tightly closed the window. Similar to modern products for protection from the sun and annoying glances, models were invented in Italy. According to legend, a jealous Italian wanted to hide the beauty of his beloved from curious glances.

The shutters did not let the sunlight through at all, therefore fixed wooden planks were attached to the windows at a 45-degree angle. Thus, daylight penetrated the room, and from the street it was not possible to consider anything. This explains the origin of the word "blinds" from the word "jealousy."

The first blinds were made of wood. Now a variety of materials, forms, textures has no boundaries. But plastic lamellae do not lose their popularity and are used everywhere in any country and in any interior.

Classified products on the material of the slats. In plastic blinds PVC slats. Blinds are rather simple in design execution and consist from:

• sashes that perform a protective function (lamella);
• fasteners;
• cornice;
• cords or chains to adjust the slats.

Currently, manufacturers offer blinds, depending on the direction of fastening of plastic slats:

• horizontal;
• horizontal cassette;
• vertical.

Each view uses a specific width of the slats:

• horizontal - 25 or 50 mm;
• vertical - 89, 100, 110, 127 mm.

Horizontal blinds Easy to attach to any window. The use of such products is diverse: living room, bathroom, kitchen, non-residential premises, offices and marketplaces, glazed balconies and loggias, the opening of the veranda and gazebos (to protect from sunlight, sudden gusts of wind).

Cassette horizontal blinds designed specifically for plastic windows and mounted directly on the glass, without distorting the frame. For their installation it is necessary to resort to the services of specialists. This view makes it easy to open the window for airing. The design of the window itself looks like a single whole and fits well into any interior.

A feature of vertical models is the fastening of the sashes on both sides for stability in the chosen position: from above the lamellae are attached to the eaves, and from the bottom they are fastened with a chain.

Vertical blinds - the perfect solution for office space. Depending on the design idea, the vertical version can only cover the window, and can be the size of a full curtain from ceiling to floor.Manufacturers of vertical models offer options for combining lamella material (for example, plastic plus metal or fabric), as well as various forms of lamellae.

The use of PVC in the manufacture of blinds has its own characteristics.

Pros:

• democratic price;
• large color palette of slats (up to 800 shades of colors);
• the ability to use special coatings that mimic the texture of wood, fabric, metal and other materials. Such coatings give the product a status look, slightly increasing its cost compared to using similar natural materials;
• esthetic look and possibility of use in any interior;
• ease of operation;
• big term of use (high-quality plastic serves 8-10 years);
• the ability to order the size of the product according to individual dimensions without length limitations, unlike wooden or other natural materials of the lamellae;
• high-quality PVC is resistant to changes in temperature and moisture.

Minuses:

• poor-quality plastic fade;
• unpleasant smell of a new product in the first days of use;
• Cheap blinds have a short lifespan (up to 5 years).

Thanks to the closing and opening mechanism of the blinds, dirt is minimized. But, like any product, they need cleaning. Usually a large amount of dust accumulates on the lamellae and the eaves. Plastic slats and metal eaves are easily wiped with a damp cloth.

When using blinds in the kitchen or in a room associated with production, fumes, particles of grease and other difficult to remove contaminants can settle on the lamellas. In this case, a damp cloth is indispensable. The manufacturer recommends that you remove the blinds from the windows and soak them in a soap solution for a while, and then remove the remnants of dirt with a cloth. With this cleaning the possibility of damaging the original appearance of the slats is minimal.

For quicker cleaning of shutters, specialized stores offer devices in the form of tongs, at the ends of which soft microfiber cloths are fixed. Thus, cleaning the product is 2 times faster.

How to properly care for horizontal blinds, see the following video.

The unique advantage of plastic blinds is their dimensional maneuverability. The length and height is limited only by the size of the room. Blinds can close only glass, fasten on a frame or in an aperture of a window or a door. Vertical blinds can also be mounted in the window or doorway, mounting brackets can be fixed on the wall or ceiling. The limitation can only be the customer's imagination and design solution.

The widespread use of plastic blinds leads to a huge amount of feedback.In general, customer reviews are positive. Plastic blinds fully protect from the sun, scatter direct sunlight, hide the room from prying eyes.

Owners of vertical models are advised to pay attention to the fastening of the slats to the eaves. Due to excessive length, the vertical lamellae often fall off the mounts. Good vertical models at the bottom have weighting, which fix the slats in the developed direction and do not allow the slats to fly apart in different directions from the draft.