More and more often in modern houses, windows are decorated not only with traditional curtains and curtains , but also blinds. In some cases, the blinds on the windows - this is completely independent and the only element of the window design. As indicated in the encyclopaedic dictionary, the word "blinds" means "multi-leaf curtains or shutters made of narrow lamellae fixed together or rotated, used to control lighting and airflow". In the modern sense, blinds include all lifting curtains, which differ from each other only by the material of manufacture and the type of construction. So…
Blinds for windows - type of construction
Blinds, in the modern vision, refer to curtains. Their classic option is horizontal blinds on windows, which represent a sequence of strips of a material collected in a single web. Lifting or lowering of strips (slats) is carried out by means of a rope leash or a special mechanism. Currently, there are models whose operation can be controlled remotely by means of a remote control.
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To the subspecies of horizontal blinds can be attributed a variety of them, such as blinds pleated. Their feature is that they consist not of lamellas, but are made of fabric (sometimes of thick paper), which by means of a cord (chain) is assembled into a horizontal fold. Especially convenient blinds pleated on windows of non-standard shape, for example, arched. And on the sloping roof windows, the blinds pleated - this is almost the only option for their design with curtains of this type.
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Vertical blinds on the windows - another type of construction of this type of curtains. They are vertical strips (lamellas) made of special fabric with dust repellent impregnation. The design assumes the ability to rotate the lamellas by 90 °, and also different variants of their displacement - to the right, to the left, from the middle to the sides, are assembled to the center of the cornice.
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Blinds for windows - fabrication material
To date, the greatest demand is for plastic blinds - they are light, well-shaped, durable, easy to operate, easy to clean. No less popular fabric vertical blinds, made of special fabric with impregnation. To the fabric are also the most popular roller shutters on the windows - Roman .
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Here, to the fabric roll blinds, include the "day-night" blinds, which got their name because of the peculiarity of the arrangement of transparent and opaque stripes on two freely hanging cloths of cloth. With the help of such blinds it is convenient to control the intensity of daylight entering the room. Typically, the fabric blinds on the windows are made of dense fabrics (coarse linen, canvas, brocade, fabrics with a metallized thread), but for Australian and French blinds, more similar to traditional curtains with drapery, use thin fabrics, such as silk.
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The next kind of material for blinds is wood (bamboo or light rocks). The most harmonious are wooden blinds on the windows in interiors made in colonial or ethnic style.
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If it is necessary to completely dim out, metal blinds can be installed on the windows, for which aluminum is used as the material of production, as the lightest metal. Aluminum blinds are most often installed on windows in non-residential or industrial premises.
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But! All listed types of curtains refer to those that are hung inside the premises. Although, there are also external blinds on the windows. It is the aluminum horizontal blinds that are used as exterior windows for residential buildings - these are rafts. They are installed in the window opening and serve as a sun protection system.
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