15 May How To Choose The Right Blinds For Your Home
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When deciding what kind of blinds and awnings would best suit your home, there are several important factors to consider:
- The climate in which you live
- The purpose of your blinds and awnings
- The look you want to achieve
- The amount you want to spend
15 Mar How To Reduce Aircon Consumption
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Having air conditioning in your home is absolutely wonderful when you get home on a particularly warm day. However, blasting your air con uses a lot of energy and can cost a lot of money, so you should try and keep it to a minimum if you can. The following are some of the ways you can rely less on your home air conditioning system.
Screen doors and windows
If you don’t want to have to rely on your fake breeze so much, then you’d better let the real one in as much as you possibly can. Getting exterior screens put on all of your doors and windows can make a huge difference, as the breeze will be able to come through your entire house, and security screen options make it so that you aren’t leaving yourself vulnerable while you do it.
30 Jan The Best Material Blinds For Windows
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Wherever you go in the world, you're likely to find window blinds. And wherever you go, most of these window blinds will have a few things in common. They will, for example, be fitted on the window of dwellings -- of places where people live. They will generally be around the same size as the window, or possibly a little bit bigger. And their job will be much the same; to control the temperature in a room -- either by keeping the heat of the sun out or by retaining warmth from within -- or to provide privacy for the residents from the gaze of neighbours, passers-by and unwanted sticky beaks.
However, despite all these similarities, blinds come in a huge range of different forms. There are, for example, many varieties of blinds, from the horizontal slats of the Venetian blind style to vertical blinds, Roman blinds and even automated roller blinds. However, in this article we're going to look at another differentiating point of window blinds -- the materials used. After all, all over the world, window blinds are made from a range of different materials, each with their own range of benefits.
15 Jan A Brief History of Window Blinds
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]In the 21st century, window blinds are -- along with curtains -- the most common type of window covering. In fact, you'll scarcely find anyone in Australia who isn't familiar with window blinds of some variety. And that being said, the varieties are many, including Venetian blinds, vertical blinds, roller blinds and many more. In this article, we'll briefly look at the history of this ubiquitous window covering, from its humble beginnings in ancient civilisations to its modern and technologically advanced incarnations. Blinds in ancient times The earliest records of blinds being used by human beings date back centuries to the nomadic tribes of African and Asian deserts. These primitive people used basic sheets to cover the windows of their dwellings in order to block out the harsh desert sun.
30 Dec The Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation
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We all know that Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is bad for us. We know that we need to wear sun screen at the beach and install roller blinds in our home in order to ensure we stay protected. But do you actually know what UV radiation (also known as UV rays) really is? Do you know why it's dangerous? In this article, we'll attempt to give you a simple explanation of how UV radiation works.
Let’s start with the basics...
At its most basic level, UV radiation is a type of energy travelling through space. This category of energy is known as electromagnetic radiation and also includes visible light, x-rays, infrared ways and radio waves. The energy travels in the form of waves; a measurement of this energy, then, is what is known as a 'wavelength'. The larger the wavelength, the less energy there is; visible light, for example, has a longer wavelength than UV radiation. This means that UV radiation has more energy and, thus, is more dangerous.
14 Nov How To Beef Up Home Security
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30 Oct Home Security Checklist
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You're planning a holiday. Good on you -- you deserve it! After working so hard throughout the year, it's time to relax, unwind and enjoy life without the stresses. It's all going to be for nothing, however, if you return feeling refreshed only to find that your home has been broken into while you're away. The reality is, the extended period spent away from home that comes as a result of a holiday provides the perfect opportunity for criminals to break into your home and steal your valuables. Before you go away, draw your curtains or blinds and follow this home security holiday checklist to ensure you don't become a victim.
Think about lighting
22 Oct Safe as Houses: 6 Home Security Tips
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Your home is your haven from the world, and the security of that haven is key to living in comfort. In this article, we'll take a look at six secrets to ensuring your home is as secure as it can possibly be, from installing roller blinds and exterior lighting to locking up valuables and keeping them out of sight of potential burglars. 1. Alarm systems A modern alarm is still one of the most effective deterrents from burglars. These days, an alarm can be much more than a simple siren going off at the front of your home when a door or window is opened. If you want to go all out for home security, you can create entire alarm systems that connect to central monitoring stations where trained security experts can check live video feeds whenever an alert is set off. This also eliminates the problem of "false alarms", which are a notorious side effect of traditional alarm systems.
15 Jul Investing In Winter For Window Blinds
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There's nothing like the glaring summer sun streaming through your windows and waking you up at ridiculous-o'clock to remind you that you should invest in some decent blinds. The thing is, however, that winter is also a great time to invest in blinds, but a lot of people don't realised because without that hot glaring sun to give them a gentle reminder, it falls into next year's to-do list! Whether you're fitting out a new home or sprucing up an old one, make this winter the one that you buy quality blinds or awnings. From roller blinds to complete blackout blinds, there are so many ways that the window treatment you buy can impact the quality of your home. Here are three good reasons to brave the cold and go out to buy blinds today!
07 Jul Which Blinds are Right For You?
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04 Jan Top 3 Tips For Commercial Blinds
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Commercial properties, as building owners are well aware, come with a range of issues in terms of light management and external design situations. In most cases, a combination of internal and external features like roller blinds and sunroofs or retractable awnings is used as a basic layout, providing the design features as well as the functional effects.
Tip #1: What you need and where you need it – Planning
Design is all about planning and dealing with practical requirements, simultaneously. The most common uses for blinds, sunroofs and awnings are all related to specific lighting and environmental issues. Designers study the entire layout, and then formulate the combination of types of screen into a single design.- 1
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