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Outdoor blinds, made in Melbourne

Outdoor blinds close the open side of a covered outdoor area. Ours are clear panels in a folding frame: they run across the open side of a verandah, patio or alfresco area so the space stays usable when it is raining or blowing, and the whole run folds back against a post when the weather is good. The view and the light stay. The covered outdoor area becomes a room you can use all year.
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Clear folding outdoor blinds closed across a covered timber deck, rain on the boards and the garden visible through the panels

Where these go

  • Verandahs, patios and alfresco areas
  • Balconies and covered decks
  • Outdoor dining at cafes, pubs and clubs
  • Function room terraces and beer gardens
  • Pool rooms and covered entertaining areas
  • Covered outdoor work areas and walkways

What you get

How our outdoor blinds are put together

Clear panels in a folding frame

The panels are clear PVC set in a framed folding system. That keeps the run light enough for one person to fold by hand, and there is nothing in it to shatter around children, pets and furniture.

Closed against the weather it will actually get

The run closes against the head, the posts and the floor to keep wind-driven rain off the area. How exposed the opening is decides the detail: a sheltered courtyard and a balcony that faces the weather are not the same job, and that is looked at when we measure.

Keeps the light and the outlook

Because the panels are clear, closing the blinds does not turn the verandah into a store room. Daylight comes through, the garden or the street is still there, and the area still reads as outdoors from inside.

Works with an insect screen

Where the area is already screened for insects, the blinds run in front of the mesh and the two do different jobs: the mesh for summer evenings, the clear panels for the wet and the cold.

Folds away when it is not needed

On a fine day the whole run folds back and stacks against a post or a wall, so the area is as open as it was before. The stack takes a fraction of the run, in the same way an internal accordion door does.

Made to fit the opening

Verandahs are rarely square. Posts are not evenly spaced, beams are not level and the floor falls for drainage. Each run is measured on site and made to fit that opening rather than cut down from a stock size.

In place

What outdoor blinds look like installed

Clear folding outdoor blinds closed across the open side of a brick alfresco area, seen from the garden
The same alfresco area with the blinds folded back against the pier, the deck and outdoor kitchen open to the lawn
Clear panels folded into a tight stack beside an outdoor kitchen bench
The base of clear folding panels on a wet timber deck, with an insect mesh screen behind them
Bottom pivots and guides of clear outdoor blind panels, beaded with rain on a timber deck

Specification

The numbers, as ranges

These are the ranges the product family covers. We confirm the figures for your job at measure. Better a range now than a number we have to walk back later.

Operation
Manual, folding, stacking back against a post or wall
Where it goes
Under a roof, closing the open side of a covered outdoor area
Typical run width
1 m to 8 m, with longer runs split at the posts
Typical height
Up to about 3 m
Panels
Clear PVC in an aluminium folding frame
Weather sealing
Closes against head, posts and floor. Detail set by exposure
Stack
Allow roughly 10 to 15 percent of the run
Insect screening
Runs in front of an existing mesh screen

Budget

Roughly what it costs

Enough to sanity-check a budget before anyone picks up the phone. It is indicative. The quote is the number that counts.

Indicative pricing

Priced per job. Call us for a price.

Openings vary enough in size, finish, rating and access that a published range would mislead more than it helps. Tell us the opening and you get a real number, not a band.

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What moves the number

  • Exposure, which sets the sealing detail at the head, the posts and the floor
  • How many runs the verandah splits into, since every post is a new start
  • Whether the run has to work around an existing insect screen or balustrade
  • Site access, and travel beyond the free-quote radius
Get a firm quote

Indicative only, and not an offer or a quote. Prices exclude GST, exclude any builder's work, and are confirmed in writing after a site measure.

Questions

What people ask before they order

Not covered here? The opening usually decides the answer, so it is quicker to describe yours than to read every case.

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Yes. An outdoor blind closes the open side of a covered area. It is not a roof and it will not make an uncovered deck dry. If the area has a verandah roof, a pergola with a solid cover or a balcony slab above it, it is a candidate.

No. The blinds pictured are clear panels that fold, so there is no strap, no motor and nothing to roll up wet. They fold back against a post instead. If a roll-up blind suits the opening better, say so at quote stage and we will tell you straight.

Clear PVC set in a folding frame, which is what keeps the run light enough to fold by hand and means there is nothing in it to shatter. It is a different thing from a bifold door, and it is priced differently too.

It keeps wind-driven rain off the area, which is what stops a verandah being unusable in bad weather. It is still a run of panels closing against posts and a floor, not a sealed external wall, so in a storm driving straight at it some water can find the base. How exposed the opening is decides the sealing detail, and we settle that at measure.

Yes. The blinds run in front of an existing mesh screen and the two work together, which is exactly how the installation in the photographs is set up. If there is no screen yet and you want one, say so at quote stage so both are set out on the same posts.

Usually. A balcony has a slab above it and a balustrade below the opening, and the run is made to sit on or inside that. Exposure is the thing to talk about: an upper-floor balcony facing the weather gets more wind than a ground-floor verandah, and the detail changes with it.

They fold back and stack against a post or a wall at one or both ends of the run. Allow roughly 10 to 15 percent of the run for the stack, and we confirm the real figure at measure.

Yes. Outdoor dining that has to close every time it rains is outdoor dining you cannot book. Closing the terrace in keeps the tables in use, and the run folds back when the weather is good.

Any clear PVC outdoors weathers over time, and the sun does most of it. Keeping the panels clean and folding them back on hot, still days when they are not needed extends the life. Ask about the grade of the sheet at quote stage and we will say what to expect for your exposure.

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Concertina Doors

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Operable Walls

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Compare it with the rest of the range

Accordion & Folding Doors

Top-hung folding doors that divide a room in seconds and stack back against the jamb when you want the space open again.

Concertina Doors

Concertina doors are the same top-hung folding door your grandparents called a concertina. Made to measure, they stack back against the jamb and divide a room in seconds.

Operable Walls

Movable wall systems that divide a large space into smaller ones, top-hung on a track and stacked away when the room is wanted whole.

Accordion, bifold or sliding

How the three mechanisms differ on stack, span, floor track and what each one is good at.

Pricing outdoor blinds?

Send the width, the height and what the room has to do. You get a written quote with panels, track, hardware and installation priced separately.

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