Compare Pleated Conservatory Blinds

Solar Design pleated blinds have a choice of 6 standard rail colours and over 150 solar reflective fabrics. Roof blinds have adjustable handles for ease of operation and adjustable slide tensioners so that the blinds are easy to operate and maintain.

Silicone impregnated stainless steel micro-cables (less than a millimetre thick) support the roof blinds and are spring tensioned to adapt to the heat, humidity and inevitable movement in a conservatory.

Solar Design pleated blinds are purpose-designed as conservatory blinds.

Eos pleated blinds have a choice of 3 standard rail colours and over 150 solar reflective fabrics. Roof blinds have adjustable handles for ease of operation and adjustable tensioners so that the blinds are easy to operate and can be maintained.

Silicone impregnated stainless steel micro-cables (less than a millimetre thick) support the roof blinds and are spring tensioned to adapt to the heat, humidity and inevitable movement in a conservatory.

Eos pleated blinds are purpose-designed as conservatory roof blinds.

Duette pleated fabrics have a honeycomb cellular structure which is available in blackout (Oscurax) or as an opaque fabric. Duette pleated blinds conceal the cords and support cables when the blinds are extended.

We offer Duette fabrics on our Solar Design pleated blind system with a choice of 6 standard rail colours. Roof blinds have adjustable handles for ease of operation and adjustable slide tensioners so that the blinds are easy to operate and maintain.

Duette pleated blinds can be used in conservatories but are not recommended for south-facing roofs.

Standard pleated blinds are available in 2 standard rail colours with over 60 solar reflective fabrics and 40 aluminium backed fabrics (not recommended for conservatories).

Silicone impregnated steel micro-cables (a millimetre thick) support the roof blinds and can often be spring tensioned to adapt to the heat, humidity and inevitable movement in a conservatory.

Standard pleated roof blinds offer a cost saving against purpose-designed pleated blind ranges.

Perfect Fit is Louvolite's brand name for their pleated and venetian blinds mounted within a 'Push Fit' frame and whilst it is available for roof blinds we do not yet recommend it in conservatories.

If you do not wish to consider any other blinds we can refer you to a Perfect Fit retailer who may be willing to offer roof blinds (subject to area).

Budget pleated blinds are available in 2 standard rail colours and 72 fabrics. Budget pleated roof blinds utilise clear nylon filament wires which are not recommended in south-facing conservatories.

Budget pleated roof blinds are the cheapest option.

Solar Design pleated blinds are purpose-designed for conservatories of all shapes and sizes with a choice of 6 standard rail colours and over 150 solar reflective fabrics.

Window blinds can be recess-fitted to virtually any glazing beads via our unique Pure technology with concealed clips and fabric overhang to help eliminate gaps.

They are available as cord-tensioned or freehanging blinds with simple operation and the easiest method of removal and refitting.

Eos pleated blinds are purpose-designed for conservatories of all shapes and sizes with a choice of 3 standard rail colours and over 150 solar reflective fabrics.

Window blinds can be recess-fitted to most glazing beads with concealed clips and the fabric overhang helps to eliminate gaps.

Eos pleated blinds are available as cord-tensioned or freehanging blinds with the best cordlock system for a pleated blind anywhere in the world.

Duette pleated blinds retract to 25mm or 32mm and so aren't ideally suited to recess-fitting on UPVC glazing beads, but are excellent freehanging blinds.

Duette is available for window blinds on Solar Design or Eos operating systems.

Standard pleated window blinds are available in a choice of 2 rail colours and nearly 100 solar reflective fabrics, as well as aluminium backed fabrics.

Standard pleated blinds have external clips which create gaps when recess-fitted and have rigid handles. As they are cheaper than purpose-designed conservatory blinds, standard pleated blinds are a cost-effective choice for square beads or surface mounted blinds.

Perfect Fit utilises a standard Louvolite pleated blind inside a frame (available in White, Brown and Golden Oak) which can then be push-fitted between the gasket and glass of most UPVC windows.

Perfect Fit sometimes requires packers being fitted to window handles which would otherwise clash with the frame.

Perfect Fit cannot be used in aluminium conservatories, timber conservatories, conservatories with unusually shallow/deep glazing beads and is not recommended for shaped glazing.

Budget pleated blinds are available in 2 standard rail colours and 72 fabrics.

Budget pleated window blinds have white cords as standard and use external clips which create gaps top/bottom. Unlike other blinds they do not have end caps that are suitable for fabric overhang and so have unavoidable gaps at the edges if recess-fitted.

Budget pleated window blinds are the cheapest option.

Solar Design pleated blinds incorporate a Fabric Control Cording system for shaped roof blinds which means that they retain their shape without sagging and retract neatly without fanning up.

Solar Design pleated blinds also have adjustable handles for ease of operation and adjustable slide tensioners so that the blinds are easy to operate and maintain.

Silicone impregnated stainless steel micro-cables (less than a millimetre thick) support the roof blinds and are spring tensioned to adapt to the heat, humidity and inevitable movement in a conservatory.

Solar Design pleated blinds are purpose-designed as conservatory blinds.

Eos pleated blinds incorporate a Fabric Control Cording system for shaped roof blinds which means that they retain their shape without sagging and retract neatly without fanning up.

Shaped roof blinds have adjustable handles for ease of operation and adjustable tensioners so that the blinds are easy to operate and can be maintained.

Silicone impregnated stainless steel micro-cables (less than a millimetre thick) support the roof blinds and are spring tensioned to adapt to the heat, humidity and inevitable movement in a conservatory.

Eos pleated blinds are purpose-designed as conservatory roof blinds.

Duette fabric is very 'springy' and so some shaped blinds require an intermediate floating rail making Duette shaped roof blinds quite difficult to operate.

Duette is available on a choice of operating systems; Solar Design, Eos or Standard pleated blind systems.

We do not recommend Duette for shaped blinds.

Standard pleated blinds are available with a Fabric Control Cording system for shaped roof blinds that utilises an additional cord running through the fabric. This necessitates an additional floating rail on some shaped blinds which makes it difficult to operate.

When used in conjunction with stiffer fabrics, this unusual Fabric Control Cording can sometimes reduce the number of 1mm silicone impregnated steel micro-cables that support the roof blinds, subject to shape/size.

Perfect Fit is best when the Louvolite pleated blinds are fitted inside a rectangular frame with rigid pre-formed plastic corners. We do not currently recommend Perfect Fit for shaped blinds.

Budget pleated blinds have a very simple operating system which is most suited for rectangular blinds.

Shaped blinds are possible, but the fabric sags along its shaped edge (and bulges slightly on the opposing straight edge) as well as fanning-up when shaped blinds are retracted.

Budget pleated blinds are the cheapest shaped blinds.

Solar Design pleated blinds are designed to be easily removed, cleaned, re-fitted and adjusted without the need for you to pay for us to visit you.

Solar Design pleated blinds are also available with an optional annual maintenance service.

Eos pleated blinds are designed to be easily cleaned and maintained with an optional annual maintenance service strongly recommended.

Duette pleated blinds are not easy to keep clean because of the open cellular structure of the fabric, but they can be washed with care.

Standard pleated blinds have fabrics that can be wiped clean where required. Some blinds can be washed with great care, subject to fabric selection.

Perfect Fit pleated blinds can be dusted and wiped with great care. The frames can be wiped clean.

Budget pleated blinds can be dusted and laminated fabrics can be wiped on the back (not the front) of the blind.

Solar Design pleated blinds are purpose-designed for conservatories and are easily operated whatever the shape or size of the blinds and whether you have roof blinds or window blinds.

All blinds have adjustable handles making them easy to set at the correct pitch that suits you. The operating rod is telescopic and easy to locate onto the handle, as well as being easy to remove after operation.

Eos pleated blinds are purpose-designed for conservatories and are easily operated whatever the shape or size of the blinds and whether you have roof blinds or window blinds.

All blinds have adjustable handles making them easy to set at the correct pitch that suits you. The operating rod is telescopic and easy to locate onto the handle, as well as being easy to remove after operation.

Duette pleated fabrics are fitted to a choice of operating systems; Solar Design, Eos or Standard pleated blind systems and so the ease of operation is subject to your selection.

Shaped roof blinds that require an intermediate moving rail are difficult to operate and most Duette window blinds are freehanging and so are heavier to operate.

Standard pleated blinds have fixed handles and so are not quite as easy to operate as purpose-designed pleated blinds.

Often ordered with much stiffer fabrics and as very wide blinds, Standard pleated blinds have a greater resistance to movement and so tend to feel stiffer.

Perfect Fit pleated window blinds have fixed handles but are normally very easy to operate.

One of the reasons that we do not recommend Perfect Fit roof blinds is because the standard blinds do not have any form of Fabric Control Cording and so are much harder to operate and result in the fabric fanning-up when shaped blinds are retracted.

Budget pleated blinds have fixed handles and so are not quite as easy to operate as purpose-designed pleated blinds.

Budget pleated blinds have stiff fabrics and do not have any form of Fabric Control Cording which makes shaped blinds very difficult to operate with the fabric fanning-up when the blinds are retracted.

Solar Design pleated blinds are purpose-designed for conservatories and so can be fitted very neatly.

Eos pleated blinds are purpose-designed for conservatories and so can be fitted very neatly.

Duette pleated blinds are not ideal in complex shaped conservatories but can be fitted very neatly in suitable conservatory shapes.

Standard pleated blinds offer a very good general appearance but are lacking in attention to detail compared to purpose-designed conservatory blinds.

Perfect Fit pleated blinds can be very neat in the right conservatory, however because they are quite limited in suitability, we do not recommend them for general use in conservatories.

Budget pleated blinds are perfectly acceptable as simple rectangular blinds with no need for recessing, however their appearance is plainly inferior to the more expensive purpose-designed conservatory blind ranges.

Solar Design pleated blinds have a wide range of purpose-designed solar reflective fabrics suitable for window blinds and roof blinds, as well as specialist fabrics for solar glazing.

Eos pleated blinds have a wide range of purpose-designed solar reflective fabrics suitable for window blinds and roof blinds, as well as specialist fabrics for solar glazing.

Duette pleated fabrics are not solar reflective, but have a cellular construction which traps the air and creates excellent thermal insulation, especially against heat loss in winter.

Standard pleated blinds have a range of solar reflective fabrics suitable for window blinds and roof blinds. The highest performance fabrics create a dim-out and are not always recommended in a conservatory.

Perfect Fit pleated blinds are available in a wide range of fabrics including plain, solar reflective, aluminium backed and blackout blinds.

Heat insulation is most noticeable with roof blinds. Window blinds also contribute a significant amount of insulation, but it is roof blinds that are most important.

Budget pleated blinds have a range of solar reflective fabrics. The highest performance budget fabrics create a blackout and are not recommended in a conservatory.

Solar Design pleated blind fabrics are designed to reduce glare whilst still retaining a high degree of natural light.

The minimum apex width of shaped blinds is the narrowest which makes the blinds fit neater with fewer gaps and even the cording holes in the fabric are designed to be smaller so that even less points of light can be transmitted.

Eos pleated blind fabrics are designed to reduce glare whilst still retaining a high degree of natural light.

The minimum apex width of shaped blinds is narrower than most other blinds which makes the blinds fit neater with fewer gaps and the fabric cording holes are smaller than most others to reduce the light that can cause glare.

Duette pleated fabrics have a cellular construction which means that there are no visible holes for cording or support wires making then especially effective at reducing glare.

Standard pleated blind fabrics are designed to reduce glare with a range of fabrics that dim-out the light.

The minimum apex width of shaped blinds is wider than some other blinds and the fabric cording holes are slightly larger than other pleated blinds, but they are effective at reducing glare.

Perfect Fit pleated blinds are available in a wide range of fabrics including plain, solar reflective, aluminium backed and blackout blinds all of which will reduce glare.

The frame on Perfect Fit pleated blinds cuts out any light at the edges of blinds and so are more effective than Standard pleated blinds or Budget pleated blinds. However the cording holes have a slightly larger diameter and so are not as effective as purpose-designed pleated blinds.

Glare is predominantly through the roof and as we do not yet recommend Perfect Fit roof blinds in a conservatory, then this reduces the total rating of Perfect Fit blinds.

Budget pleated blind fabrics reduce glare by significantly darkening the conservatory.

The minimum apex width of shaped blinds is wider than most other blinds, recess-fitted window blinds have unavoidable small gaps at the edges and the fabric cording holes are larger than other pleated blinds, but Budget pleated blinds are still effective at reducing glare.

Solar Design pleated blinds provide excellent privacy with the correct fabric selection and blind layout.

Privacy from being overlooked from above means that roof blinds are also an essential point when comparing blind types and pleated blinds are perfect for this reason.

Eos pleated blinds provide excellent privacy with the correct fabric selection and blind layout.

Privacy from being overlooked from above means that roof blinds are also an essential point when comparing blind types and pleated blinds are perfect for this reason.

Duette pleated blinds provide excellent privacy with the correct fabric selection and blind layout.

Privacy from being overlooked from above means that roof blinds are also an essential point when comparing blind types and pleated blinds are perfect for this reason.

Standard pleated blinds provide excellent privacy with the correct fabric selection and blind layout.

Privacy from being overlooked from above means that roof blinds are also an essential point when comparing blind types and pleated blinds are perfect for this reason.

Perfect Fit pleated blinds provide excellent window privacy with the correct fabric selection.

However lack of privacy also includes being overlooked from above and as we do not yet recommend Perfect Fit roof blinds then this reduces the over all rating at this time.

Budget pleated blinds provide excellent privacy with the correct fabric selection and blind layout.

Privacy from being overlooked from above means that roof blinds are also an essential point when comparing blind types and pleated blinds are perfect for this reason.

Solar Design pleated blinds are purpose-designed conservatory blinds and generally offer the best value for money (quality, suitability, appearance and cost) compared to all other blinds.

The difference in neatness of installation and finished appearance makes them the most popular choice.

Eos pleated blinds are purpose-designed conservatory blinds and offer value for money (quality, suitability, appearance and cost) compared to almost all other blinds.

As well as being sold by our leading competitor, the difference in neatness of installation and finished appearance makes them the most popular choice.

Duette pleated blinds are more suited to very regular shaped glazing than is common in modern conservatories and are not suited to recess-fitting on UPVC glazing beads.

Nevertheless, Duette pleated blinds are ideal in many specialist applications such as TV rooms, bedrooms and for large motorised blinds.

Standard pleated blinds are cheaper than purpose-designed blinds and are sold by most other blind retailers as "conservatory blinds", which means that they remain somewhat popular.

Standard pleated blinds are most often sold for lean-to roofs where the blinds are relatively simple and the major differences are less noticeable.

Perfect Fit pleated blinds are increasingly popular because they are an ideal DIY blind for UPVC windows. The additional cost of the frames is more than offset by the saving from labour as rectangular window blinds often do not need a professional installation.

Perfect Fit pleated blinds are mainly offered by general blind retailers, but they are not purpose designed as conservatory blinds.

Budget pleated blinds are not as popular as they once were because there is so much choice now and the stark difference in costs is no longer so noticeable.

The quality differences in complex conservatories is normally sufficient to dissuade customers from paying hundreds of pounds for something that is clearly inferior.

Nevertheless, Budget pleated blinds can be suitable in a simple north-facing conservatory where privacy and shade are required at the lowest possible cost.

Solar Design pleated blinds are available with a choice of 3 different types of remote control operation; Standard Somfy remote control, Power-Share remote control and SOLO remote control operation.

Our unique SOLO remote control system allow you to operate blinds individually, in zones or all blinds together simultaneously.

Eos pleated blinds are available with Standard Somfy remote control and Power-Share remote control operation.

Duette pleated blinds are available with Standard Somfy remote control operation and SOLO remote control operation on selected installations.

Our unique SOLO remote control system allow you to operate blinds individually, in zones or all blinds together simultaneously.

Standard pleated blinds are available with Standard Somfy remote control operation on selected installations.

Perfect Fit pleated blinds are not available with remote control operation.

Budget pleated blinds are not available with remote control operation.

Solar Design pleated blinds are purpose-designed for conservatories and so offer an excellent balance of quality, neatness, practicaliity and appearance without costing much more than Standard pleated blinds.

Eos pleated blinds are purpose-designed for conservatories and so offer an excellent balance of quality, neatness, practicaliity and appearance without costing much more than Solar Design pleated blinds.

Duette pleated blinds have a unique cellular fabric construction that provides thermal insulation and a neat appearance with no visible cords or holes when the blinds are extended making them good value for money in the appropriate applications.

Standard pleated blinds were sold as "conservatory blinds" from the 1980's up until 2004 and so offer a good solution to straightforward shading in a conservatory at a lower cost than purpose-designed conservatory blinds.

Perfect Fit pleated blinds are a cost-effective solution for DIY window blinds.

Budget pleated blinds are the cheapest option and whilst they are not recommended in shaped or south-facing conservatories, they offer simple shading at the lowest price.

Solar Design pleated blinds offer the best all-round solution in a conservatory and, where specified correctly, are often the technically superior choice.

Eos pleated blinds are an excellent choice in many conservatories and are often technically superior to other pleated blinds.

Duette pleated blinds are not designed to be conservatory blinds, but can be an excellent choice especially for blackout and insulation.

Standard pleated blinds offer very good general shading in a conservatory and with careful fabric selection can be quite similar to purpose-designed pleated blinds in a simple roof.

Perfect Fit pleated blinds are excellent DIY blinds for many PVC windows and it is just a matter of time before they are developed to suit more conservatories.

Budget pleated blinds are a low-cost solution particularly suited to rectangular blinds in lean-to roofs that require significant shade.