The beauty of 2" wooden blinds with the convenience of motorization with motorized wood blinds! … [Read more...]
Lutron Sivoia QED
June 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Lutron Sivoia QED (Quiet Electronic Drive) window treatments are not the latest and greatest product from Lutron, but still very much a standard in the industry for precise and quiet motorized window coverings in homes and offices. The product line includes roller shades, roman shades, drapery tracks, and the unique KirbĂ© Vertical drapery system. Lutron QED are preferred by automated window covering installers because of their versatility and ease of installation and programming. Sivoia QED window treatments are also favored by home automation installers because they can integrate easily with home automation … [Read more...]
Lutron Shading
June 16, 2010 By
Lutron, primarily a lighting company, entered the world of motorized window treatments sometime back with it's own highly regarded range of "Sivoia QED" electric curtain tracks and shade systems. Their product line has expanded greatly, especially in the last couple of years and they now offer more integrated total light control systems with the Sivoia QS and Sivoia QS Wireless window treatments. Lutron are well known for their high quality products, which are dependable and run very quietly. They provide excellent support to motorized shading dealers and installers, an eight year limited warranty to end users, and … [Read more...]
Electric Curtain Tracks
June 7, 2010 By
What are Motorized Window Coverings and Electric Curtains? Electric curtains provide luxury and convenience with simple and easy to use controls and are appropriate for homes and businesses. Motorized curtain rails can operate a drape covering a screen in your home theater, or a motorized blackout roll up shade can open automatically in the morning to wake you up. Basically, a motorized window covering does everything your standard blinds, curtains, and shades to but a motor operates the mechanisms for you at your command using various control devices. How are Electric Curtains and Other Systems … [Read more...]
Leading Electric Curtain Manufacturer Closed for Business
May 24, 2010 By 2 Comments
Silent Gliss has closed their US branch abruptly and without warning. This comes as a big shock to designers and window covering professionals everywhere, especially since they'd just released a brand new product, the 2730 Flex panel system. Silent Gliss are known the world over for their innovative electric curtain tracks using bendable aluminum rails. Many companies use these products now, but the Swiss company was one of the first and was the name throughout Europe in the 70's and 80's for motorized window coverings. The website silentgliss-usa.com at this time shows nothing but a web-server configuration … [Read more...]
Why Go with Motorized Window Coverings?
May 20, 2010 By
Motorized Window Coverings, including electric curtain systems may seem like a luxury item only meant for the likes of Donald Trump in his high rise palaces, but they are much more common than a lot people think. The main reason to consider a motorized solution is convenience. You can control drapes sitting from your chair, on a timed program, and these days even from your smart phone. The motorized drapery was one of the first window coverings to enter the market, though back when they first came out the motors could be quite loud. Usually controlled with wall relay switches, an electric curtain track could be very … [Read more...]