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window coverings needed

5 years ago

Our favorite part of our rustic timber frame home, but it’s very warm when the sun streams in! Would love to cut the heat without hindering the view, but solar roller shades among others seem to have large profiles that will interfere with our custom millwork. Suggestions?

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Olychick

5 years ago

Outside mount remote controlled solar shades might work- at least on most of the windows - maybe not the two upper end ones, but it would probably still cut down tremendously on heat gain.

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Lil S
5 years ago
How about 3M residential window film? We used it on a slider in the kitchen and it helped a lot.

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/company-us/all-3m-products/~/All-3M-Products/Films/Window-Films/Residential-Window-Film/?N=5002385+8710654+8710938+8711017+8721691+3294857497&rt=r3
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Susan K
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks for the comments.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
5 years ago
I do not like window film but I love solar shades I would put permanent ones on the very top windows and because the rest are fairly small I don’t think the roller ones will be a big issue. Maybe automatic ones on te center windows and just manual on the lower ones.
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Windows on Washington Ltd
5 years ago
What a view!!! Lovely set up. Tough to put window treatments...but not bad to look through.
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Fenstermann LLC
5 years ago
Don't do window film - they just make your room darker and cannot adapt to different lights. I think you must go exterior solutions for your requirements. You might not go all the way up to the angles part...

Good Luck with your project.

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