Roller Blinds
Sunscreen where the mountain and fairway view matters, blockout where it doesn't need to get in at all — made to measure for Erinvale's wide Cape glass.
Two fabrics, two jobs
Sunscreen fabric, in 3%, 5% or 10% openness, cuts glare and UV while keeping the mountain or fairway visible through the weave — the lower the percentage, the more heat and glare it stops, at the cost of a little view. A 3–5% weave is the standard choice for the wide glass most Erinvale living rooms are built around, especially on the open, west-facing side of a stand.
Blockout fabric does the opposite job: total dark for bedrooms, nurseries and media rooms, plus a genuine insulating layer against the swing between a hot Cape afternoon and a cool evening off the mountain. It's the fabric to reach for anywhere the goal is "no light at all," not "less light."
02Double roller, one bracket
Most bedrooms with a fairway or mountain view end up running a double roller — blockout for night, sunscreen for day, on the same headrail. It's the practical middle ground between wanting the view and wanting to actually sleep in.
03Control options
Chain control with a wall-anchored tensioner as standard, spring-assist for a lighter action, or fully motorised for wide or hard-to-reach windows — see our note on motorised automation for linked, multi-blind runs across a stacking-door wall.
- Suits wide fairway-facing glass as well as smaller cottage-style windows
- Fabric range runs from entry weaves through to premium sunscreen fabrics
- Cassette or pelmet valances hide the tube, fascia colour-matched to your frames
One honest limit
Very wide spans — beyond roughly 3m of unbroken fabric — need either a central join line or a second, linked blind. Older, smaller cottage-style windows sometimes suit a timber venetian better than a roller.
From Erinvale's fairway-facing glass to Somerset West's older window openings, sunscreen and blockout rollers are the everyday answer on almost every street we measure.
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