Vanes rotate to any angle and stack aside completely, which is why they still own the widest openings.
Vertical blinds hang as long vanes from a top track. They rotate to any angle for light and privacy, and they stack right off the glass when you want the opening clear. On a five- or six-metre slider they remain the most practical thing we can fit: the weight is carried by the track, the vanes are individually replaceable, and dust falls off a vertical surface rather than settling on it.
Panel blinds take the same idea and make it architectural. Wide flat fabric panels glide across a multi-track, so a glass wall is covered in three or four clean planes instead of forty vanes. They double as a room divider, which is useful in the open-plan wings common in this suburb.
Both work in the same fabrics as our rollers, including sunscreen weaves, so a west-facing slider can keep its view while the glare comes down.
Practical notes
- 89mm and 127mm vanes; sunscreen, dim-out and blockout fabrics.
- Panel systems in two, three, four and five-track configurations.
- Chain-and-cord or wand control; motorised tracks available.
- Individual vanes can be replaced without redoing the whole blind.
Where we fit this
Wide sliders and glass-walled rooms turn up across this whole side of town — we fit vertical and panel blinds in Hyde Park, Atholl, Illovo, Dunkeld and Inanda as often as in Sandhurst itself.
What vertical and panel blinds cost in Sandhurst
Priced by the area of the opening they cover, installed: R1,000 to R1,600 per square metre hand-operated, and R2,500 to R3,800 per square metre motorised. Wider stacks and heavier fabrics sit at the upper edge of each band.
On a wide sliding door the track length, not the fabric, is usually what moves the number. Small openings carry a minimum charge, and the per-window figures come with the written quote after the free measure.
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