Thermal Double Roller Blinds

Experience the ultimate control of a double roller blind in your home while enjoying the thermal benefits of having two blinds in your window. With a double roller blind, two blinds are mounted on a shared bracket - one made from a dimout fabric and the other from blackout fabric. This feature provides you with flexibility and allows you to choose the double layers that two blinds provide to add improved insulation to your window in the winter or simply shade it from the hot sun in the summer using the dimout fabric, which allows some sunlight to pass into the room.

Benefits of Thermal Double Roller Blinds

Thermal blinds are an excellent way to insulate your windows and prevent the cold from entering your room. They create a barrier between the glass and the room, keeping the warmth inside and the cold outside. This means that not only will you enjoy a warmer room in the winter and a cooler one in the summer, but you will also save energy and reduce your heating bill. In addition to providing insulation, thermal double roller blinds are stylish and available in a wide variety of options to choose from.

How Thermal Double Roller Blinds Work

Thermal blinds require no additional effort from you to function - they function automatically due to their design. Essentially, anything placed in your window will improve the insulation of your room simply because it creates a barrier. However, our thermal blinds are often made from a slightly thicker fabric that ensures the amount of air moving from the room to the glass and vice versa is kept to a minimum. By breaking up this convection current, the warmth stays in the room, and the cold stays close to the glass. These blinds consist of two barrels with fabric on them joined to one bracket. They are controlled on separate chains and give you the ability to choose between dimout (allowing some sunlight through) and total blackout from the fabric.

Do Thermal Double Roller Blinds Work in the Summer?

All blinds are ideal for the summer as they create shade. In the hottest months, a thermal blind will work in reverse to what it does in the winter - it will keep the room cool and stop the heat from entering the room. Again, this is because it creates a barrier that blocks sunlight. An added benefit of this is that the sun's damaging UV rays are also blocked from entering, protecting your furniture from fading or damage.

Measuring, Fitting, and Installing Your Double Roller Blind

Measuring and installing roller blinds is relatively straightforward, depending on the type of window the blinds will sit in. For the perfect fit on a standard window, measure the full recess of your window (both height and width). These are the core measurements to use when purchasing your blinds. Do not be tempted to remove any measurement of length from either to account for fittings - we will do this for you.

If you want to hang your roller blinds outside of the recess, then measure the height and width as per the size you desire, but also add about 70mm at the top and bottom, and 50mm on each end of the blind width to account for light leakage that will likely occur.

When installing blinds in angled and boxed bay windows, there are additional considerations to make to account for the protrusion of the blind. This will prevent the blinds from catching on each other once fitted.

For further information on measuring and installing roller blinds for angled bay and boxed bay windows, please visit our blind measuring guides.