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Specialist Venetian Blinds
Levolux External Specialist Venetian Blinds are designed for a wide range of applications, both commercial and residential.
Levolux Venetian blinds can provide protection against glare as well as very fine light control because of the variable slat positions.
In addition, External Venetian blinds can significantly reduce the amount of heat gain entering the building by preventing the sun’s rays from reaching the glass.
Greater protection from solar heat gain can be achieved by automation of the blinds to ensure optimum levels of shading at all times.
The Ideal Solar Shading System
The ideal solar control solution must meet a number of requirements:
- Protection from direct sunlight – the system should be adjustable to ensure that direct sunlight does not enter the building.
- Control of glare – the system should not only cut out direct sunlight, but should also control glare. This is of particular importance in offices where computer screens are used.
- Control of solar gain – the system should reduce the level of solar gain entering the building. Installing the shading system externally can reduce solar gain by up to 95%, reducing, or even potentially eliminating, the need for air conditioning.
- Maximisation of natural daylight – when external light levels are low, the shading system should be able to be retracted, to make the best use of the natural daylight that is available.
- Protection from the cold – the shading system should be able to help insulate the building by reducing the amount of night cooling during winter months.
- Communication – the system should allow a view to the exterior, ensuring that the building occupants do not feel cut off from the outside world and their surroundings.
All of these requirements can be achieved by the installation of Levolux External Venetian Blinds.
Features and Benefits
- Aesthetically pleasing – a variety of standard slat widths are available, ranging from 50mm to 100mm with a wide choice of colours and the option of perforation to allow outward vision, even when the blinds are closed. Matching head rails and bottom rails provide a high quality product that is both functional and decorative, allowing the specifier to achieve a dramatic visual appearance, without compromise to performance.
- Ultimate control – the blinds can be retracted when not required; when lowered, the slat angle can be precisely adjusted to provide a very fine degree of light control. A variety of control options are available including manual operation with gearbox and detachable handle, individual or group motorised operation via switch or remote control and fully automated with solar control. In addition, the blinds can interface with the building management system.
- Technically reliable – Levolux External Specialist Venetian blinds are subject to rigid quality control during manufacture. A range of side guides are available, together with head boxes to protect the slats in the raised position.
- Low maintenance – the robust, aluminium, construction of the blinds, combined with self-lubricating nylon bearings, ensures a virtually maintenance-free life.
The Range
Standard head rail is used for all the blinds in the Levolux range. A variety of slat options are available as follows:
50mm |
Crowned slat for internal and external use |
60mm, 80mm |
Crowned and rolled edge slat for internal and external use |
100mm |
Crowned slat for internal and external use |
200-425mm |
Internal use |
A number of different bottom rail options are available, together with a range of side guide wires and extrusions. The specific choice of which slat to use will depend primarily upon the appearance that the specifier/user wants to achieve.
The aluminum slats are heat treated and double stove enamelled to provide resistance to surface abrasion from the slats rubbing against each other and protection to peeling, corrosion, chaffing and fading. The slats are available in a range of colours.
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