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Specialist Venetian Blinds
Levolux Internal Specialist Venetian Blinds are a hand-built system that allows for slats in non-standard sizes and in much wider widths.
The wider slat sizes available with Specialist Venetian Blinds allows for a greater gap between the slats when the blind is tilted to the open position, enabling occupants within the building to have better views of the external world.
Levolux Specialist Internal Venetian blinds provide efficient control of glare and effective light control, especially important for environments where VDU’s are being used.
A wide variety of control options are available to maximize the effectiveness of the Internal Specialist Venetian blinds, ranging from manual controls through to sophisticated automated options that incorporate solar control and are
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.
Installation of the blinds internally rather than externally will reduce the effectiveness of the control of solar gain, but will not compromise the other requirements of the ideal solar shading system.
Features and Benefits of Specialist Venetian Blinds
- 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 – all the specialist Venetian blinds in the Levolux range are designed to be used internally and when manufactured are subject to rigid quality control. For external use, 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 of Specialist Veneitan Blinds Options
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 aluminium 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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