The choice you have will depend on 2 things.
- Do you have a power supply in place?
- The size of your roof lantern blind.
If you have got a power supply in place, brilliant as that opens up more options for you. If you haven’t and don’t really want the hassle and mess of getting one installed, it is not a problem.
Battery Powered.
We can supply Cellular Roof Lantern Blinds that are battery powered so you can still have the luxury of controlling your roof lantern blind by remote control without installing a power supply.
The batteries are built right into the blind, and they’re topped up by a discreet solar panel that keeps them charged while the sun’s out. Just in case, there's also a charging port for a manual boost though to be honest, we’ve yet to hear of anyone needing it.
As you can imagine battery powered motors are not as powerful as the mains powered options so there are size limitations for the battery powered blinds.
The maximum width of a battery powered roof lantern blind is 2200mm , and the maximum drop is 3100mm .
If your roof lantern is larger than the maximum sizes there is still an option for you. We can install 2 blinds side by side, but this does mean you will have side channels running across the centre of your roof lantern
Mains powered
Mains powered roof lantern blinds are the perfect option as they can be made to much bigger sizes than the battery powered blinds.
The mains powered Cellular Blinds can be made up to 3000mm wide x 5000mm projection
As I explained the mains powered roof lantern blinds can be made bigger than the battery, but will look exactly the same, same fabric, same system the only difference is a more powerful motor.
As you can see in the photo above the Cellular blind has to have support ribs built into the fabric once you go over 3000mm deep. These ribs move with the blind fabric and are available in white, grey and black.
Both systems work on a drive chain built inside the frame of the blind which means we have no need for visible support wires, just a nice clean finish on those dull days when the fabric is retracted.
I hope this information helps, as we are only a small company we can only offer our services in Leicestershire please call 0116 2769771 or leave your details and we will call you back https://www.barlowblinds.com/contact.
