Vertical Blinds or Drapes?
 

Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
Standard size (8 foot wide).
Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
Hopefully from your experiences:-))

TIA

Lou

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- Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
- Standard size (8 foot wide).
- Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
- Hopefully from your experiences:-))

Anything made of fabric will collect dust and dirt, and
will need washing or drycleaning. If anyone in the house
has allergies, the fabric is a bad idea.

I'd go with high-quality, attractive vertical blinds. They
will also stand up better to the wear and tear of going in and
out the door.
--
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~~~~~~
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today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson

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Suzie-Q wrote:

In article , wrote:

- Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
- Standard size (8 foot wide).
- Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
- Hopefully from your experiences:-))

Anything made of fabric will collect dust and dirt, and
will need washing or drycleaning. If anyone in the house
has allergies, the fabric is a bad idea.

I'd go with high-quality, attractive vertical blinds. They
will also stand up better to the wear and tear of going in and
out the door.
--
8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
~~~~~~
"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson

http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/

Thank You!

Good places to shop?

Lou

Try Home Depot or Lowes


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Suzie-Q wrote:

In article , wrote:

- Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
- Standard size (8 foot wide).
- Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
- Hopefully from your experiences:-))

Anything made of fabric will collect dust and dirt, and
will need washing or drycleaning. If anyone in the house
has allergies, the fabric is a bad idea.

I'd go with high-quality, attractive vertical blinds. They
will also stand up better to the wear and tear of going in and
out the door.
--
8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
~~~~~~
"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson

http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/

Thank You!

Good places to shop?

Lou

On 25-Jul-2005, wrote:

Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
Standard size (8 foot wide).
Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
Hopefully from your experiences:-))

I like like vertical blinds but they do chatter in the wind. If this is a door that will be open most of the time I would consider curtains. What I call chattering is when the the blind slats hit each other because of the wind. Sometimes the get into some sort of feedback loop and the noise can be pretty obnoxious. My house is full of the things and if I want to open a window or door w/them, which is a must in the summer w/o AC, i have to tie the slats off with the cord (a few loops w/an overhand knot) to keep them quiet. Not a huge deal if the windows/doors stay open all the time but it's a pain on the one door I don't want to keep open all the time.

You can stop chattering by opening the blinds all the way and opening the window/door only partway but in a strong wind this won't work too well.

I think they make vertical blinds where the slats are secured on the floor as well. This would stop chattering (until whatever is securing them breaks).

Curtains are much harder to clean and will retain odors as will any cloth. But depending on the room decor they can look a lot nicer than blinds.

hope this helps
ml

wrote:
Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
Standard size (8 foot wide).
Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
Hopefully from your experiences:-))



There's a third option, depending on your budget - sliding panels.

My husband and I really wanted a wood look in our sunroom, but the fake
wood vertical blinds look REALLY fake and cheap, and the few real wood
blinds we foud were custom made and incredibly expensive.

Our compromise was panel track blinds from Smith + Noble. They were
still more money than we'd really wanted to spend, and to be honest, we
had a lot of problems with them at first. Because our windows are so
tall, the panels they made were heavier than normal and at least four
of our panels fell apart. Smith + Noble was great about replacing them
when it happened, but they eventually had to re-engineer the product
because it kept happening to us and other customers as well. They
developed and issued metal reinforcement clips that are invisible and
solved the problem.

Sorry, that was a really long story, but I don't want to recommend them
without full disclosure :)

http://tinyurl.com/bnugz

In the end, they are a beautiful, practical option for sliding glass
doors, now that they've fixed the structural problems, and the bonus is
that they can match other normal window blinds in the room for a
cohesive look.

--
Jennifer

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Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
Standard size (8 foot wide).
Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
Hopefully from your experiences:-))

TIA

Lou


I think 6' is considered the standard for the ready made blinds at Lowes and
HD. They may sell an 8' one but I don't recall seeing or installing it.

You did not mention budget. Blinds will be the cheaper.

On most sliding doors you have to do drapes as a one way draw. This always
gives the room an "unbalanced look when they are open. To do drapes as a
split draw your rod face has to be about 125% of the casing to casing width.
120" ready made draperies will not give you enough fabric for the stack back
plus overlap and returns. I am not aware of any ready mades sold that are
larger than 120" pleated width.

With a split draw vertical the stackback allowance is a good bit less.

Bottom line, IMO the blinds are a better choice for a place you are renting
for how long?


Colbyt

Colbyt wrote:

wrote in message ...
Moving to an apartment that has sliding glass door to outside.
Standard size (8 foot wide).
Pros and cons of Vertical Blinds versus Drapes?
Hopefully from your experiences:-))

TIA

Lou


I think 6' is considered the standard for the ready made blinds at Lowes and
HD. They may sell an 8' one but I don't recall seeing or installing it.

You did not mention budget. Blinds will be the cheaper.

On most sliding doors you have to do drapes as a one way draw. This always
gives the room an "unbalanced look when they are open. To do drapes as a
split draw your rod face has to be about 125% of the casing to casing width.
120" ready made draperies will not give you enough fabric for the stack back
plus overlap and returns. I am not aware of any ready mades sold that are
larger than 120" pleated width.

With a split draw vertical the stackback allowance is a good bit less.

Bottom line, IMO the blinds are a better choice for a place you are renting
for how long?

Colbyt

Thanks

Lou