Mine are like in this image. No springs. Totally manual. Pull the chain one way, they roll down. Pull it the other way, they roll up. They work beautifully, and by having them wider and longer than the window opening they shut out all the light. Well, 98% of the light, I'd say. Mine have a metal cover at the top that hide the little gear shown in the upper left of this photo.
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Thank you for posting this. I have seen this type and wondered how well they held up. Is the chain metal? Where did you get them?
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white pine said:
Thank you for posting this. I have seen this type and wondered how well they held up. Is the chain metal? Where did you get them?
Mine cost a fortune from a local window treatment specialist, over $7000, installed, for the whole building. But I have some huge windows, some 7' x 12'. All mine are custom made to fit every window in the place.
The brand is
Hunter Douglas and they have a lifetime guarantee. I think you can get them from places like Lowes and Home Depot, probably for a lot less than I paid, but I felt obligated to buy local since the window lady has the store adjacent to my guesthouse and she put up with a year of construction noise without complaint!
There are LOTS of material choices. Some of mine are a suede-like material and others have kind of a wicker look.
My chains (a continuous loop held tight by a "tensioner") aren't the typical metal chains like the pull chains on a ceiling fan. Mine are heavier, larger, and they feel like a hard plastic rather than metal.
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