Custom Motorized Blinds Newcastle – Free Installation

No. The remote talks to the motor directly on a radio frequency and that link has nothing to do with your internet. Schedules live inside the motor once you set them. Wifi only enters the picture if you want to run the blinds from a phone while you are away or through a voice assistant. Plenty of our clients never bother with either.

Battery motors keep working right through an outage, because the power in the tube is the only power they use. That is one reason we lean toward battery out here rather than hardwired motors. A hardwired blind stops until the hydro comes back. If you run a generator that matters less, though battery is still the simpler answer.

Ten to fifteen metres through interior walls in most homes, which covers a floor comfortably. Plaster over wire lath cuts that down noticeably, and so does a brick chimney sitting between you and the blind. Where the reach falls short we add a small repeater or give that end of the house its own remote. We test the range at install.

Yes, with the right motor. Fabric weight climbs with the drop as much as with the width, and a three metre blackout roller puts real load on the tube. We size the motor to the finished blind rather than fitting one model to everything. An undersized motor labours, drains its battery quickly and eventually gives up altogether.