The spec book, opened up
Window covering guides
The handful of decisions behind a well-specified house, each explained once, in plain words. Read what you need; the measure visit covers the rest.
C The guides
Outdoor blinds in wind and storms: when to secure them, and how
The moment to deal with an outdoor blind is the first dark sky, not the first warning.
READLight filtering, blockout or sunscreen blinds: which room needs which for daylight saving evenings
NSW daylight saving runs for 26 weeks this season.
READBlind cord safety: how to check and fix the cords in a home with young children
Check every corded blind and curtain for a loose loop a child could reach, starting with the oldest.
READBlinds in Maitland: choosing for Hunter heat, older homes and children
Maitland windows have three jobs to get right.
READMagnetic blinds: a no-drill way to control light, and where they fall short
No screws in the tiles, the frame or the glass. A glare and privacy tool, not a heat shield.
READOutdoor blinds or awnings: picking the right shade for longer spring evenings
Overhead cover or a wall you can drop and lift. The side of the house decides most of it.
READWhich covering does this opening actually want?
The cross-category decision, opening by opening. Start here.
READHow to schedule a whole house
Room by room, the way we walk a bare new build or a full renovation.
READInside or outside: stopping Hunter heat before the glass
Why the west side of the house is an outdoor conversation.
READBlockout, light-filter or sheer, explained once
The one decision that cross-cuts every category on the schedule.
READReveal fit or face fit
Inside the recess or on the wall: what decides it, and what each costs you in light and looks.
READChild-safe window coverings
The mandatory Australian cord-safety standard, and when cordless is simply the better call.
READG The vocabulary
Terms you will hear at the measure.
| Window schedule | A list of every opening in a house with the covering, fabric, fit and operation decided for each. The document this whole business runs on. |
| Made-to-measure | A covering manufactured to one specific opening's measurements, rather than cut down from or picked as a stock size. |
| Reveal fit | A covering mounted inside the window recess, sitting within the frame for a flush, built-in look. |
| Face fit | A covering mounted on the wall or architrave, covering past the window's edges for wider coverage and better edge darkness. |
| Blockout | A fabric that lets no light through its weave; with a good fit, the room goes properly dark. |
| Light-filter | A fabric that admits softened daylight while blocking the view in; private by day, not private at night with lights on. |
| Sheer / sunscreen | An open-weave fabric that keeps the outward view and cuts glare and UV; not private after dark. |
| Dual roller | Two blinds on one bracket, usually a sunscreen and a blockout, so one window can do a day job and a night job. |
| Honeycomb / cellular | A blind whose fabric forms air-trapping cells; the trapped air insulates the glass, summer and winter. |
| Track-guided | An outdoor blind whose fabric edges run in side channels, so wind cannot flap it and light cannot slip past it. |
| Straight-drop | An outdoor blind that falls straight from a rail with no side retention; simple, and best out of the wind. |
| Folding-arm awning | An awning that projects shade out from the wall on hinged arms and folds back flat when retracted. |
| S-fold | A curtain heading that hangs in soft, continuous waves from a plain track; the standard modern look. |
| Cassette | A housing over a roller blind's tube that hides the roll and closes the light gap at the head of the window. |
| Cordless | Operation with no looped cord or chain: spring-balanced or motorised. The default we suggest for homes with young children. |
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