Room Specific Advice: Home Automation / Motorised Blinds & Curtains
The Future is Now
- Imagine waking up this morning with the bedside lights turning themselves on, your speaker reminding you of today’s news and weather and the heating adjusting to the perfect temperature… You can now add your blinds raising to allow some natural light to come in. All of this without lifting a finger or pressing any buttons.
Motorisation
- Concorde Blinds can motorise virtually all our products including Roller, Duette, Duo Roll, Roman, Venetian and even Curtains. Meaning that we can provide different products throughout your home that can all be part of one Home Automation system.
Operation & Home Automation
- There are more options than ever for motorising and automating your window coverings, we work alongside many of the best motor suppliers including Somfy, Q Motion and Silent Gliss. This means that whether you are looking for a plug and play solution to automation or there has been an investment into a structured AV (Audio Visual) system such as Control4, Lutron, Rako etc. we will be able to source the perfect solution and can work alongside the AV company and electricians to ensure the correct set up is provided.
- Most of our motorised blinds are operated by remote control. We can also offer app-based control with the use of clever home hubs like Somfy Tahoma Switch, these connect to the blinds and other smart devices using Wi-Fi, RTS and Zigbee technology.
- With Tahoma Switch and other app-connected automation systems, you can schedule your blinds to open and close at set times and operate from anywhere in the world and at any time via the handy app. Tahoma will also link to other home automation products or settings to get the most out of your smart home.
Wire Free
- Motorised blinds were traditionally hard wired, however there is a huge focus on being wire free to allow retro fitting blinds after the build project has been complete. Also, an emphasis has been made on keeping the motors quiet and as discreet as possible. Power reaches the motor via battery, this can be rechargeable and even solar powered
Battery Life
- The rechargeable Li-Ion batteries that power the motors only need charging approximately once or twice per year, the battery life is anticipated at around 8 months, however this does depend on the size of the blind and the frequency of use.
- Solar powered motors remove the need to recharge the batteries. There are of course limits if there is a lack of sunlight, however it is as close to being hardwired as the real thing and is perfect for being used for commercial environments where a touch of class is required to impress clients – we used solar powered roller blinds in the executive boxes at Watford Football Club and they work brilliantly.
- Concorde’s main motorised blinds are Somfy branded, which are the key brand that we supply for home or commercial automation. Our Somfy motorised blinds are very versatile when considering home automation and motorised blinds. They link to voice controlled devices such as Alexa and connect to Phillips hue lightbulbs as well as integrating with other software’s such as IFTTT, Samsung Smartthings and Apple HomeKit.
Relevant Products
Get in touch today!
Contact us today and to speak to one of our friendly team. If you have approximate measurements, we can provide an initial price within a few hours of your enquiry.
You might also be interested in
Visit our showroom
Opening hours Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
20 minutes on the A421 from Milton Keynes
20 minutes on the A1/A603 from Biggleswade
20 minutes on the A1/A421 from St Neots
30 minutes on the M1 or A6 from Luton
35 minutes on the M1 from Northampton
35 minutes on the M1 from Harpenden