Roller blinds for Faerie Glen’s ridge-facing glass

Roller blinds are the most commonly fitted blind on this ridge, and for good reason — they suit almost any room, they’re easy to keep clean, and the fabric choice does most of the work. The real question is rarely “roller or not,” it’s which fabric, and whether one blind is enough for what that particular window needs to do.

Fabric — the decision that matters

• Blockout — total light stop, for bedrooms, nurseries and media rooms. It also works as an extra insulating layer against the highveld’s summer heat and winter cold.
• Sunscreen (3–10% openness) — a mesh weave that cuts glare and UV while keeping the view. Lower openness blocks more heat and glare but shows less of the view; 3–5% is the standard choice for view-preserving sun control on Faerie Glen’s bigger ridge-facing panes. The honest trade-off: sunscreen gives daytime privacy but reverses at night once the lights are on inside.
• Light-filtering / translucent — softens the light and gives full privacy without full blockout, a middle ground for living areas.

Double roller (day/night combo)

A blockout and a sunscreen fabric on one bracket is the practical answer for a bedroom that also happens to have the view — sunscreen up during the day, blockout down at night, without two separate blinds fighting for the same window.

Fit and finish

Chain control gets a wall tensioner as standard practice for child safety, and spring-assist or fully motorised options are both available — motorisation removes the chain question entirely, and it’s the practical choice on the wide picture windows and double-volume glazing common on this ridge. A cassette or pelmet valance hides the tube and can be colour-matched to your window frames. Single blinds run to roughly 3m of fabric width before a join line or a linked, motorised pair becomes the better answer.