Automation In Blue Springs
Motorized Shades & Blinds in Blue Springs, MO
Motorized shades and motorized blinds look after a Blue Springs house while you're still on I-70. Schedule the west shades to close in the early afternoon and run the tall great room glass from your phone, with no wiring in the walls, because our Solar Shield Blinds Smart Shades run on rechargeable motors.
Where It Fits In Blue Springs
Where motorized shades fit in Blue Springs
Tall glass in the newer homes, a house that sits empty while everyone commutes, and windows nobody can reach are where a motor earns its place.
- The I-70 commuteSet the west shades to close at two and open at dusk, so the family room is cooler by the time you come off I-70 at MO 7 or Adams Dairy Parkway.
- Great rooms at Chapman FarmsThe top row of a tall great room window is out of reach without a ladder. With a motor, the entire wall answers to one button or a schedule tied to sunrise and sunset.
- Finished walls in older housesThere's no easy path for a wire in a 1970s raised ranch. Rechargeable motors install like a manual shade and charge every 6 to 9 months.
- Houses still going upOn a new build at Eagles Ridge, hardwired motors can be planned in before the drywall closes the walls.
Worth Knowing
Motors that need no wiring, and the windows worth putting them on
Every product we offer can be automated: Roller Shades, Honeycomb Shades, Banded Shades, Natural Woven Shades, blinds, shutters, drapery, and the exterior shades and awnings out on the deck. Our Smart Shades run from a remote, the app on your phone, a wire free wall switch or your voice. For a Blue Springs family that leaves for work on I-70 in the morning, the schedule is the feature that matters, because the west shades close before the afternoon sun gets into the family room and open again in the evening.
For a house that's already finished, rechargeable motors are the answer, since most of our products carry an internal battery and skip the wiring, the electrician and the drywall repair. Charging takes 4 to 6 hours every 6 to 9 months, and a solar panel keeps the battery topped up on a high window. Hardwired motors make sense on a new build at Eagles Ridge or Chapman Farms when the power can be run before the walls close. The shades work with Alexa, Google and Siri, and a smart hub ties them into Control4, Crestron, Savant and other home systems.
A motor adds to the cost of each shade, so we won't put one on every window. In a Blue Springs house we recommend motors on the tall, wide and hard to reach windows and Cordless Lift on the rest, and your Design Specialist prices it window by window. A rechargeable motor on most of our products starts around $180 above the same shade with a cordless lift. On install day our Install Techs pair the motors and build your first schedules with you, after a free consultation and a quote that holds for 180 days.
What Comes As Standard
- BatteryHardwired or solar charged
- AlexaGoogle Assistant and Siri
- SchedulesSet a time and your shades open and close on their own
- RetrofitNo wiring needed in an existing house
- Carefree GuaranteeA lifetime product warranty that transfers if you sell, plus our five year service guarantee
- Free Temporary ShadesOn every window you order for, installed while your custom order is made
Our Process
Planned, measured, and installed by our team in Blue Springs
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Blue Springs home or office. We'll listen to what you're wanting to accomplish with your windows, take a good look at every opening, and explain the options that will actually work for them.
- On the spot quoteWe take the time to make sure you know exactly what you're getting, and you'll have a complete and exact quote before we leave, so there are no surprises on install day.
- Installed by our teamEverything we install is custom built to the exact measurements of your windows, and when ready, professionally installed by our full time installers. Most projects are installed in less than a day.
Ways To Control
Four ways to control motorized shades in Blue Springs
Remote, app, wall switch or voice. Your Design Specialist will go over each one with you at your free consultation.
App control
Rooms, scenes and schedules from a phone, home or away.
Voice control
Works with Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri.
Smart speaker
Ask for a room and it happens. No phone needed.
Smart home integration
Ties into the system you already run.
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Straight Answers
Automation questions from Blue Springs homeowners
No. Most of our motorized products have internal batteries and need no external wires, packs or tubes, so they install like a manual shade. That's what we use in the raised ranches and split levels from the 1970s. Hardwired motors are for new construction or a large install where power can be planned in.
Yes. The app schedules shades by sunrise and sunset or at set times, so the west shades can close at two and open after the sun goes down. You can change the schedule from your phone wherever you are, and scenes group several shades into one tap.
Yes. Say "Alexa, close the family room shades" and they close. With the USB Bridge or smart hub, they also connect to SmartThings, Control4, Crestron and other whole home systems, and you don't need any of those for the remote or the app to work.
One remote handles as many as 15 shades, or 30 once a bridge is added. One button can move every shade across a great room wall, and a scene stops side by side shades at the same height.
On most of our products, a rechargeable motor starts at about $180 over the price of a cordless lift. The exact number depends on the product and the window size, and your Design Specialist gives you an itemized quote on the spot so you can choose window by window.
Yes. The Carefree Guarantee covers the motor along with the shade, with a lifetime product warranty on materials and workmanship and five years of free service on defects. The coverage follows the address, so the next owner is covered too.
Nearby
Automation around Blue Springs
We serve all of Blue Springs, MO, including Downtown Blue Springs, Kingsridge, Plaza Estates, Waterfield, Stonecreek, Chapman Farms and Eagles Ridge. ZIP codes 64013, 64014, 64015.
Solar Shield Blinds, 6622 Royal St, Pleasant Valley, MO 64068 ยท (816) 479-0160
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The people who measure it are the people who hang it
Nothing here is subcontracted. The crew that arrives to install works for Solar Shield Blinds, which is why there is never a question about whose job it is when something needs adjusting later.
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