Automation In Kansas City
Motorized Shades in Kansas City, MO
Solar Shield Blinds installs motorized shades and motorized blinds in homes and lofts all over Kansas City, MO. Whether it's the window over a shirtwaist's stair landing that nobody can reach or a whole wall of loft glass, our Smart Shades put it on a remote, an app, a wall switch or your voice.
Where It Fits In Kansas City
Where Motorized Shades Fit In Kansas City, MO
Tall old homes and tall new lofts share one problem, which is glass nobody can reach, and motorized shades on a schedule take care of it for you.
- Stair landings and two story foyersThe tall window on the landing in a Hyde Park or Brookside home is out of reach by hand and one button away with a motor. Rechargeable motors mean no wiring through plaster walls.
- Loft glass on a scheduleA wall of west glass can close itself at three and open again at sunset. Put the whole bank in one scene and the room resets with one word to Alexa.
- Plaza area condosConcrete walls and shared building systems make hardwiring a big project. A rechargeable motor needs no wiring at all, and the remote works right from the balcony door.
- Whole home scenes on Ward ParkwayIn a large home with windows on three floors, one scene in the app opens the east side in the morning, lowers the west side in the afternoon, and closes everything at bedtime.
Worth Knowing
What A Smart Shade Does And How It Is Powered
Every product we offer can be motorized: Roller Shades, Honeycomb Shades, Banded Shades, Natural Woven Shades, Wood & Faux Wood Blinds, shutters, drapery on a track, and the Exterior Patio Shades and Retractable Awnings outside. A Solar Shield Blinds Smart Shade runs from a remote, the app on your phone or tablet, a wall switch, or your voice through Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri, and it takes schedules and scenes. One remote runs up to 15 shades, or up to 30 with a bridge.
Power is the first question everyone asks, and in an existing home the answer is a rechargeable motor with no wiring at all, which is exactly what a plaster walled shirtwaist or a concrete loft needs. Plan on charging every 6 to 9 months, and a charge takes 4 to 6 hours. For a new build or a full renovation in the Crossroads or Westport, we can hardwire in low voltage or 110 volt so the shades run on house power. A skylight in an attic conversion gets a small solar panel that keeps the battery charged.
Most of our products are available with a rechargeable motor starting around $180 more than a cordless lift system, and your exact number depends on the product and the window size. Our Install Techs pair every shade, set the limits, build your scenes and hand you the remote working before they leave. The consultation is free, your Design Specialist measures every opening and quotes it on the spot with the price held for 180 days, and interior orders take 4 to 6 weeks from order to installation.
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 Kansas City
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Kansas City 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 Kansas City
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 Kansas City homeowners
No. Most of our products have internal batteries and need no wires, so nothing goes through the plaster and lath in a Hyde Park or Brookside home, and nothing gets cut into a loft's concrete. We hardwire only when the house is being built or opened up, which is the better answer for a full renovation in Westport or the Crossroads.
Yes, on a schedule you set once in the app. The west bank lowers at three, opens at sunset and closes again at bedtime, and you can change any of it from the couch with the remote or by asking Alexa. A scene groups the whole wall of glass so one command handles every shade at once.
Yes. Our Solar Shield Blinds USB Bridge works with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, SmartThings, Siri Shortcuts, IFTTT, Control4, URC, Crestron, RTI and Elan. For a whole home system in a larger Ward Parkway home, we add a smart hub that ties into Savant, Crestron, Control4 and more, and we program it all and confirm it works with what you have before anything is ordered.
Yes, and that's where a motor helps most. Stair landing windows, two story foyers and transoms over a door are exactly where a motor makes sense, with solar charging or a hardwired motor so nobody climbs a ladder. Motorize the ones you can't reach first, then the ones you adjust every day, like a west facing living room.
Interior motorized shades take 4 to 6 weeks from order to installation, and motorized Exterior Patio Shades take 8 to 10 weeks. Most homes are finished in one installation day, and the app, the schedules and the voice control are set up before our Install Techs leave.
Yes. Exterior Patio Shades and Retractable Awnings on a back deck in Brookside or Waldo run from the same remote and app as the shades inside, and sun and wind sensors can lower and raise the patio shades for you. One system covers inside and out, and our own Install Techs set it all up.
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Automation around Kansas City
We serve all of Kansas City, MO, including Hyde Park, Westport, Crossroads, River Market, Country Club Plaza, Brookside, Armour Hills and Waldo. ZIP codes 64105, 64106, 64108, 64109, 64110, 64111, 64112, 64113, 64114, 64123, 64124, 64125, 64126, 64127, 64128, 64129, 64130.
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