Automation In Liberty
Motorized Shades in Liberty, MO
The window over the stair landing in a two story Liberty home has never been reached without a ladder, and the great room windows are worse. Our motorized shades and motorized blinds put those windows on a remote, an app, a schedule or your voice.
Where It Fits In Liberty
Where motorized shades make sense in Liberty
Any product we sell can be motorized. In Liberty the case for it is the tall glass, the windows nobody can reach, and the west sun after work.
- Two story windowsStoney Creek and Birkdale homes both have glass high over the family room. A motor is the easy way to run a shade up there.
- West walls on a scheduleSet the great room shades to lower before the afternoon sun comes over the neighbor's roof and rise after it sets.
- Whole house, one appEvery window on your phone or tablet, grouped by room, with scenes for movie night and bedtime.
- Patio and porchExterior Patio Shades and Retractable Awnings can be motorized too, so the back of the house runs from the same remote as the inside.
Worth Knowing
No wiring in an existing house, and what a motor changes
The first question in most Liberty consultations about motors is wiring, and in an existing house the answer is that there isn't any. Most of our products have internal batteries, so they install just like a manual shade. Plan on charging them every 6 to 9 months, which takes 4 to 6 hours, or add a solar panel on a window facing east, west or south. Hardwired motors in low voltage or 110 volt are for new construction, where the power can be planned in before the drywall goes up.
Solar Shield Blinds Smart Shades run from a handheld remote, the app on your phone or tablet, a wire-free wall switch by the door, and voice control through Alexa, Google or Siri. Schedules open and close the shades at set times, and scenes tie rooms together, so one tap at bedtime closes the bedrooms and the great room. One remote handles up to 15 shades, or 30 with a bridge. Whole home systems like Control4, Crestron, Savant and Josh.ai connect through a smart hub we provide and program for you.
A motor adds cost per window, and it earns it on some windows more than others. The stairwell window, the great room and the wide slider are where it pays off, and low windows you touch every day work fine on a cordless lift. Most of our products start around $180 more for a rechargeable motor than a cordless lift system. Your Design Specialist walks each window of your Liberty home with you, and motorized interior shades are installed 4 to 6 weeks after you order.
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 Liberty
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Liberty 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 Liberty
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 Liberty homeowners
No. Most of our products have internal batteries and need no external wires, packs or tubes, so our Install Techs mount the shade, pair it and charge it without opening a wall. That holds for a historic home near the Square as much as a newer one.
Yes. The app works from wherever you are, so you can lower the west shades before the afternoon sun hits the great room. Schedules run whether or not you remember, and the remote and wall switch still work for anyone in the house without the app.
They will. Say 'Alexa, open my shades' and they open, and the same shades work with Google and Siri. Our basic USB Bridge connects directly to Alexa, Google Assistant, SmartThings, Siri Shortcuts and IFTTT, and we take care of the programming.
They're the best choice. Stairwell windows, two story great rooms and transoms over a door are exactly where solar charging or a hardwired motor makes the most sense. Skylights get a remote and a solar panel that recharges the battery through the glass.
Yes. Motors offer more reliability than clutch and cordless control, and they're easier to maintain over the life of the shade, because the shade moves without anyone pulling on the fabric. Li-Ion rechargeable shades also mean lower maintenance than replaceable battery shades.
Not always. Battery operated shades may not travel at exactly the same speed or stay perfectly side by side while they move, but they stop at the positions you set, so they line up once they get there.
Nearby
Automation around Liberty
We serve all of Liberty, MO, including Liberty Square, the Jewell-Lightburne Historic District, Clay Meadows, Claywoods, Stoney Creek, Birkdale and Ella's Crossing. ZIP code 64068.
Solar Shield Blinds, 6622 Royal St, Pleasant Valley, MO 64068 ยท (816) 479-0160
Who Turns Up
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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