Automation In Overland Park
Motorized Shades and Automation in Overland Park, KS
Motorized shades from Solar Shield Blinds let you control your light, view and privacy with a single push of a button, and we can motorize every product we offer, including blinds, shutters and drapery. In the two story homes near 151st Street in Overland Park, the tall transom windows over the great room can close on a schedule, from the app or with your voice.
Where It Fits In Overland Park
Where motorized shades fit in Overland Park
The tall glass in the newer builds, the sliders onto covered decks, and the offices along College Boulevard are where a motor stops being a luxury and becomes the practical way to run the shade.
- Tall glass in Blue ValleyThe second story windows in a great room south of 135th are the hardest to reach from the floor. A rechargeable motor closes them on a schedule with no wiring.
- Whole house from one appA newer build toward 179th with a lot of windows runs every shade from the phone. A Good Morning scene raises the bedrooms, and a Movie Night scene closes the walkout basement shades for the evening.
- Offices on College BoulevardConference rooms in Corporate Woods and the offices along Metcalf fight the west sun in every afternoon meeting. Motorized Roller Shades on a timer close before the meeting starts.
- Skylights and slidersSkylights in a 1990s two story get a solar charged motor so there's no ladder and no wiring. The slider to the covered deck gets a motorized shade that opens with the door.
Worth Knowing
Rechargeable or hardwired, and how you control it
Every product we sell can be motorized, from a single honeycomb in a stairwell window to Exterior Patio Shades and awnings on the deck. In an existing Overland Park house the answer is nearly always a rechargeable motor, which needs no wiring and no electrician. You recharge them with a small charger when the shade asks for it, and there's no wiring to run. Hardwired motors make sense on a new build going up south of 159th, where the walls are open, or on a large install with dozens of shades where you'd rather not think about charging.
Control is whatever suits the room. A remote on the nightstand for the bedroom, a wall switch by the door for the great room, the app on a phone or tablet for the whole house, and voice for the person with their hands full. Say the word and the shades open. Schedules run without you, so the west facing great room shades close at three in July whether you're home or on the road, and scenes group rooms so one tap sets the whole first floor for company. Skylights use solar charging and never need a ladder.
It's worth knowing that a rechargeable motor does need charging, and a very large window gets a heavier duty motor, so our Design Specialist will size each one at the consultation. The visit is free, we bring the motors and the fabric samples so you can hear how quiet they are in your own room, and the itemized quote on the spot holds for 180 days. Motorized interior treatments average 4 to 6 weeks from order to install, and our full time Install Techs set up the app, pair every shade and walk every room with you before they leave.
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 Overland Park
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Overland Park 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 Overland Park
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 Overland Park homeowners
No. In a 1970s split off Metcalf or a 1990s colonial near 119th, we use rechargeable motors that need no wiring at all. You recharge them with a small charger when they run low, and the walls stay closed. Hardwired motors are for new construction where the walls are open, or for a very large install.
Yes. A schedule closes the west facing great room shades in a two story south of 135th at the hour the sun comes over the neighbor's roof and opens them again after it sets. The schedule runs whether you're home or away. You can override any shade from the remote, the app, or by voice.
Yes. The app on your phone or tablet runs every shade in the house, so the primary bedroom shades come down before you pull into the driveway and the basement opens up for the dog sitter. Scenes group the rooms, and schedules take over on the days you forget. Our Smart Shades also work with Alexa, Google and Siri.
Those transoms in the Blue Valley two stories are the windows a motor was made for. They're out of reach from the floor, so they need a motor to be useful. A rechargeable motor on a Roller Shade or a honeycomb up there closes them with the rest of the wall, and solar charging keeps a skylight motor topped up.
Yes, and the wide sliders in the newer homes toward 159th are a natural place for one. A motorized Roller Shade or vertical honeycomb on the slider clears the door completely at the touch of a button, and it can join the great room shades on the same remote or scene. Rechargeable, no wiring, and we pair it before we leave.
Yes. Our Smart Shades work with Alexa, Google and Siri, and many of our products connect directly through our Solar Shield Blinds USB Bridge, which also works with SmartThings, IFTTT, Control4 and Crestron. If your Overland Park home has a whole home system, we add a smart hub that ties into it, and we take care of the programming before we leave.
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Automation around Overland Park
We serve all of Overland Park, KS, including Downtown Overland Park, Nottingham by the Green, Deer Creek, Stanley and Blue Valley. ZIP codes 66204, 66207, 66210, 66212, 66213, 66214, 66221, 66223, 66224.
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