Automation In Prairie Village
Motorized Shades and Automation in Prairie Village, KS
Motorized shades from Solar Shield Blinds run from a remote, the app, a wall switch or your voice, and rechargeable motors need no wiring in a Prairie Village house with plaster walls. We can motorize every product we offer, including motorized blinds, so the tall window over a new stair landing closes on a schedule without a ladder.
Where It Fits In Prairie Village
Where motorized shades fit in Prairie Village
Most Prairie Village houses were built long before anyone wired for shades, and rechargeable motors make automation an easy addition. These are the windows where it makes the most sense.
- Stair landings and additionsA tall window over the stairs in a new second story is out of reach from the floor. A motorized shade on a schedule opens and closes it with no ladder on the stairs.
- Family rooms full of glassFive shades across the back of an addition, all raised by hand every morning, is a chore. One button on the wall switch does the whole row at once.
- Primary bedroomsSay the word and the room darkening shade drops at bedtime and lifts with the sun. A schedule handles it when you're away, so the house looks lived in from the street.
- Skylights in a remodelThe skylight over the kitchen island can't be reached with a wand. A honeycomb shade with solar recharge lives up there and runs itself without a ladder.
Worth Knowing
Motors, wiring, and the house you already have
Every product we sell can be motorized, from a Honeycomb Shade in a small bedroom to an Exterior Patio Shade or a Retractable Awning on the deck. Solar Shield Blinds Smart Shades take a remote, the app on your phone or tablet, a wall switch, and voice control with Alexa, Google and Siri, so "Alexa, open my shades" works. Set schedules for the shades to move on their own and scenes to run a whole room at once. The decision at the consultation is which windows get a motor, how you want to control them, and whether the shades should follow the sun or follow you.
The plaster walls in a Prairie Village Cape Cod are the reason people assume they can't motorize. They can. Rechargeable motors need no wiring, so nothing gets opened up and no cable runs through the original plaster. The motor charges in place with a small charger. For a full gut remodel or a new second story where the walls are already open, hardwired motors make sense and never need charging, and our Design Specialist will tell you which fits your house. Skylights added in a kitchen remodel take a solar charged motor and look after themselves.
A motor adds cost per window, and on a small double hung you can reach from the sofa it isn't worth it. We motorize the windows that are tall, wide, out of reach, or part of a row, and leave the rest cordless. The consultation is free and at your house, with the app on our Design Specialist's phone so you can try it. Every opening is measured, the itemized quote is written on the spot and held for 180 days, and our own full time Install Techs set up the remotes and the app before they leave. Motorized interior shades run 4 to 6 weeks from order to install.
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 Prairie Village
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Prairie Village 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 Prairie Village
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 Prairie Village homeowners
Yes, and it's the normal answer in Prairie Village. Rechargeable motors need no wiring at all, so we don't open a wall or run cable. The motor sits inside the shade's headrail and gets topped up with a charger in place. Hardwiring is for new builds and big remodels where the walls are already open, and for very large installs.
Yes. Solar Shield Blinds Smart Shades work with Alexa, Google and Siri, so "Alexa, open my shades" raises the room. The same shades run from a remote, the app on your phone or tablet, and a wall switch, and you can set a schedule so the front shades close at dusk whether anyone is home or not. Our Install Techs pair everything before they leave.
A motor is the way. Second story additions in Prairie Village put a big window over the stair landing for light, and it's out of reach from any floor. A motorized shade on that window runs from the wall switch at the bottom of the stairs or on a schedule, so it closes on summer afternoons when the west sun heats the stairwell and opens in the morning on its own.
That's what a scene is for. Group the five shades across the addition's back wall and one press on the wall switch or one tap in the app moves them together, or say it to Alexa. Set a scene for movie night that drops the family room to dark, and another for morning that opens everything to the yard.
No. Skylight shades take solar recharge, so the sun that hits the skylight over the kitchen island keeps the motor topped up and nobody climbs a ladder. Honeycomb Shades are what we put up there, on a schedule so the skylight closes during the hottest part of a July afternoon and opens again for the evening.
Sometimes, on some lines, and it depends on the headrail and the product. Send us a photo of the shades in your Prairie Village home, and we'll tell you whether it's worth doing or whether a new shade with the motor built in is the better choice. We'll give you our recommendation before you spend a dollar.
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Automation around Prairie Village
We serve all of Prairie Village, KS, including Corinth Hills, Somerset Hills, Prairie Hills, Town & Country Estates, Ridgeview Heights and Meadowbrook. ZIP codes 66206, 66207, 66208.
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