Honeycomb Shades In South Kansas City
Honeycomb (Cellular) Shades in South Kansas City, MO
Our Solar Shield Blinds Honeycomb Shades, also called cellular shades, are made for the windows of South Kansas City, MO that feel cold to stand near in January and hot in July. A mid century ranch off Wornall Road with older glass gets an insulating pocket of air at every window, and the bedrooms on the street side get their privacy back.
Where It Fits In South Kansas City
Where Honeycomb Shades Fit In South Kansas City, MO
The ranches and splits in South Kansas City have older glass, shallow replacement casings and bedrooms on the street side, and a Honeycomb Shade handles all three.
- Bedrooms facing the streetIn many Red Bridge and Santa Fe Hills ranches, the bedrooms sit on the front. Top Down Bottom Up keeps the sidewalk out and the sky in, with room darkening fabric for sleep.
- Older glassOriginal glass in a mid century ranch lets heat through both ways. The pocket of air between the layers of a double cell fabric slows that down, and you feel it standing by the window.
- Shallow replacement casingsReplacement windows set inside the old frames leave little depth. Honeycomb Shades have the smallest headrail of any window covering we carry, so they still mount inside the trim.
- Sliders and skylightsA vertical honeycomb on a patio door opens side to side and stacks to one side. Skylights get a motor with a solar panel, so there's nothing to climb for.
Worth Knowing
Insulation, Privacy Lines And Light Gaps
A Honeycomb Shade is two layers of fabric with a pocket of air between them, and that air slows heat moving through the glass, which is the reason to choose one in a South Kansas City ranch that still has older windows. The headrail is the smallest of anything we install, so it fits the shallow casings on replacement windows, and it shows white on the outside whatever color you pick inside, so the front of a home in Verona Hills looks uniform from the street.
Choose light filtering, room darkening or sheer from over 100 fabrics, or combine light filtering and room darkening in the same shade. Top Down Bottom Up lets you set the privacy line at the height you want, up to 120 inches wide motorized and 84 inches with Cordless Lift and Lock. A vertical honeycomb suits the slider off the family room, and arches, angles and skylights get a custom build. Your Design Specialist brings the samples to your home and holds them against your trim.
Room darkening Honeycomb Shades still leave small light gaps at the sides on an inside mount, and white room darkening fabrics read a little gray. If a bedroom needs to be completely dark, side channels or a blackout Roller Shade will do it, and we'll show you both. The consultation is free, every window is measured, and the itemized quote is written on the spot with the price held for 180 days. Plan on 4 to 6 weeks from order to installation, and our own Install Techs finish most South Kansas City homes in one visit.
What Comes As Standard
- Single or doubleCell, for how bad your glass is
- Top DownBottom Up, motorized up to 120 inches wide
- BlackoutCell fabric for a genuinely dark room
- CordlessStandard, nothing hanging anywhere
- 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 South Kansas City
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your South 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.
Operating Systems
Four ways to operate Honeycomb Shades in South Kansas City
Your Design Specialist brings every one of these to the consultation so you can try them at your own window.
Cordless lift
The standard on homes with children or pets. Grab the rail and move it, with no cord anywhere on the shade.
Cord loop
Tensioned and wall-anchored, for very tall or very wide cells.
Powerwand
Motorized operation from a wand, useful on high windows.
Full automation
Schedules and scenes. Drop the whole west side at three o’clock.
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Straight Answers
Honeycomb Shades questions from South Kansas City homeowners
Yes. The pocket of air between the two layers of fabric slows heat moving through the glass, so a Red Bridge or Hickman Mills ranch with its original windows feels warmer by the window in January and cooler in July. A shade doesn't fix a leaky frame, and your Design Specialist will tell you if the draft is coming from the frame rather than the glass.
Yes, Top Down Bottom Up is built for that. Lower the top of the shade a foot and the trees show through the opening while the bottom keeps the sidewalk out. It's the version we suggest first for a bedroom or living room on the street side of a South Kansas City ranch, and it comes cordless or motorized.
Yes. They have the smallest headrail of any window covering we carry, so they fit shallow casings where a wood blind or a shutter can't mount inside. Many replacement windows in South Kansas City ranches sit inside the original frame with very little depth left, and we check that depth at the consultation.
Yes. A vertical honeycomb opens side to side on a patio door and stacks to one side, so the door stays easy to use. It's a great pick for the slider off the family room in a Ruskin Heights or Hickman Mills split level, and hold downs are available for a single door that swings.
Nearly all of it. A little light gets in at the sides on an inside mount, and the white room darkening fabrics read a bit gray because of the liner. An outside mount or side channels block more, and for a room that has to be dark at noon, a blackout Roller Shade with channels does it best. Your Design Specialist will show you the options.
No. A vacuum with a brush attachment once or twice a year is all they need, and they should never be soaked. Our use and maintenance guide covers the details, and our free lifetime inspections from our Install Techs are part of the Carefree Guarantee.
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Honeycomb Shades around South Kansas City
We serve all of South Kansas City, MO, including Red Bridge, Verona Hills, Santa Fe Hills, Linden Hills, Hickman Mills, Ruskin Heights, Terrace Lake Gardens and Martin City. ZIP codes 64131, 64132, 64134, 64137, 64138, 64145, 64146, 64147, 64149.
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Tim & Denise Sanders are the founders of Solar Shield Blinds
Tim and Denise founded Solar Shield Blinds in 2006 with one simple mission; to bring elevated comfort to more people, in more places. Over the years they have hired and trained a professional team of like minded individuals who all continue to push toward that same mission every day. Tim now oversees the sales and installation side of the business by training and growing the team. Denise is over people & finances and her role helps Solar Shield Blinds continue to stay focused on an amazing team culture.
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