Exceptional Installation Standards
Our Installers, Your Peace of Mind
Our Install Techs are trained on every product and must complete our rigorous skills-based training before being allowed to work in your home.
Our Solar Shield Blinds Installation Standard
Each install tech is matched to the correct project for their skill level within our training program
Want your new window treatments to look and function at their best? Proper installation is a must. Poorly trained installers can derail even the simplest residential or commercial project, and expert installers can tackle even the most complex ones with ease.
At Solar Shield Blinds, expert installations are our only acceptable standard.
To meet and maintain that standard we rely on a complete process that leaves nothing up to chance. From fully employed staff to systematic, skills-based training, it's all there.
It also means accountability does not move around. We measure, plan, order, and professionally install every project. This assures there’s no middle man that can lead to finger pointing, delays, and potentially lost time and money. We’ve seen those types of nightmares, and we’ve been called in to save clients from the middle of those situations. We are accountable for every aspect of your project, and we will make sure you are completely satisfied with the finished installation.
In-House Employees On Every Project
Subcontractors are common in this industry
Their use has some serious potential drawbacks. Here is what changes when the crew works for the company that sold you the job.
What a subcontracted crew costs you
- A lack of direct company control over your project
- Inconsistent or inadequate project oversight
- Unclear responsibility for the final results
What you get instead
- Everyone on the team knows what is expected of them, from the newest techs to the Lead Installers
- Control, consistency and accountability are built in from the start
- One Install Manager oversees every crew and reports to our owner, Tim
A Structured Training System
Every installer climbs the same ladder
How well-trained are the installers working on your project? At Solar Shield Blinds, every employee develops their skill set in the same system, in the same order.
Apprentice
Newcomers start here, working under a veteran installer.
Install Tech 1
Smaller, simpler jobs, carried out with supervision.
Install Tech 2
The next step up, still only on work they have proven they can do.
Crew Lead
Takes over on the more complicated projects.
Lead Installer
The most complex installations, and the ones needing the most delicate touch.
Install Manager
A single manager oversees it all and reports to our owner, Tim.
This tiered system is what lets us match the level of expertise to the job. Crew sizes change with the job too. It is efficient, and it gives us the flexibility to hold the same standard on a two window bedroom and on a commercial building.
Solutions For Every Installation Challenge
Every Install Tech is a trained problem solver
They know how to spot a potential installation problem, and they know how to develop a solution to get around it.
Sometimes that means reaching for an existing customization method to create a workaround. Sometimes it means creating a new method. If there is a conceivable way to get the job done, we will find it.
The YES ExperienceInstallation Day
What our Install Techs actually do
Protect the room
Drop cloths down before anything comes out of the van. Furniture moved and moved back.
Installed to plan
Installed to the measurements taken during the initial planning, install verified, products fully tested.
Tested with you
Every single product is operated with you to assure you understand how everything works.
Clean up
Our install techs clean up the work space and haul away all packing and any old window treatments.
Beyond High Installation Standards
More of what you can expect
High installation standards is just one area we excel in as a custom window treatment and outdoor shade solution company. Here’s more of what you can expect from the Solar Shield Blinds team.
The YES Experience
We want you to get what you need for your home or business, so we find ways to say yes instead of no. If there is a possible solution for your project we will find it or create it ourselves.
The YES Experience
Complete project coverage
Every project, residential and commercial, is protected by the Solar Shield Blinds Carefree Guarantee. Eight promises in one, including lifetime product cover and two price guarantees.
Carefree Guarantee
Real-world performance, not brand names
We believe real-world performance, not brand name, is the measure of a product. Our in-house testing exposes the drawbacks and leaves only the options worth putting in your home.
Tested Products
A reputation you can trust
It is hard to beat years of 5-star ratings and consumer awards. Page after page of them, on every platform, plus the 2025 and 2026 Kansas City Favorites Gold awards for Window Treatments and Outdoor Living.
Reviews & AwardsStraight Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
No. All Solar Shield Blinds installers are in-house employees. The company that measured your windows is the company that installs them and the company you call if something needs adjusting later.
By where the installer sits in our training system. Apprentices work under a veteran. Install Techs handle smaller, simpler jobs with supervision. A Crew Lead or Lead Installer takes over on more complicated projects, and crew sizes change with what the job needs.
We are, and there is nobody else in the chain to point at. The same company measured, ordered, built and hung the job. A single Install Manager oversees every crew and reports to our owner, Tim.
The crew arrives with drop cloths and a vacuum, hangs the order, and takes the packaging away with them. Before anyone leaves, someone walks every room with you and operates every single shade in front of you.
Family Owned & Operated
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.
Meet The Whole Team