Automation In Pekin
Motorized Shades & Automation in Pekin, IL
Every product we sell has an automated option, so the high windows in a great room, the skylight over the kitchen and the shades on the patio of your Pekin, Illinois home can all be motorized. Our Solar Shield Blinds Automation moves them at the touch of a button or on a schedule you set once.
Where It Fits In Pekin
Where A Motor Makes Sense In Pekin
Some windows are out of reach, and some are simply easier on a timer, whether they're in a two story at Lick Creek Estates or an established house on the Lady Streets.
- Great Room GlassNobody wants to drag out a ladder for the top row of glass in a two story great room. A battery motor or a solar panel charger puts them on a button.
- Lake Facing WallsA wall of glass toward the water at Lake Whitehurst runs best as one group, so every shade stops at the same height together.
- Winter EveningsSet your Honeycomb Shades to close at sunset and open at sunrise, so they hold the heat in through the long January nights without anyone remembering to do it.
- SkylightsOver a skylight, a motorized Honeycomb Shade runs off a small solar panel, so there's nothing to wire through the ceiling and nothing to climb for.
How You Control Them
One app for the windows inside and the patio outside
Shades, blinds, shutters, drapery and the Exterior Patio Shades on the patio can all be motorized, and they all run from one app. You pick the control: a Solar Shield Blinds remote, a no wiring wall switch, the app on a phone or tablet, or Alexa, Google or Siri.
Most of our motors run on internal batteries, so they go into an existing Pekin home with no electrical work. Recharging takes 4 to 6 hours every 6 to 9 months, or a solar panel can do it on a window facing east, west or south. Building new out near the golf courses or the lake lots, hardwired motors in low voltage or 110 volt can be planned into the construction.
A house that already runs on a whole home system can bring the shades into it through a smart hub we supply, and many products link straight to our Solar Shield Blinds USB Bridge. We program the shades and set up your schedules and scenes before we leave. Your Design Specialist goes over every option at the consultation, and if a window doesn't need a motor, they'll tell you so.
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 Pekin
- Free ConsultationWe bring our shop to your Pekin 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 Pekin
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 Pekin homeowners
No. Most of our motors run on internal batteries, so nothing gets run through the walls and the shade installs like a manual one. A solar panel can handle the charging if you'd rather not.
Yes. The app schedules shades by sunrise and sunset or by set times, and you can run them while you're away. A scene can also set every shade in the house with one tap.
Yes, for a window that gets direct sun from the east, south or west. Window film cuts how well the panel charges, and the panel shows from outside, so your Design Specialist checks each window first.
Yes. One remote runs up to 15 shades, or up to 30 with a bridge, and every shade stops at its set position so they line up across the room.
Yes. Through our USB Bridge, many products talk directly to Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, SmartThings, Control4 and Crestron. We confirm compatibility with your system before anything is ordered.
Yes. A motorized shade or blind has no cord or chain at the window, so there's nothing for a small child or a pet to reach, and the remote or the app does the work.
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Automation around Pekin
We serve all of Pekin, IL, including Downtown Pekin, Washington Street, Park Avenue, the Lady Streets, the President Streets, Sunset Hills, Lick Creek Estates and Lake Whitehurst. ZIP codes 61554, 61555.
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