If you’re lucky enough to own a home with stunning bifold doors, why not enhance them further with electric blinds? Whilst endless streams of light and fabulous outdoor views are a major appeal of bifold doors, sometimes you may want to darken your home for some ambiance or enjoy a little privacy. With electric bifold door blinds you can do just that at the push of a button, the flick of a switch or a quick tap on your phone screen.
To understand what electric bifold door blinds are, it stands to reason that we first need to understand what bifold doors are, right?
Well, bifold doors are a very stylish type of door made of panels which fold together like a concertina when the door is opened – although, unfortunately, without the concertina music. Bifold doors can also either be inward opening or outward opening.
Electric bifold door blinds are automated blinds which you can use to control the levels of light and privacy that your bifold doors allow. You can have an individual set of blinds for each panel, or one or two sets of electric blinds covering the whole unit hanging from the door recess. It’s up to you!
Outward opening bifold doors are the most versatile in terms of the blinds they can be spruced up with, as they work with both individual panel blinds and whole unit recess blinds. Inward opening bifold doors, however, tend to not work so well with electric blinds that hang from the recess, and are therefore only compatible with single sets of blinds for each individual panel.
Electric blinds for bifold doors are fitted with a motor that sits in the headrail and turns the mechanism to open and close the blinds.
This motor can be activated by remotes, wall switches, app control, sensors, or even a Smart Home hub device. Ultra-convenience with options galore!
Glass bifold doors allow enormous amounts of light into the room, which is wonderful for achieving a fresh and airy feel. However, sometimes this can mean that your room gets a little too bright for your liking. This is where electric blinds can come to the rescue! The touch of a button on your smartphone or the flick of a switch, allows you to lower them as much or as little as you please, so you can create the perfect level of light in your home.
Another fabulous benefit of bifold doors is the stunning views of the outdoors that they treat you and your family to. Unfortunately, this also means that they can allow prying people outside your home, a view of your humble abode. Fear not though! Electric blinds can once again save the day, lowering in seconds when needed, so that you can enjoy a spot of privacy.
As we’ve mentioned before, bifold doors can give a room a wonderfully light and airy feel. This is perfect in summer, but in the colder months, we long for a cosier atmosphere and for draughts to be blocked out. Enter electric blinds! These nifty window dressings have been designed to keep cold air out in winter so you can be snug as a bug during the chillier months. And if that wasn’t enough! Electric blinds not only keep cold air out in the winter, but they have also been designed to block heat from the sun in the warmer months. The sun beating down on the glass panels of your bifold doors can have a greenhouse effect on your home, practically turning it into a sauna! You can use electric blinds to keep those rays away and keep your home as cool as a cucumber. Not only will you benefit from temperature control but energy efficiency too – don’t say we don’t spoil you!
If you want to take things even further, why not consider the Sunis io? You can enjoy the perfect level of not only warmth but light too, as it adjusts your blinds automatically thanks to its light intensity sensor. Clever right?
Bifold doors are a stunning feature to have in a home, and electric blinds can take that beauty to the next level. Plus, by picking out a blind style and design that you like, you can bring a little more of your own personality into your humble abode.
Of course, we can’t talk about the benefits of electric bifold door blinds without mentioning the second to none convenience and ease of home automation they also offer. Now, rather than fiddling with different cords and mechanisms, you can close your bifold door blinds from your seat with a remote control or from a smartphone app, or even schedule them to close at certain times through a smart home hub. Now that’s what we call the easygoing life!
Simple yet classic, electric roller blinds descend from the top of your recess as a single sheet of fabric. The clean lines and straightforward design of these blinds makes them the perfect blinds for bifold doors, if you want a blind that won’t distract from the aesthetic of this gorgeous feature of your humble abode.
Electric vertical blinds and bifold doors are a match made in heaven! This charming window dressing, made of vertical fabric slats, is light and easy to move. Plus, the slats can open to the left or to the right to match or contrast with the direction in which your bifold doors open
Electric Venetian blinds consist of horizontal slats made of materials like plastic, wood or metal. These blinds have a sleek aesthetic and a wonderful capacity for light control, as you can let a limited amount of light in by opening the slats or let vast streams of light in by raising the blinds up to the top of the recess.
Electric Venetian blinds work best with bifold doors where the recess is high. This is because electric Venetian blinds create a thick stack when opened which can obscure the top of your bifold doors
If you’re looking for a more luxurious way to dress your bifold doors – look no further than electric Roman blinds. They work well with bifold doors that have higher recesses, and are made of slats inside fabric which results in a gorgeous, folded look when raised.
For the ultimate thermal insulation, cellular blinds are a no brainer for bifold doors. Made up of two pieces of fabric which form hexagonal tube-like pockets when your blinds are closed, electric cellular blinds create a bigger barrier between your home and any pesky draughts that may try to creep in. Plus, the hexagonal structure creates a look that no other home could match.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could just zap your blinds open or closed, just like turning on the TV? Well, with remotes like the Situo 1 RTS Pure II – you can! And remotes like the Telis 6 Chronis Silver allow you to control multiple applications in the home with one device.
We control the electrical lighting in our home with a switch on the wall – so why not control the natural lighting in the exact same way with the Smoove Origin Wall Switch? Simple!
There’s an app for everything these days – so why should your blinds be any different? Using the Somfy TaHoma app, you can control numerous applications around the home from your phone screen and then get straight back to swiping away on Instagram, Pinterest or Facebook.
Somfy’s smart home hub, the TaHoma switch, can control your electric bifold door blinds for you. One great feature of this hub is scheduling, which allows you to set your blinds to open and close at different times of the day. Picture this – you can schedule your blinds to open in the morning for you to enjoy breakfast in the sunlight, and lower again whilst you’re at work to prevent nosy folks peering into your home.
Clever little sensors like the Sunis io we mentioned previously, work wonders when it comes to keeping the conditions in your home perfectly balanced. As soon as this genius device notices lots of bright sunlight, it’ll lower your blinds and keep your home cool and comfortable as can be.
Achieve excellent light control, cosy insulation, and blissful privacy all in the most convenient way possible. Whether you select roller, Venetian or Roman blinds, you’ll be delighted by the ease and efficiency that electric blinds for bifold doors bring to your life.
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