Window Blinds Glossary
Acorn
A decorative finsh to the end of the operating cord of a venetian blind or on the central cord of a spring loaded roller blind.
Aluminium blinds
A type of blind that refers to horizontal aluminium slat construction that comes in 25 mm width slats.
Automatic cord lock mechanism
A mechanical mechanism that locks the raise and lower operating cord of a venetian blind or roman blind.
Basswood
An excellent timber used in wood venetian blinds, from the Tilia family of tree's.
Blackout blinds
The fabric used in blackout blinds has a coating on the revese side to prevent light passing through. Used in roller and vertical blinds .
Bobble control chain
Control chian made of cord with moulded plastic balls.
Bottom chain
The chain along the bottom of vertical blinds to help with stabalization and spacing.
Bottom weight
An injection moulded plastic weight or rod which is inserted into a pocket of a vertical louver blind or a roller blind to help in stability and
rididity.
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Brackets
Fittings used to fit the blind to a wall or window frame, they can be either face fix or top fix.
Cafe rod
The bottom finish to a roller blind that has a rod inserted made of either wood or metal .
Childrens blinds
Refers to blinds made from a blackout material to help aid light sleeprs.
Cord lock
The mechanism used in a venetian blind or roman blind to lock the blind in a raised position.
Dim out blinds
Refers to a blind fabric that will blockout a about 60% of light.
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Face fix
A type of bracket used to fix the window blind to a wall or window frame surface.
Faux wood blind
A wood blind made out of a plastic material to look like wood.
GGL code
The code used in velux windows to determine which type of blind fits.
Hangers
The hanger is placed into the top pocket of a vertical blind vane (louvers, slats) to allow the fabric to hang off the headrail.
Headrail
The box section along the top of either a venetian blind or vertical blinds, which houses the control mechanism.
Louvers
The vertical fabric strip that makes up the louvers of a vertical blind.
Pin end
The opposite end of a roller blind tube to the control end.
Plain bottom
A straight edge finish to the bottom of a roller blind.
Pleated blinds
Pleated blind fabrics are folded in a horizontal concertina to give a crisp clean fold and light weight blind.
Pull cordThe cord attached to the bottom of a spring roller blind to either lower or raise the roller blind.
PVC blinds
The fabric is made of pvc allowing easy cleaning with blackout qualitys. Can be made into either roller or vertical blinds.
Raise and lower control cord
Method of raising and lowering a venetian blind by use of a polyester cord.
Ready made blinds
Blinds pre-made to stock sizes for the customer to trim to their exact sizes so given a lower price and speedy delivery.
Roller blind fabric
The roller blind fabric is stiffend to prevent fraying and creasing.
Roller blind
This is a window blind that simply rolls the fabric around a tube when operated by either a side control chain or spring loaded tube.
Roller tube
A cylindrical tube on a roller blind that the fabric wraps around.
Roman blind
A soft fabric blind or real wood that gathers into pleats when raised.
Scallop
The finshed edge to a roller blind bottom.
Sidewinder
The operating mechanism of a roller blind that allows for easy operation and accurate positioning of the blind.
Slats
The individual vertical fabric of vertical blinds, in 89mm width.
Spring
Used inside of a roller blind tube to roll the fabric back up.
Tilt chain
The beaded cord mechanism used to rotate the louvers of a vertical blind.
Tilt cord
A corded mechanism used to tilt the horizontal vanes of a venetian blind.
Tilt wand
The method of tilting the horizontal vanes of 25mm aluminium venetian blinds.
Top fix bracket
A bracket that allows the blind to be fixed to the ceiling or lintel.
Trucks
The mechanism used in vertical blinds which are situated in the headrail allowing the louvers to be attached and drawn across the window with a
smooth action.
Vanes
The horizontal strip of fabric used in vertical blinds, can be opaque or blackout material.
Velux blinds
Window blinds made speciffically for velux roof windows found in loft spaces.
Venetian blind
A blind made up of horizontal strips of wood or aluminium in widths of 25mm, 35mm and 50mm. The venetian blind gives a modern look
with a high degree of light control.
Vertical blind parts
These are used to repair vertical blinds for example you can replace the top hangers and bottom weights and chains.
vertical blinds
A window blind consisting of strips of horizontal fabric hanging from a headrail allowing the fabric to traverse across the window and tilt
closed.
Vinyl blind
A window blind made from pvc fabric, easy to clean and blackout qualitys.
Wand control
The wand control is a clear plastic stick found on the venetian blind, used to control the horizontal slats opening and closing.
Window blinds
Aluminium venetian blinds.
Wood venetian
blinds.Roller blinds.
Vertical blinds
Pleated blinds
Cellular blinds
Roman blinds
Woodweave blinds
Temporary blinds
Paper blinds
Window shades
Aluminium venetian
blinds.
Wood venetian
blinds.Roller blinds.
Vertical blinds
Pleated blinds
Cellular blinds
Roman blinds
Woodweave blinds
Temporary blinds
Paper blinds
Window treatments
Aluminium venetian blinds.
Wood venetian blinds.Roller blind.
Vertical blinds.
Pleated blinds.
Cellular blinds.
Roman blinds.
Woodweave blindsd.
Temporary blinds.
Paper blinds.
Wood blinds
The wood blind can be either a venetian blind or vertical blind.
