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1) French Doors 1a. The products that are good for this application are: 2” Horizontal, Duette, Roller Shades, Silhouette 2) Sliders 2a. The products recommended for this application are: Verticals, Sheer Verticals, Luminette, Roller shades, Duette, Vertiglide, Silhouette, Vignette, and shutters 2b. These products are recommended since they don’t have a bunch at the top as the blind is lifted. 3) Room Partitions: 3a. The products recommended for this application are: Shutters, Duette, Horizontals, Panel Track Verticals 1) If there is furniture in front of the blind make sure you DO NOT specify wand. A wand can only be used if you walk with the wand. If there is a couch in the way that sticks out far the customer will not be able to go to the side where the wand is and walk with the wand to open the blind. In this case a cord and chain is advisable. 2) Make sure you specify different wand lengths if the window is up very high and/or the consumer is very short. 3) You MUST have at the worst case scenario 1.75” of un-obstructed sill depth for an inside mount for a vertical blind. 4) Mortorized options available. PVC material comes 16’ maximum. Headrail comes 20’ Maximum. 5) The blinds come in one way (meaning that the blind will either close all the way to the right or to the left) however, the headrail is interchangeable – the installer will place the blind with the stack to the O non moving side of the window. The vertical blind also comes with split draw, meaning half of the stack will be on the left and the other half on the right. 6) The vertical headrail we use comes from the original designer of the self synchronizing carrier, which means after the gear rotates to the closed position, you can turn it a little more until it clicks and it will always synchronize to be straight. Horizontals 1) We recommend cord tilting over wand tilting due to longevity and possibility of breaking wood wands. It takes 12 revolutions to use a wand and only a short pull for a cord. 2) A Wand Tiltor is recommended for Standard Valance only. a. Using a Wand Tiltor for other size valance will rub against the valance. 3) The cord to lift the blind gets longer as the blind is raised. Horizontal blinds are NOT meant to be lifted on a daily basis, they are primarily meant to be tilted open or close. A cord is Always used to lift the blind. 4) Never use basswood in kitchens or bathrooms, since this will void the warranty. Getting water or moisture near or on the wood will cause premature warping, fading, and discoloriation. 5) Make sure you take into account that a fully recessed inside mount for a Horizontal is 3 ¼ inches. 6) Motorized control is not to exceed 30 lbs. 7) The valance is 1” wider than actual measured width. Please make sure that there is enough room to place a valance on the window and that it will not interfere with other moldings, decorations, or walls; if so specify no returns or a return on one side. 8) Motorized Horizontal blinds do not have tilt cords or wands, the remote control performs this function. 9) We will always when available use the contoured/trapezoid bottom rail due to its superior rocking function. 10 )We will always try and use hidden valance clips whenever possible. 11) Cloth tape is available at a 25% surcharge and may or may not have a contoured bottom rail. The cloth tape is primarily designed for the rectangular bottom rail, however, we may use the contoured bottom rail due to material availability. 12) Basswood slats are always lighter in weight than vinyl or PVC slats. Roman Shade – Hunter Douglas 1) This product’s material bunches up at the top. 2) Cord Lock or continuous cord 3) One to Two shades per headrail 4) Top Down Bottom Up Feature Pleated Shade 1) Top Down Bottom Up, Default Easy Glide Tassel, Multiple Fabric per Blind, Two on One 2) Continuous Cord on White and Ivory, Optional Bottom Tassel 3) Twilight - a semi-opaque fabric for Privacy, Subdue - an opaque fabric for room darkening Woven Wood – Hunter Douglas 1) Comes with Valance, Must ask for side Valance (shade Return - No charge Option MUST ASK) 2) Default pull cord, continuous cord clutch is an upgrade 3) One on One, Two on One, Three on One, Angle Top 4) Top Down Bottom Up uses another control to lift the headrail up and down 5) Light Filtering and Room Darkening Pleated Shade Option a. This pleated shade has holes in it for the cord to pass through which allows light in. b. A cord cleat must be used to keep the blind raised c. With large windows there is a bowing affect. 6) Decorative Hem and Trim Options Woven Wood Provenance, Skandia, Century 1) Comes with Valance, Must ask for side Valance (shade Return - No charge Option MUST ASK) 2) Default pull cord, continuous cord clutch is an upgrade 3) One on One, Two on One, Three on One, Angle Top 4) Top Down Bottom Up uses another control to lift the headrail up and down 5) Fabric Backing Option cloth that is glued to the woven wood a. This material has holes in it for the cord to pass through which allows pin holes. 6) Decorative Hem and Trim Options 7) Different hobbled looks available Roller Shades 1) Decorative Hem and Trim are chosen together since a hem must be covered with a trim. 2) SoftRise from Hunter Douglas comes with a Decorative pull and does not come in reverse roll O). 3) The standard roll rotation is (O, where the material falls closer to the window. 4) Other manufacturers have different fascias to cover the headrail. 5) Motorized options available Silhouette 1) 2", 3" or 4", Several Angle Headrails, Tilt Only Options for Small Windows, Two On One 2) Oversized Headrail( Width Greater than 96” Height up to 120”) Specify COLOR 3) Back Cover Option for Headrail (¼” Depth Add), Dust Cover 4) Continuous Cord and Ultraglide lift options, Hold Down Brackets available 5) Headrail comes color coordinated or fabric on it. 6) Arch window does not move 7) Motorized options available Vignette 1) Fabric Fold Size 3" or 4" 2) There is always a backing on the product, Room Darkening with Evescape backing is available. 3) Fabric Covered Headrail Surcharge, Separate Fabric Purchase by the yard 4) One Panel, Two Panel, Three Panel ¼ gap between uses only one control. 5) Continuous Cord Loop or Ultraglide 6) The headrail is very large, there is a possibility that when completely raised that all the material may not be tucked inside the headrail. 7) Headrail comes color coordinated to material selection. 8) Motorized options available Duette 1) Multiple Shapes, Pleat Sizes, Top Down Bottom Up, Two on One, Vertiglide, 3/8, ¾ , 1 ¼ , 2) UltraGlide (Cord Length Always Remains the Same), EasyRise(Continuous Cord Loop) 3) Lite Rise (touch of a finger), Optional Extension Pole, Easy Grip Handle 4) DuoLite two different fabrics on One blind 5) Moveable arches, Skyrise is available. 6) The difference between Duette and Applause is that Duette comes with more options: lift choices, colors of fabric, headrail colors, and Applause is spun polyester instead of woven. 7) PowerRise and MotorRise options Luminette 1) Very expensive product, make sure the customer chooses this product in the daylight since the color looks different depending on the light. 2) Wand control has a cord attached that both tilts and traverses the fabric vanes. The product also comes motorized. 3) There are 5 fabric styles and Evening star for black out. With a 6 1/4" fully recessed width. 4) The product either is left stack, right stack, or split stack. 5) Since the wand does not move from it’s position, it can be on either side unlike our vertical which moves with the material. 6) There is 1.5" - 2" return gap when butting headrails close together. 7) Motorized options available Sheer Visions 1) Add on to PVC vertical blinds. Valance is either Bunched material or Wood Rod Valance. 2) 2", 4" and Euro Hem options 3) Specify One way draw, split draw, number of vanes, length of vanes Shutters a. Louver Size: 2 ½", 3 ½", 4 ½" b. Color: PVC (Bright White, Off White, Dull White) Basswood has a color swatch. c. Inside Mount or Outside Mount: PVC shutters are recommended for IB and Basswood or MDF shutters are recommended for outside mount d. PVC has a Z Frame for an IB mount, and Basswood shutters have upgraded moldings.