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Cellular blinds
Cellular and honeycomb blinds
Pleated fabric folded into honeycomb cells that trap a layer of air against the glass — the quiet insulator of the range.
Look at a cellular blind from the side and you can see how it works. The fabric is pleated and joined so that each pleat forms a closed hexagonal cell, and every one of those cells holds still air between the room and the glass. Still air is a poor conductor — which is the whole trick.
In practice that means two things in a Rivonia house. On a cold highveld night, a bedroom with a big single-glazed window loses a lot of its warmth straight through the glass; a cellular blind slows that down noticeably. On a hot afternoon it works the other way, holding some of the heat at the window instead of letting it roll into the room.
They are also the tidiest blind we fit when raised. The pleats collapse into a very shallow stack, so a cellular blind takes up less of the window than almost anything else — useful on a smaller complex window where every centimetre of view counts.
Fabrics run from light-filtering to blockout, and a top-down/bottom-up configuration is available where you want the top of the window open for light and the bottom closed for privacy — a genuinely clever answer for a bathroom or a ground-floor bedroom facing a walkway.
The practical detail
How we specify it here
Small decisions that decide whether you like the blind in two years’ time, not just on installation day.
- Cell size — smaller cells for narrow windows, larger cells where the window is generous and insulation is the point
- Blockout backing — available where the room is a bedroom first and an insulation problem second
- Top-down / bottom-up — light in at the top, privacy at the bottom — the answer for bathrooms and walkway-facing rooms
- Cordless lift — no loose cord at all, which makes them a natural choice in a nursery
- Tight reveal fit — the closer to the glass, the better the insulating cell performs
Not sure which fabric or which room? That is exactly the conversation the free measure is for — samples held against your own light beat any swatch on a screen.
Questions
Asked most often
Straight answers, including where the answer is “it depends on the room”.
Do they really make a difference to the temperature?
Yes, and most noticeably on the windows that are worst: large panes, single glazing, a room that gets cold overnight or hot by mid-afternoon. It is an improvement you feel rather than a number we are going to invent for you.
Are they suitable for a bathroom?
They are, particularly in the top-down/bottom-up configuration. In a room with heavy steam and no extraction, aluminium venetians remain the more forgiving choice.
How do you clean them?
Gently. A vacuum on the lowest setting with a soft brush head along the pleats, and a hairdryer on cool to blow dust out of the cells. They do not take kindly to scrubbing.
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The rest of the range, and where each one earns its place.
Where we fit them
Cellular & honeycomb blinds across our patch
The quiet insulator for a cold Highveld bedroom, fitted in homes across Sunninghill, Morningside, Woodmead, Sandown and Gallo Manor.
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Which rooms, which way they face, and what is actually bothering you about the light. One of our expert consultants will contact you shortly to arrange the free in-home measure.
- Free in-home measure with fabric and slat samples
- Written quote, itemised per window, no obligation
- Made to order — nothing cut down to fit
- Repairs and restringing on existing blinds too
Our consultant does five to six measures a week across this area, so the diary fills early.
Want a ballpark first? The Window Schedule carries a two-minute window list — pop in rough sizes and we’ll send a budget range by the next working day. Not sure how to measure? Leave it: our consultant measures for free and you get exact per-window pricing either way.
Would rather type than fill in a form? Open the chat and the assistant will take it from there.
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