Motorised Blinds & Shades
One remote, one app, or just your voice.
Almost everything on this site can be motorised. It stops being a novelty the moment you have a window you cannot comfortably reach: a stairwell, a two-storey great room, a run of glass behind a sofa. Or when you want every shade in a room to land on the same line at the same time.
Where it fits
When it's right
- The window needs a ladder to reach, which is where this stops being a luxury
- A run of windows has to land on the same line together, which is difficult by hand and trivial on one motor
- There are children in the house. A motorised blind has no cord at all
- The room overheats in the afternoon and you want the shades down before it does
Usually goes in
- Two-storey great rooms
- Stairwell and transom windows
- Large runs of glass
- Smart-home installs
Where it doesn't
When it isn't
- You can comfortably reach the window. It adds cost and a thing to charge for a problem you do not have
- The blind is heavy and old and you are hoping to retrofit it. Some tubes take a motor and some do not, and we check before promising
- You want it hidden but the wall is finished. Hardwiring is straightforward during a build and disruptive afterwards, which pushes most retrofits onto battery
Before you order
The choices that change the result
Two or three decisions do most of the work on this product, and they are all easier to make at the window than afterwards. This is what we talk about at the measure.
Battery or hardwired
A rechargeable tube motor needs no wiring and drops into an existing window, which is why nearly every retrofit uses one. It also has to be recharged, and if the whole reason you are motorising is that the window needs a ladder, then think about where the charge point sits before you choose. Hardwiring solves it permanently and is much easier while a wall is open.
One motor can drive more than one blind
On a long run of glass, linked blinds move together off a single motor and stop on the same line every time. It is cheaper than a motor per window and it is the only way a wall of shades stays visually level over years of use.
Keep a manual override
A 2-in-1 motor still moves by hand. It costs nothing extra to specify and it is the difference between a flat battery being an annoyance and a flat battery being a window you cannot open.
Made to order
What we can make
Every one of these is cut to your window, so this is the range rather than a list of sizes on a shelf. If what you need is not here, ask, because the answer is often yes.
| What it fits | Roller, zebra, roman, sheer and aluminium blinds, and drapery track |
|---|---|
| Power | Rechargeable battery tube motor, or hardwired where the wall allows it |
| Control | Handheld remote, wall switch, phone app, or voice assistant |
| Linked runs | One motor can operate two or more blinds together on a long elevation |
| Retrofit | Existing roller and zebra shades can often be motorised, subject to checking the tube |
| Manual override | 2-in-1 motors stay movable by hand with the power off |
Pricing depends on size, fabric and control type, so it is quoted per job rather than listed. The estimate is free and there is no obligation attached to it.
Estimate for motorisation
Send a photo of the window and we'll tell you whether this is the right product for it, including when it isn't.
Also available
Other window coverings
Roller Shades
One clean line of fabric. The most versatile shade we hang.
Zebra Shades
Also called day and night. Alternating bands that tune the light.
Roman Shades
Soft folds. The closest a shade gets to drapery.
Sheer Horizontal Shades
Shangri-La. Fabric vanes floating between two sheers.
Faux Wood Blinds
The look of stained timber, without the warping.
Aluminium Venetian Blinds
Thin metal slats. Precise light control, minimal stack.
Curtains & Drapery
Fabric with weight. Softens a room the way nothing else does.
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