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Old 03-31-2025, 03:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy View Post
I don’t understand how a shade can rise and lower on its own with just a touch if it’s not motorized? I feel dumb, but want to understand because we need shades on our glassed-in lanai to block morning sun but so far all quotes have been ridiculous, plus we’d need four indoor shades with four remotes because lanai width is 38 ft.
Maybe similar to cord less window shades. To raise our blinds, I use both palm and push up, thumb and fingers to pull down. One drawback is sometimes it takes a second to make them perfectly straight. No effort to raise or lower. Our front bedroom window is the longest width @ 81”. My guess is same concept or maybe a spring action like the old roller shades.

Our lanai faces Northeast, so we were thinking shades for rain. Quote for outdoor motorized shades was $18,000, because of the expanse between pillars and 10’ walls.
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