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patfla06 03-28-2025 03:13 PM

Lanai shade question
 
After 12 years we’re looking to put some kind of window treatments on our lanai.
We face East, lanai is enclosed and has a Mitsubishi mini split.
We only get sun in the morning.
Motorized shades were quoted at $12,000. The price is high but what bothers me is the span is too long for one shade.
Don’t know how it would look plus the boxes for the motors.

Any alternative ideas?
Or if you sis the motorized INSIDE your lanai were you happy with them?
Thanks!

villagetinker 03-28-2025 04:04 PM

Non motorized and split was fine, about1 inch wide, and way lower cost.

Brwne 03-29-2025 05:39 AM

Lanai shades
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by patfla06 (Post 2419272)
After 12 years we’re looking to put some kind of window treatments on our lanai.
We face East, lanai is enclosed and has a Mitsubishi mini split.
We only get sun in the morning.
Motorized shades were quoted at $12,000. The price is high but what bothers me is the span is too long for one shade.
Don’t know how it would look plus the boxes for the motors.

Any alternative ideas?
Or if you sis the motorized INSIDE your lanai were you happy with them?
Thanks!

Our lanai is enclosed and has the Mitsubishi but faces West - blinds were absolutely essential. We have four blinds, spanning 20", they're not motorized and they've been working great for 5 years.

CrazyTiki 03-29-2025 06:38 AM

Does anyone have recommendations for a reputable company that has done your lanai blinds? I am not looking for anything motorized.

villagetinker 03-29-2025 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrazyTiki (Post 2419363)
Does anyone have recommendations for a reputable company that has done your lanai blinds? I am not looking for anything motorized.

I cannot make recommendations for lanai BLINDS, however I can for lanai SHADES, if you are a DIY type you can look into coolero (?) shades at lowe's. I did help with one install that turned out to be a little tricky, so look into the directions first.

I believe we used Village Blinds and shutters route 106 Oxford, just south of 466 and 301, they came to the house took measurements and did the complete install, that was over 10 years ago and we still are using the same shades.

CoachKandSportsguy 03-30-2025 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by villagetinker (Post 2419441)
I believe we used Village Blinds and shutters route 106 Oxford, just south of 466 and 301, they came to the house took measurements and did the complete install, that was over 10 years ago and we still are using the same shades.

same for us 5 years ago, and working great. Manual and very easy

The only problem is that anoles get rolled up in them occasionally


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