Sunscreen, for the window that's the whole reason the room faces that way
A fine mesh — usually 3-5% openness — is what most view-facing lounges on this ridge end up drawing every afternoon. It keeps the vineyard rows, the fairway or the Table Bay silhouette visible while cutting the glare and UV that would otherwise bleach a rug or wash out a screen by three o'clock. On a west or south-west-facing window — Plattekloof's Table Bay side, a Welgemoed afternoon wing — sunscreen alone won't stop all the heat, so we'll usually pair it with external shading rather than pretend one interior fabric can do both jobs.
Blockout, for the rooms that need full dark regardless of the ridge
Bedrooms get a single flat blockout sheet — full dark for an early start, whatever the fog or the ridge glow is doing outside. Where one window needs both jobs, a double roller carries blockout and sunscreen fabric on the same bracket, so you draw whichever one the hour calls for.
Every roller is made to the actual opening, not a stock size — chain, spring or motorised control, with a tensioner fitted as standard on anything corded. On an exposed ridge-top stand near Welgemoed, motorisation with a sun sensor is the more sensible spec, since it drops the blind before the room heats up rather than waiting for someone to notice.
Down on the valley floor in Durbanville, the same fabric does quieter, more conventional work — mostly glare and UV control on vineyard-facing glass, without the wind-exposure premium a ridge-top install needs.
The view is usually the whole reason the window exists — an opaque blockout on that glass throws away what the house was built for.
On-site measure, Northern SuburbsWhat a roller blind costs on this belt
Guides per square metre, installed. Worked by hand, in blockout, sunscreen or light-filter fabric, a roller lands at R1,000 to R1,600 the square metre. A plain blockout in a stock colour sits low in that; a 3% sunscreen in a wide fabric, or a twin-bracket pairing of mesh and blockout, sits high in it.
Motorised, it rises to R2,500 – R3,800 per square metre, covering the tube motor, the control you pick and commissioning on the day; a sun sensor is quoted as its own line so you can weigh it separately. Little windows attract a minimum charge, since almost nothing about the hardware or the fitting time shrinks when the opening does. The figure that actually binds is written per opening after the free measure.
- Sunscreen fabric (3-5% openness) for view-side glass
- Full blockout for bedrooms and early starts
- Double roller for blockout and sunscreen on one bracket
- Chain, spring or motorised control, tensioner fitted as standard
- Sun-sensor motorisation recommended on exposed ridge-top glass
A view window that needs the glare taken off it?
We measure at the house at no charge and price each opening in writing. There is no obligation to order.
