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How much should Conservatory Blinds cost?



A conservatory in a south facing garden will get staggeringly hot during the summer. This is why you need conservatory blinds to regulate the temperature. There are several different types and in this article I hope to go through some of them and give you a rough estimate of how much various conservatory blind styles will cost.

Roman

This type of blind are rolled up at the bottom as the blind is raised.

Pinoleum

This type of blind are typically made of wooden slats. They are in fact a type of roman blind.

Pleated

This type of blind are folded up like a fan. They are very popular and can give a modern look to conservatories.

How much will they cost?

The cheapest price I found on the web started at £680 for even a postage stamp size conservatory blind. This included at 'survey' of the conservatory, measuring it, fitting the blinds and a 5 year manufacturers warranty. On this particluar site there didn't seem to be a linear relationship between price and blind area or length (at least not one I could see) but typical prices were a 3m x 3m conservatory costing just under £1000 to put any type of blind into. A 5m x 5m set of blinds set cost £2200 again with any type of blind (not electric though). Whether this online quotation service would be honoured or whether there would be some terms and conditions which became obvious at the 'survey' I don't know - but it gives you an idea of the lowest price you can expect to pay.
A second site rather than have an online quotation calculator listed several designs of conservatory along with typical dimensions and pricing for standard blinds for you conservatory. For example for a
  • Lean to conservatory, 4m x 2.5m = £941
  • Victorian conservatory, 3m x 3m = £1248
  • Edwardian conservatory, 3m x 3m = £1350
  • P-shaped conservatory, 5m x 3m = £1950
Again these prices are estimates. Not a huge difference in price to the previous quotations, e.g. prices starting at about £1000 rising to about £2000.

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