Hi all,
I have a pretty wide sliding door, we want some window coverings for it, but cannot find anything suitable.
Ceilings are about 12 ft, so we don’t think curtains will looks very nice. I stated looking for an outdoor solution, but struggling to find something that looks reliable and has the right size.
The window is about 12 ft wide, 9 ft tall (little less if we go for wall mounted option). It is covered by a pation, and I can easily wire it with mains (120VAC).
I have some smartwings blinds, but they don’t seem to offer anything wide enough.
Anyone has any suggestions?
Thank you!
Among smart (motorized) shades vendors, Graywind, Yoolax, and Smartwinds outdoor shades all seem to max out under 109” width. Bali’s configurator goes to 143” but will reject if the fabric is too heavy. Basically they are all limited by the lifting capacity of the motor, for a given fabric weight the shade can only be so wide or so tall.
I also have a large(ish) sliding door (under 10ft), also with 12ft ceilings, for which I’m considering either two side-by-side roller shades, or “sliding panel blinds” which are kind of an upscale vertical blind with up to 6 fabric panels. While they offer more width, neither is ideal and, sadly, the only motorized panel tracks are (currently) only from Graywind with their proprietary WiFi motor, which I won’t use if it requires the cloud. For now I’m going to try a non-motorized track and see if I can retrofit it with a belt or robotic roller (oops, that’s only 11ft max, 12 is hard to find!)
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that looks good! thanks for giving me some more options
Sunsetter has outdoor motorized shade up to 12 ft wide and up to 7 ft in height. They use Somfy to control the motor so it can be integrated into Home Assistant.
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Just wanted to give a quick update. I ended up getting some panel tracks from GoDear. I had to get two sets, and combine them to make on continuous track. Just removed one of the end tracks, and the end cap on the other, and was able to slide them into eachother. I also had to adjust the mounting brackets, so that the rail could mount under my header, but above the door.
This was the easiest and cheapest solution by far.
