Vertical Blinds
Vertical blinds go great in commercial or residential applications. The vertical blinds are often the least expensive blinds per square foot making them ideal for large window openings.
Our Recommendations
For commercial applications, we recommend
Graber G-71 Super-Vue® Vertical Blinds
Key Features
- Heavy-duty extruded aluminum head rail
- Steel pantograph spacing and traversing
- E-Z OpenTM rotation
- Centered carrier stems
- Clear non-yellowing stems
- #10 nickel-plated steel rotation chain
Channel
- shall measure 115/16″ wide x 13/8″ high
- Average wall thickness of .050″
- Made of anodized aluminum alloy 6063-T5 with a satin finish.
Carrier Trucks
- Made of molded acetyl
- Traverse on self lubricated wheels for smooth operation
- Centrally located, making the head rail reversible
- Stems made of clear, non-yellowing, UV-stabilized nylon and are impact-resistant.
- Carriers and stems are replaceable without disassembling the head rail
Louvers
Graber® line of PVC offers
- 2″ wide louvers
- 3½” wide and/or fire-rated fabrics in 3½” widths
Rotation
- #10 nickel-plated steel bead chain
- Dual rack-and-pinion gear system, providing 180° direct rotation.
- The pinion rod is extruded aluminum 0.30″ diameter
- Standard E-Z Open™ feature will automatically rotate vanes open when the traverse cord is operated
Traversing
- Pantograph system made of hard tempered, 18 gauge (0.046″) plated steel, ensuring precise and proportional vane spacing
- Traverse cord is #3 braided polyester with a fiberglass core, 0.094″ diameter and is equipped with a cord weight or tension device and cord clip
- Cord clip is placed above the cord weight or tension device to prevent a hazardous cord loop
- The cord clip should be properly anchored to the wall or window jamb in accordance with installation instructions and consistent with requirements of the American National Standard for Window Covering Safety ANSI-WCMA A100.1.
Options
- Valance
- Stack release
- Bottom chain
- Extension brackets
- Custom-painted headrail
- Curved headrail
- Angle headrail
- Bay window application
- Specialty shapes available
Levolor Zirlon® Vertical Blinds
Key Features
- Self-Lubricating Wheeled System Glides Very Smoothly
- Louvers Traverse Smoothly & Stack in 30% Less Space
- Louvers Rotate 360°
- Easy to Clean Windows – Louvers Move Away From Control End Effortlessly
- Stainless Steel Links will Not Rust
Channel
- Head channel made of anodized extruded aluminum alloy
- Anodized aluminum is standard channel color
- 1-5/16″ wide x 1-7/16″ high with capped ends.
- Provided with Delrin®, or equal, sprocket wheels
- End caps are equipped with covers to enclose sprockets, rotation rod ends and rollers for traverse cord
Carrier Trucks
- Made of Delrin
- 5/16″ wide
- Traverses on Zirlon wheels
- No glides or sliders are allowed
Spacer Links
- Flexible 1/4″ wide stainless steel spacer links space and stabilize trucks by passing smoothly between stabilizer guides on each truck
Louvers
- Rotate 360°
- Stack,when traversed, into no more than 5/16″ per louver
- When rotated, 3-1/2″ louvers overlap not less than 3/8″
- Normal louver spacing on center is 3/8 of an inch less than the louver size Louver width: 3-1/2″ Spacing on center: 3-1/8″
Rotation
- #6 nickel-plated bead chain synchronizes and actuates 360° rotation by turning a keyed aluminum rod actuating Delrin worm and spur gear in each truck
- Gears provide no less than 8-to-1 mechanical advantage and keep louvers fixed until reset by control
- No cord or 1-to-1 ratio mechanisms are allowed.
- Spur and worm gear slips under extreme loading and is able to be realigned with no damage
Traversing
Options include
- Left to right
- Right to left
- Split, by means of a non-stretch cord
Graber G-85 Dura-Vue® Vertical Blinds
Key Features
- 1½” x 1¼” roll-formed steel head rail
- Wheeled carriers
- Centered carrier stems
- Clear non-yellowing stems
- #6 nickel-plated steel rotation chain
Channel
- Roll-formed, phosphate-treated steel with a baked enamel finish in ivory gloss
- Measures 1½” wide x 1¼” high x .027″ thick.
Carrier Trucks
- Made of molded acetyl
- Traverse on self lubricated wheels for smooth operation
- Centrally located, making the head rail reversible
- Stems made of clear, non-yellowing, UV-stabilized nylon and are impact-resistant.
- Carriers and stems are replaceable without disassembling the head rail
Louvers
Graber® line of PVC offers
- 2″ wide louvers
- 3½” wide and/or fire-rated fabrics in 3½” widths
Rotation
- #6 nickel-plated steel bead chain
- Dual rack-and-pinion gear system, providing 180° direct rotation.
- The pinion rod is extruded aluminum 0.30″ diameter
- Standard E-Z Open™ feature will automatically rotate vanes open when the traverse cord is operated
Traversing
- Pantograph system made of hard tempered, 18 gauge (0.046″) plated steel, ensuring precise and proportional vane spacing
- Traverse cord is #3 braided polyester with a fiberglass core, 0.094″ diameter and is equipped with a cord weight or tension device and cord clip
- Cord clip is placed above the cord weight or tension device to prevent a hazardous cord loop
- The cord clip should be properly anchored to the wall or window jamb in accordance with installation instructions and consistent with requirements of the American National Standard for Window Covering Safety ANSI-WCMA A100.1.
Options
- Valance
- Stack release
- Bottom chain
- Extension brackets
- Bay window application
- Specialty shapes available
