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ALUMINUM: Light weight construction metal, used for headrails and aluminum mini blinds
ALUMINUM VALANCE: Used on top of aluminun mini blinds to cover the headrail.
BAMBOO: Strong hollow stem of a tropical plant, used for furniture and blinds.
BOTTOM RAIL: Sits at the bottom of the wood and mini blinds.
CELLULAR: Describing the shape of the contruction of a honeycomb shade.
CHILD-SAFE TASSEL: The new law prohibits any blind to be sold without a child proof tassel, where the tassel will break under any light stress and the cords will separate to preventing strangulation.
CHILD SAFE WAND CONTROL: A wand is also child proof as it will not promote any strangulation hazard.
CONTEMPORARY: Distinctively modern in style.
CONTOURED BOTTOMRAIL: A curved bottom rail for decorative look.
CONTROL POSITIONS: Where lift and tilt cords are to be placed.
CORDLESS: Some blinds could be ordered with no cord, thus offering a cleaner look , raising and lowering the blind is easy by pulling and lifting the bottom rail.
CORD LOCK: To be able to lift the blind and stopping at any height by a slight tug on the lift cord.
CORD TILT: The ability to slant the vanes of a wood, faux wood, vertical or mini blinds by pulling a tilt cord or a rotating a wand.
CRACKING: Hair line cracks caused mainly from too much sun exposure.
CROWN VALANCE: Wooden or vinyl with a curvature.
CUSTOM: Blinds are made exactly to fit any window size,(not ready made)
CUT-OUTS: To cut blinds to fit around window extrusions, like tile or wood trim etc.
DEDUCTION (TO MEASUREMENT): An allowance the factory will make, so the blind will not rub against the window.
DOUBLE CELL: Term used mainly in honeycomb cellular shades to describe how many cells they contain, usally much better insulation than a single cell unit.
DURABLE: Lasting for a long time.
EDGE BINDING: A strip of fabric or tape attached to the edge of a piece of material to prevent it from fraying.
EMBOSSED: To decorate or mark a surface with a slightly raised pattern on a surface.
EXCLUSIVE: Being the only one.
FABRIC INSERT: A piece of fabric, usually contrasting is slid into a main piece.
FADE RESISTANT: Can handle sun rays and outside elements without affecting color.
FADING: Loosing brightness, color, or loudness gradually.
FAUX WOOD: Made in imitation of a natural material like wood.
FLOCKED BACKING: Heavy backing, usually white and room darkening.
FLUSH: Even with window edges.
FULL SIZED HEADRAIL: Over 1 ¾’ x 1 ¾’
HANDCRAFTED: Mostly fabricated using man force, with limited machine use.
HEADRAIL: Usually made with metal, contains all the lifting and lowering mechanisms of blinds.
HEIGHT: The distance between the lowest and the highest point vertically (up and down).
HONEYCOMB Shades: A soft pattern woven in a pattern of ridges and hollows like those in a honey comb, also called cellular shades.
INSIDE MOUNT: The installation of a blind inside the window frame.
INSULATION: Material that slows the passage of heat or cold.
LEAD TIME: Time before product is shipped out.
LIFT MECHANISM: What controls the blind movement up and down.
LIGHT CONTROL: By tilting the slats of the blind, light will increase or decrease.
LIGHT FILTERING: Percentage of how much light leaks through the small holes of the material.
MINI-BLIND: From the venation blinds except with smaller slats.
MOTORIZATION: By using a motor to lower and raise the blinds or shades.
ONE-WAY DRAW: Usually on vertical blinds or draperies, where the blinds will stack to the right or the left when stacked.
OPENNESS FACTOR: The percentage of the little holes in a solar roller shade.
OUTSIDE MOUNT: The installation of blinds or shades on top of a window or door and with 3’-4’ minimum overlapping on either side.
PLEAT RETENTION: The more pleat retention the blind has , the better, it will mean than on the long run the shade will not end up stretching. An expression normally used on pleated and cellular honeycomb shades.
PULL CORD: Usually a string that is pulled manually to pull horizontal blinds up or down to open them or vertical blinds left or right.
PVC: Synthetic resin made by polymerizing vinyl and chloride.
REAL WOOD: Substance of trees
REMOTE CONTROL: To tilt and raise blinds or shades from a distance with the help of a motor.
ROLLER SHADE: A translucent or room darkening material that is lifted up or pulled down with a ball chain, and the material is rolled on a tube like head rail.
ROUTELESS: Where the blinds, mostly wood blinds and aluminum blinds have no holes in the slats for the string, thus making much better for privacy and light blockage.
SINGLE CELL: In a honeycomb blind a single cell shade has only one cell stacked on another
SLAT: In a mini blind and wood blinds the slat is the horizontal vane, where if tilted it will control light and privacy.
SPLIT CONTROL: where the pull and tilt cords are in opposite sides.
STACKING HEIGHT: The measurement of the length of the stacked blind or shade when it is pulled all the way up.
STAIN COLOR: A liquid that is applied to wood, to darken it or change its color without hiding its texture or grain.
STEEL PINION: Located inside a steel head rail involves tilting of horizontal and vertical blinds.
TASSELS: Usually wooden or plastic, hangs at the end of pull and tilt cords, child safety tassels are mandatory on all blinds and shades.
TILT: The motion to slant the vanes to control light and privacy.
TOP DOWN/BOTTOMS UP: The blind will stack either all the way up or all the way down, an excellent feature for bathroom and roman tub applications.
TRANSPARENCY: To see through, mostly used in roller shades.
TRAPEZOID BOTTOM RAIL: With different angels for an elegant look.
UV BLOCKAGE: Ultraviolet barrier.
VALANCE: A cover over the head rail, adds a much more finished look.
VALANCE RETURN: Made of the same material as the valance, extends from the valance to the wall, covering the side view of the headrail.
VERTICAL: A blind where the slats are vertical instead of horizontal, great for controlling light and privacy, great for patio doors.
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