{"id":1615,"date":"2021-07-12T10:53:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T09:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2023-12-03T18:25:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T18:25:33","slug":"how-do-day-and-night-blinds-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/ask-an-expert\/how-do-day-and-night-blinds-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How do day and night blinds work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Day and night blinds<\/a> or zebra blinds are something of the new kid on the block (or rather, the block\u2019s windows) in the UK. Day night blinds for sale aren\u2019t offered by all blinds retailers just yet (we\u2019ve got loads though if you want one<\/a>) which means you may never have seen one in action and so, might not really get what they do or how they do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog post is designed to take the pressure off my email inbox in terms of the volume of \u201chow do day and night blinds work?\u201d Questions I\u2019ve been getting of late, by telling you how to operate a day night blind and also the various different effects you can achieve when you do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, how does a day and night blind work? Pull the side chain and the blind moves up or down, and at the same time, magic happens in terms of the alignment of the stripes. Read on and I\u2019ll tell you more about how to use a day and night blind to either block light entirely, or filter light and improve your privacy while still allowing you to enjoy the view of outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do day night blinds work operationally?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How do you make a day night blind go up and down? With a side control chain just like a regular roller blind, which you pull in one direction or the other to move the fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking of chains, just for the record day and night blinds meet all of the relevant UK child safety legislation too, as long as you fit them according to our directions. Their control chains have a safety p-clip attached which fixes them to the wall as well just in case, to ensure they\u2019re not dangerous to even the most err, \u201cadventurous\u201d of kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They can be rolled up or down into any position of your choosing, from fully open so your window is fully exposed, to fully closed; and when in the closed or partially closed position, the alignment of the blind\u2019s stripes (which I will cover next) dictates the effect achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does a day and night blind work in terms of adjusting the stripes?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is by no means obvious if you\u2019ve never seen or had a go with day and night blinds! UK interiors sites and magazines have only just started to really get day and night blinds on their radars at all, and a picture and a description isn\u2019t ideal in terms of demonstrating how they work; but here\u2019s my attempt at an explanation anyway:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day night or zebra blind stripes align in different formations on the front and the back of the tube depending on the position you stop the chain in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is because day and night blind fabric goes around the tube in a continuous loop, running up both sides of it. The benefit of this is to give you pretty much the same range of options for light blocking versus filtering, and seeing out versus stopping passers-by from seeing in, as you get with blinds that have adjustable slats or louvres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A zebra blind or day and night blind then, is functionally a bit like the results of a planned mating between a roller blind and a Venetian blind; all the benefits of hybrid vigour built in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how they work in terms of adjusting the stripes and the different effects that this creates and functions they serves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you adjust the blind\u2019s control chain, the stripes on the front and the back of the blind slide or cross over each other. Where they\u2019re all sitting when the music stops (ie., you leave the chain alone) dictates the effect you get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n