{"id":3101,"date":"2021-12-15T15:37:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T15:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3101"},"modified":"2023-12-06T21:19:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:19:43","slug":"does-keeping-blinds-closed-keep-heat-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishblinds.co.uk\/blog\/geek-central\/does-keeping-blinds-closed-keep-heat-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Does keeping blinds closed keep heat out?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Is it better to keep blinds open or closed on a hot day, and does keeping blinds closed keep heat out? Yes to the latter, and you will definitely want to keep your blinds closed on hot days to keep the temperature down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people actually assume that the opposite is the case, thinking that closed blinds will trap heat inside of the room rather than reducing how hot it gets in the first place. However, when the temperature outside is hotter than the temperature inside, that logic does not hold true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Window blinds<\/a> can help to keep more of your central heating inside of the house during the winter, and so it stands to reason that they can also help to keep more of the sun (and so, heat) outside of the house in the summer, for the 5-7 hot days of the year during which this tends to be a significant problem here in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The extent to which a blind can help to keep a room tolerable in the summer can be variable depending on the type of blinds you have, and some are far more effective in this respect than others. Closed blinds serve to deflect the sun (and so, heat) before it gets into the room, which reduces unwanted solar gain and helps to keep your home cooler in turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, if you have air conditioning (or being as this is the UK, for most of us, a more relevant statement would be \u201c if you have a fan\u201d), closing your blinds will help the air conditioning unit to work more efficiently and at lower cost, or make your fan just that little bit more effective in its support of your sweat management campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it better to keep blinds open or closed on a hot day?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Is it better to keep blinds open or closed on a hot day, and won\u2019t closed blinds actually trap heat inside? Keeping blinds closed on hot days will reduce the temperature of the room when the outside temperature is hotter in the first place. Also, you should look at closing your blinds early on in the day before the sun really starts cracking the pavement, to reduce the extent to which heat gets into the room in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What type of blinds keep heat out most effectively?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All blinds (when closed) help to keep heat out of your room to an extent, but some are better at it than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n