Two fabrics, two jobs
Sunscreen fabric (in 3%, 5% or 10% openness) cuts glare and UV while keeping the ridge visible through the weave — the lower the percentage, the more heat and glare it stops, at the cost of a little view. A 3–5% weave is the standard choice for the big glass most Northcliff view homes are built around.
Blockout fabric does the opposite job: total dark for bedrooms, nurseries and media rooms, plus a genuine insulating layer against Highveld summer heat and winter cold. It's the fabric to reach for wherever the goal is "no light at all," not "less light."
Double roller, one bracket
Most bedrooms with a ridge view end up running a double roller — blockout for night, sunscreen for day, on the same headrail. It's the practical middle ground between "I want to see the whole skyline" and "I want to actually sleep in."
Control options
Chain control with a wall-anchored tensioner as standard, spring-assist for a lighter action, or fully motorised for wide or hard-to-reach windows — see our note on motorised automation for linked, multi-blind runs.
- Suits full-height view walls and stacking doors as well as smaller apartment windows
- Budgets run from entry fabrics through to premium sunscreen weaves
- Cassette or pelmet valances hide the tube, fascia colour-matched to your frames
Sunscreen and blockout rollers are the blind we fit most often across the whole Northcliff ridge — the same free measure and written quote whether you're in Blackheath, Fairland, Weltevredenpark or Windsor.