In this blog entry, the professional Los Angeles window treatment installation experts here at Los Angeles Shades and Blinds will detail how Roman shades can help provide excellent insulation to your household.
How can roman shades insulate your home?
Roman shades are special types of window coverings made of fabric, that help create a barrier between the glass of the window and the rooms of your home. When Roman shades are properly installed, their extra layer reduces heat transfer, keeping your home more comfortable throughout the year. They helped to trap air between the fabric and the window pane in order to form a special insulating buffer, which blocks cold drafts at night or during the winter, and lowers solar heat gain in the summer or on particularly hot Los Angeles days. By adding a thicker lining, like blackout lining, you can greatly boost their performance.
Energy Efficiency and Comfort
Insulated Roman shades have a wide range of benefits, including their ability to lower your energy bills by stabilizing the temperatures inside your property. This means that your HVAC system won’t have to work as hard in order to maintain your ideal temperature, which helps lower your energy, expenditure and energy bills in turn. Insulated Roman shades can also enhance your comfort by reducing cold or hotspots near your windows, making your rooms feel much more balanced, and even throughout the day and across all seasons of the year. You can even line many Roman shade types in order to offer better, light control, and heat control, and adding heavier fabrics or linings can even help reduce outside noise for a more peaceful and serene home environment.
What is R-Value?
R-Value is a measure of how well any material resists heat flow. The higher the R-Value, the better insulation a material provides. Adding window coverings increases the R-Value of a window, which is generally R-2 for a standard double pane window unit. The thickest Roman shades provide the best R-Value and bang for your buck.
Different Types of Roman Shade Lining
- Blackout lining – blocks light, reduces Summer or sunny day heat transfer, and retains warmth on colder days
Privacy lining – blocks less light than blackout liners, but adds a good amount of insulation, softens incoming light, and reduces glare. Ideal for living rooms, home offices, or dining rooms
