The core decision: blockout, sunscreen or both

A roller blind is a fabric panel on a slim tube, spring, chain or motor driven, that drops flat against the glass with no folds or gathers. The fabric is the decision. Blockout gives total dark for bedrooms and media rooms. Sunscreen — usually a 3–5% openness weave on Baronetcy’s big lounge and bedroom glass — cuts glare and UV while keeping the ocean, mountain or fairway view visible through the mesh. A double roller runs both on one bracket, which is the practical answer for any room that needs the view by day and full privacy by night.

Where Baronetcy’s glass changes the spec

Frameless, floor-to-ceiling and double-volume glass is the default here, not the exception. That changes two things: fabric that would disappear behind a curtain box on a smaller window becomes the whole visual statement of the room, and a single blind can only run to roughly 3m of unbroken fabric before it needs a join line or a second, linked blind. We measure for the real span and tell you honestly where that line will fall before you order — not after.

  • Sunscreen (3%, 5% or 10% openness) for view-preserving glare and UV control
  • Blockout for total dark in bedrooms, nurseries and media rooms
  • Double roller (sunscreen + blockout on one bracket) for view-by-day, dark-by-night rooms
  • Chain, spring or motorised control, with cassette pelmets colour-matched to your frames

Honest limitation

Standard fabric runs to about 3m of unbroken width. On Baronetcy’s wider glass walls that means either a visible join line or two motorised blinds run together on a linked control — we measure your actual span and show you both options before you decide, not after the order is placed.

Evening privacy on a hillside estate

Once the estate’s own lighting and neighbouring homes are lit up after dark, an unshaded pane of glass reads as fully lit from the outside — even with the lights off indoors. A sunscreen alone won’t fix that; it’s a daytime product. Where evening privacy matters as much as the daytime view, we pair it with a blockout layer or recommend day/night blinds instead.