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Venetian blinds for Newlands' original sash windows.
Horizontal slats that tilt to steer light — warm timber for period joinery, sealed aluminium for the rooms that stay damp.
The natural-material match for period joinery
A lot of Newlands' upper-slope homes still have their original timber sash windows, and a plastic or vinyl treatment sits oddly against that. Timber venetians — usually 50mm basswood slats — are the natural-material match: warm, architectural, and right at home in a study, a lounge with a fireplace, or any room where the original joinery is the point.
Aluminium venetians earn their place in the rooms timber can't handle — bathrooms, kitchens, and anywhere the persistent damp this suburb gets makes a fabric or timber treatment a liability. Powder-coated aluminium shrugs off the moisture that would eventually warp a lesser slat.
- 50mm timber slats for sash windows, studies and living rooms wanting real material
- Aluminium slats (25mm or 50mm) for bathrooms, kitchens and consistently damp rooms
- Tilt steers light direction — glare-free daylight up, privacy down, dark flat closed
- Motorised tilt available on premium lines for hard-to-reach upper sashes
Specifier note
Very wide bay or box-bay windows — common on the upper slopes — sometimes need splitting or ladder-tape support rather than one oversized blind. We measure each pane on-site rather than assume from a photo.
Fixed without touching the sash
Wherever the window's construction allows it, we fix the bracket into the reveal rather than the sash itself, so the original frame isn't drilled or altered. If a particular opening needs a different approach — some of the older bay windows do — we'll say so plainly at the measure, before anything's ordered.
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Where we fit them
Venetian blinds across the southern suburbs
Timber and aluminium venetians go up every week from Newlands through to Claremont, Rondebosch, Bishopscourt and Constantia — the same slat range and written per-window quote wherever you are on this side of the mountain.
Aluminium against timber, in rands
Guide figures per square metre, installed. For 25mm or 50mm aluminium, allow R1,000 to R1,500 per square metre operated by wand and cord, rising to R2,500 to R3,600 with a motor. Timber costs more to build and is heavier to lift, so allow R1,600 to R2,600 per square metre hand-operated and R3,000 to R4,500 motorised.
A narrow window carries a minimum charge, since the headrail, the ladder tapes and the fitting hardly change with width. One local note that affects the choice more than the price does: in a bathroom, a scullery or any room that holds damp, aluminium is the sensible material and timber is not.
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