One of the parameters that is assessed when buying an apartment or building your own house is the exit of windows to the sunny side. Yes, it is difficult for a person without sunlight, especially during the prolonged autumn-winter period. But in the summer this dazzling, burning and exhausting sun can be completely inappropriate, especially when it is in abundance. At home it becomes unbearable, houseplants suffer, and if you use an air conditioner, the cost of receipts increases. You can get out of the situation without changing your home - just by choosing a good curtain for a solar window. But you need to understand that an ordinary curtain will not cope with the task. We'll have to learn how to choose sun shades.
How curtains can help in the heat
The content of the article
- How curtains can help in the heat
- What material will protect on a hot day
- What material will aggravate the situation
If you just curtain the window with a dark cloth, you will not be able to improve the situation with the unbearable heat in the room.
A curtain strongly heated by the sun will transfer even more heat to the interior of the room. Therefore, regular fabric will not work. It is better to use roller blinds that only cover the glass in the window frame. This choice will be correct for a number of reasons:- such curtains can be made not of ordinary material, but of impregnated with special solutions. This prevents the fabric from absorbing static incoming heat. And also these canvases repel dirt and dust;
- if you do not want to darken the room and deprive it of light, you can choose lighter colors among the sun shades - from blue to beige. And the color will in no way affect the property of retaining heat;
- sun shades - "universal soldiers". They are relevant not only in summer, but also in winter: they will allow you to accumulate heat in the room, preventing cooling from the window.
Curtains equipped with a sun protection function are called "black out". It is this marking that will make it possible to understand that in front of us is a multilayer curtain that has the necessary impregnations that prevent the room from overheating.
There is another type of sun blinds - "dim-out". Their peculiarity is that the cloth of the fabric reflects sunlight.
What material will protect on a hot day
For thorough protection from the heat penetrating into the house, it is necessary to select the right material. The following materials cope with the sun protection function best of all:
- polyvinyl chloride combined with fiberglass. The combination does not differ in naturalness, but at once it will block the flow of excess heat into the room. At the same time, the fabric looks very dignified, beautiful and easily tolerates high humidity;
- polyester combined with satin or cotton. There are even curtains made of polyester alone. This material has an antistatic effect by default, so even without impregnation, the curtain will not let heat into the room.
Although both materials are polyester and PVC - have an artificial base, they are incredibly durable and do not deform from high temperature and humidity. The same cannot be said about natural materials.
Black-out curtains can not only protect from the sun, but also moderately absorb unnecessary noise from the street.
What material will aggravate the situation
The pursuit of everything natural and natural is incredibly fashionable today.But if you have to suffer from the natural sun and heat in the house, it is better to give up the idea of choosing natural fabrics. Materials such as:
- linen. Linen curtains will give the interior a touch of country style, will delight with their porous structure, and can have all kinds of shades and patterns. But here the heat and the rays of the sun will pass mercilessly;
- cotton. Natural cotton canvases flowing along the window opening are a classic for window decoration. But this material has no sun-protection properties, and there is no point in impregnating it with solutions.
Combined window designs are ideal for the sunny side. You can install a black-out or dim-out roller blind only on the glass, and frame the window opening with falling waves of curtains made of natural material.
For "sunny" windows it is better to choose cold shades of curtains. And in order not to upset the balance in the interior, it is necessary to combine color and pattern with furniture upholstery.
