How to Choose the Right Automatic Shades for Your Home and Business

Are you considering adding automatic shades for your home or office space? Motorized blinds are one of the most versatile and advanced technologies on the market today that offer clear results.

Not only can automated blinds enhance your climate control, but they can also complement your style, protect your family, and keep your employees happy while they’re at work.

With so many options to choose from and several settings to tinker with, it can be difficult trying to determine which ones are best for your Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and surrounding areas home or business.

Today, we’re taking a look at the features you need to look for when selecting automatic shades for your business and why having a professional home and commercial security team installs them is best.

1. Motor power

Obviously, your blinds won’t shoot up and down like they’re being launched from a canon, but you should look for motor power during research mode.

Choosing products from a well-renowned brand such as Lutron can help you avoid so many motor hassles. To keep from dealing with products that stop working after a few years, let us install some Lutron shades for you. We’ll be happy to provide routine maintenance, warranty work, and other services when you need us to.  

2. Customization options

Before you purchase automated shades from anyone, try to have a clear picture of what controlling them will look like. Do you picture having a centralized control unit on the wall in your home? Do you prefer to have wireless access via your smartphone?

Both of these things are possible with your Lutron shades!.  

3. Home security

 One of the biggest perks of having home automation technology is that it can be integrated with your security system, or can it?

Make sure the brand you’re considering plays well with your home security system. At Hawkeye Communication, our team of experienced security specialists will tell you that Honeywell security products and Lutron home automation technologies work well together in residential and commercial settings. When your blinds are installed, we’ll integrate the systems with each other and show you how to capitalize on the two systems combined.

4. Wires or no wires, that is the question

How do you want to power your shades? Do you want them to be wired or would you prefer battery-operated models? A lot of homeowners and businesses choose battery-operated units simply because they’re cheaper and easy to install. You’ll need to change the batteries every few years, depending on how much the shades get put to good use.

If you’d rather go the wired route, then the shades will have a power supply within the walls. This is why it’s best to let the professionals handle the installation process.

By working with a professional home automation and security integrator like Hawkeye Communication, you can ensure you have the proper shades for your home or office space. The goal is to make managing them easy. So, if you have any questions, give us a call today. We would be happy to visit your home or office in Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, or Iowa City and surrounding areas to take some measurements and discuss options.