Oakhurst

Oakhurst Conservatory Blinds are not a generic blinds company. This is because every conservatory, orangery, glass extension or roof lantern is different, meaning you need a blinds specialist who can offer you the best advice and choices available. Our aim is to give you the choices available, allowing you to enjoy your conservatory space all year round. Oakhurst Conservatory Blinds specialist products and fabrics can exclude excessive light and heat and will therefore keep you warmer in the winter and cooler in summer.

Bi-fold doors and sliding doors are fast becoming the product of choice because they allow the maximum levels of light to enter your home. These windows/doors are ideal for home owners who want to turn their outside space into another usable room. Built to fold and stack neatly to one or both sides of an aperture when open, bi-fold doors allow a seamless integration between garden and the interior. A popular alternative is the sliding door. These large windows slide against each other, allowing for a section of the window to be open at any one time.

Recently launched to the market specifically for Bifold Doors are INTU SlimFit Micropleat Blinds. The16mm headrail and 16mm micro pleated fabric fits to a slim unobtrusive guided frame that is locked into the bead of the window. Guided end caps restrain the bottom bar and prevent unwanted movement, a beneficial feature when installing on bifolding doors. INTU SlimFit Micro blinds can also provide for multi-zone placements on the window, meaning they can be pulled both down from the top, and up from the bottom, providing for privacy and height control.

A conservatory is a home extension that lets the outside in, creating a light and open living space. However, the addition of quality blinds is essential if you are seeking a degree of privacy and intimacy at the same time as getting the most out of your conservatory space. Controlling radiated heat is the most important consideration as convected heat is normally dispersed by the conservatory's own 'trickle vents'. Made to measure conservatory blinds to fit your glazed roof and sides will control heat gain and reduce light and glare.

Blinds for Roof Lanterns open up your ceiling to the sky and maximise light flow making rooms look bigger and brighter. However, heat loss is an issue and incorporating a roof lantern to your extension will result in more heat loss compared with just a flat roof. Roof lantern blinds will help solve this problem and also look better, particularly at night. Oakhurst Blinds are market leaders in roof blinds for lanterns. Our ‘SMARTZip' no wire roof lantern blind system is specifically designed to be the best available solution for roof lanterns.

Manufacturing pleated blinds for conservatories is our business and we were among the first to create shaped blinds. We developed the 'Shapesure' equal pleating system which was revolutionary in creating a pleated blind that would hold its shape without flattening out or having curvature on the edges of the shaped blinds. This is an essential process in the manufacturing of a roof blind to ensure a premium finish that means the blind does not sag over time. This process is still hand finished by us today, as we use a corded loop system which other manufacturers have dropped due to the time and expense involved in making the blind.

Oakhurst are experts in the manufacture and design of Roof Blinds systems, having over 30 years of experience. Oakhurst are a trusted supplier to John Lewis and Partners for over 25 years, with thousands of satisfied customers. All of our conservatory roof blinds are tailor-made to fit your conservatory perfectly. We project manage the whole process of design, manufacture and installing your conservatory roof blinds. All our staff are employed in-house with many years of experience. A ‘one size fits all' approach cannot be applied to a conservatory as they are all different in design and shape.

Oakhurst Blinds manufacture's Pleated Blinds for Roof Lanterns without visible wires up to 1.8 metres wide x 2 metres long across the base of the lantern. Fit pleated blinds or honeycombe/duette blinds to the lantern in two different ways depending on your budget and the dimensions and design of your lantern. The advantage of pleated blinds is the vast choice of fabric ranges and colours available. The fabric is tensioned and kept even by support wires and cords. Blinds can be operated either manually with a pole, or they can be motorised with Somfy, Lithium Ion rechargeable batteries, which is better for high roofs and single heavy blinds.

Contemporary designs for conservatories in recent years have evolved more towards glass extensions and orangeries. Often these structures are complemented with bi-folding or 'concertina' glazed doors. While this modern innovation creates an exciting and open living space, the addition of quality blinds is essential if you are seeking a degree of privacy and intimacy. Made to measure blinds to fit your glazed roof and sides will control heat gain and reduce light and glare. This is crucial if you want to utilise your room all year round, especially for activities such as watching television or for working on a computer.

We are an independent company who have worked nationally with John Lewis for over 25 years. All our blinds are bespoke and made to order at our workshop in Wiltshire where our focus is on premium quality and customer satisfaction. Manufacturing and installing blinds for spaces such as conservatories, orangeries, roof lanterns, gable ends and bi-fold doors. Every house is different so getting your blinds to look and fit exactly how you want them requires specialist advice and knowledge. Oakhurst provides free home consultations on the best product for your needs and employs professionals who can expertly fit even the most demanding of installations.

Oakhurst offer a full service. We offer a free home consultation to help evaluate your needs. We demonstrate the products, take measurements and offer a no-obligation price at consultation. When an order is placed we will manufacture the blinds and then install them at a time convenient to you. We can work with all sizes and styles of domestic conservatories. The move towards modern glazing installs such as roof lanterns, orangeries and glazed extensions suits pleated blinds in particular because of the adaptability of the fabric to the difficult shapes and sizes that these installs require.

A pioneer in the manufacture of conservatory blinds for 30 years and supplying the John Lewis Partnership for over 25 years. Oakhurst has built up a well deserved reputation for innovative designs which are supported by superior levels of customer service and expertly fitted in homes nationwide. Our products represent a quality that is never compromised. Enjoy your conservatory all year round with our made-to-measure blinds which exclude excessive light and heat; keeping you warm in winter and cool in summer.

Custom-made shutters are designed to fit perfectly, specifically for UK windows, and are equally at home in traditional or contemporary interiors. Our shutters offer a simpler, sleeker minimalist design with a range of narrower stiles, reducing the amount of wood and maximising light filtration. All our stiles have a strengthening core inside to prevent warping, with a mortice and tenon joint between all rails and stiles which means the shutters won't shrink overtime which increases undesired light exposure.

We are proud of our history and our comprehensive offer of Bespoke Conservatory Blinds and Made to Order Blinds Ranges that require a specialist company to design, manufacture and fit and Oakhurst have over 30 years experience in the field of designing, manufacturing and fitting of conservatory and lantern blinds. We are specialists in made-to-measure blinds for conservatories, orangeries, roof lanterns, glass extensions, gable end/apex windows and bi-fold doors. You need a company you can trust and Oakhurst has earned an enviable reputation for smart design and for the use of high quality, raw materials.

Our electric blinds include Somfy motors and controls. We do not compromise on quality. Somfy are based on the French side of Geneva and are known as world leaders in the design and manufacture of motors and controls specially for the blinds industry. All Somfy products come with a 5 year guarantee that will give you peace of mind for the duration of your 5 year Oakhurst guarantee. Oakhurst can offer you the solution with electric blinds for conservatories, lanterns, orangeries and glass extensions.