Tropical Weather Calls for Motorised Zip Screens | SOMFY

Anybody who has lived in Singapore, or the tropics knows this: the weather is unpredictable. Light to heavy rains can happen out of the blue, only to have the sun up again shortly after. Adjusting your blinds according to this whimsical weather gets tiring after a while.

Fortunately, motorised zip screens are here to help. Eliminating the need for manual adjustments, they save lots of time for you; time that you can instead use to enjoy your property’s features with sufficient shade and protection.

Smart Protection from Dangers

You are probably familiar with the physical torture of adjusting your window coverings’ state according to Singapore weather: close when it’s too sunny, and open when it’s not. Whether you dwell in an HDB flat, a condo apartment, or landed property, this weather-based exercise often distracts you from more important matters at hand.

Motorised zip screens can solve this problem. They raise and lower in response to weather changes when affixed with a complimentary weather sensor, and their automated movement can be configured remotely—typically with a remote control, or an app. This responsiveness is useful for protecting your furniture from weather elements (e.g. strong sunlight or torrential rain), and preserving your physical comfort come rain or shine.

Using their smart sensors, these responsive window coverings can also detect obstacles, and automatically halt their descent or ascent. In doing so, they ensure child safety, prevent fabric damage, and deliver perfect tension.

Enjoy the Outdoors like It’s Indoors

Motorised zip screens are made up of motors and zip screens (no surprise). You get one by fitting a zip screen with a motor that moves your blinds along the tracks at the sides. Thanks to existing retailers, they can get your motorised zip screen up within one to two days. In less than a week, you could be reading a book at the balcony with no sunlight blinding you; sipping coffee with friends at the patio with no rainwater splashing onto your faces; or having a picnic with family by the front yard in all weathers.

Also, unlike normal blinds- zip screens do not 'flap' in the wind as they are 'secure' along the sides of hidden tracks within casettes- ensuring safety and peace of mind while your outdoor activity goes on.

In short, motorised zip screens are compatible with almost all types of open spaces for your convenient enjoyment. You can even install them at a pergola to keep out insects and unwanted weather for European-style dining in the outdoors!

Longer-lasting Fabric

Due to precise engineering, some motors can optimise the tension—stretching due to pulling from gravity and the motors in opposite directions—experienced by zip screens. Unlike manual handling of zip screens, these motors apply just enough force to raise and lower the screens. This minimises wear and tear of the fabric, thus prolonging its lifespan. As a result, such motorised zip screens give you impeccable performance for every operation (i.e. instance of raising/lowering), and for a long time to come.

This endurance is especially important for those who live on landed property. In such housing, you can customise aspects of your property to a degree unattainable by those who are bound by HDB laws or condominium rules. For example, you can renovate your bungalow to have numerous patios and upper-floor balconies. Obviously, you don’t want to leave those open spaces vulnerable to Singapore’s weather tantrums all the time, so you will want zip screens for all of them—the long-lasting, motorised zip screens mentioned earlier. In this way, you save time, money, and effort on the maintenance of window coverings in your home. Imagine the resources you would otherwise waste on repairing or replacing normal motorised zip screens!

Maestria™ 50 RTS from Somfy has all the benefits above—and more. Check out this link for more information, and weather-proof your Singapore home today.