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Exterior Solar Blinds - Part 12 - EZ Snap and French Doors 2

June 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments

In Part 11 we reviewed the situation with the French Doors leading from our kitchen eating area to the deck in the back of the house and our initial steps to install the EZ Snap solar blinds on the outside of these doors.

Here are the results.

First, the EZ Snap solar blinds did install nicely on the outside of the French Doors, even with the frame for the glass insert protruding beyond the surface of the doors.

EZ Snap Installed on French Doors

Second, knowing from past experience that this product greatly reduced the direct sun light and it’s UV rays entering through the glass I removed the interior vertical blinds we had been using against the inside of the French Doors. What a difference! Just look at how much more open an appearance is created for the kitchen.

Kitchen With EZ Snap Installed on French Doors

Also look at how much more of the forest in the back yard can be seen. Here is a picture from the main hall way first with the vertical interior blinds immediately followed by the same view point after the vertical interior blinds have been removed.

French Doors Before EZ Snap

View from Main Hall With EZ Snap Installed 

You know the best part of this? Cath, my wife, came home about an hour or so and didn’t even notice that I had installed the EZ Snap exterior window shades on the French Door. Seriously. All she thought was that I had removed the interior vertical blinds in preparation to paint the door frame. That speaks volumes to me on how clearly one can see outdoors from inside with the product installed.

Tags: Doors and Windows · Energy Conservation · Exterior · Kitchen · Product Reviews · Solar Blinds / Shades · Tips With Pictures

4 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Radkins // Jun 29, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    Any other colors
    available…

  • 2 Dan // Jun 29, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Hi Radkins,

    You would have to contact the manufacturer, EZ Snap, directly as I do not know the answer. I don’t think so, but the manufacturer would know more than I.

    Sorry,
    Dan

  • 3 Coyal // Aug 6, 2008 at 8:16 pm

    Do you have problems
    with the edges of
    the solar fabric
    trying to curl after
    it was placed on the
    window?

    Coyal

  • 4 Dan // Aug 6, 2008 at 10:08 pm

    Hi Coyal,

    The manufacturer’s web site that it does not become ‘freyed’.

    I have to say that our’s did not ‘frey’ when the material was cut. I used a straight edge knife (the type that is used to cut dry wall boards) but one can use a pair of strong scissors as well I am told.

    So far, no issues with the edges of the material once they have been cut.

    Thanks for stopping by our site.

    Dan

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