Hand-operated Systems
Hunter Douglas Manual Window Treatment Options
Find A Window Treatment That Works For You… Not The Other Way Around
Made-to-order blinds, shades, shutters, and curtains from Hunter Douglas allow you to customize many details of your window treatments including the operating system. But first, let us clarify “What is an operating system?”. To put it simply, a window treatment operating system is the way your window covering functions in order to raise, lower, and adjust. The benefit of customizing your window treatment operating system is that you get to choose how you would like to interact with your blind, shade, shutter, or drape to achieve your light control and privacy needs. Hunter Douglas offers several cordless system options that declutter the area around your windows making them free of cords and chains. Cordless blinds and cordless shades are not only a more up-to-date look but eliminating the need for cords can also improve your home environment by making it safer for children and pets. For questions about which window treatment operating system would be best for your home, we recommend scheduling a free consultation where we can guide you toward the system that will meet your needs.
Window Blind Operating Systems
Window Shade Operating Systems
Duolite® is a two-in-one operating system that uses two separate fabric opacities to create maximum lighting control. The window treatments can be moved in either direction for more view-through or light-blocking privacy. Duolite® is available for products: Applause®, Designer Roller Shades, Duette®, Silhouette®, and Vignette®.
Dual Rollers are made from two roller shades. They are positioned one behind the other and each roller shade can operate independently. Fabrics with different opacities, such as light-filtering room darkening provide the most lighting and privacy variations. Dual rollers are available for Designer Roller and Designer Screen Shades.
Designed for European style or tilt-and-turn windows, TrackGlide™ keeps honeycomb shades in place regardless of whether the window is open or closed. Due to this reason, TrackGlide™ is also a great solution for French doors. TrackGlide™ is available for Duette® and can also pair with the LiteRise® system.
LightLock™ is the Hunter Douglas option for a blackout shade. Perfect for someone who easily wakes from natural light, LightLock™ is engineered from a channel system that is designed to absorb and block out up to 99% of sunlight. This system is available for Duette Honeycomb Shades and can be paired with LiteRise®.
The A Deux™ system is unique to Silhouette® Sheer Shades by Hunter Douglas. Similar to a dual roller, A Deux™ combines two window treatments in one headrail. The Silhouette® sheer shade is paired with a room-darkening roller shade. Each can be individually positioned to give even more lighting control and privacy options.
Vertiglide™ offers a vertical solution for manual window shades. This system is ideal for sliding patio doors or other large side-to-side openings. To open and close, simply pull or push the handle in a sideways motion to position the shade. The Vertiglide™ system is available on the Duette® and Applause® honeycomb shades by Hunter Douglas.
The same wand control operating system that is offered for vertical blinds is also available for the Hunter Douglas Luminette® vertical sheer shade. To reposition the window sheer drag the wand across the upper track. Wand control replaces the need for cords or chains around the window to create a less cluttered appeal.
Another manual operating system option for the Luminette® sheer shade is combination wand control. Hunter Douglas combined the functionality of a cord and wand into a single device. To open or draw the window sheer pull the neatly hidden loop in either direction and to tilt the veins twist the wand for more or less view through.
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Hunter Douglas Shutter Operating Systems
HiddenTilt™ features a gear-driven system that removes the need for a bar altogether. Similar to the TruView™ Rear Tilt system, to adjust all of the louvers together move one louver and the rest will change position simultaneously. This operating system is available for the Palm Beach™ and NewStyle® Hunter Douglas shutters.
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