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3 ROLLER BLINDS
9 DUETTE ® BLINDS
5 ECO FRIENDLY FABRICS
11 intu® BLINDS
6 VERTICAL BLINDS
13 WOODEN VENETIAN
7 TWILIGHT BLINDS
15 SHUTTERS
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Apollo Blinds are proud to introduce our latest collections of beautiful, precision-made blinds, shutters and awnings. There’s something suitable for every room in your home, so enjoy dressing your windows to reflect your style! All of our window treatments are made to measure, professionally installed and safe by design.
17 VENETIAN BLINDS
23 LANTERN ROOF BLINDS
28 BI FOLD BLINDS
35 SAFETY SYSTEMS
18 PERFECT FIT
25 SKYLIGHT (VELUX) BLINDS
29 TOTAL BLACKOUT BLINDS
37 MOTORISATION
19 PLEATED BLINDS
26 ALLUSION BLINDS
31 AWNINGS
39 WHY CHOOSE APOLLO?
0800 019 4013 www.apollo-blinds.co.uk
21 ROMANS & CURTAINS
27 CONSERVATORY BLINDS
33 SHAPED WINDOW BLINDS
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You can even motorise for a touch of affordable luxury
ROLLER BLIND COLLECTIONS Choose from our extensive ranges of Roller blinds. The smooth, clean lines and superior finishing touches lend themselves to turning your house into the perfect home. With the UK’s largest range of fabrics, we can offer a multitude of designs, colours and textures, as you would expect from Apollo Blinds, thanks to our 50 years of experience in the window covering industry. We offer fabrics that suit your every light filtering need, from blackout and translucent to screen fabric, giving you the perfect solution at home or in the office. Our Roller blinds can be operated by chain, or you can opt for the child-safe slow-rise spring or motorised operation, along with the option of stunning fascia and bottom bars to enhance the look of your Roller blind. Why not join the smart home revolution with our app-controlled Roller blinds, which can be controlled through Google Home and Alexa, along with many other smart home systems. for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/roller-blinds
eco fabrics
We also offer a range of eco friendly fabrics for Roller blinds and Vertical blinds. The textile industry is responsible for approximately 20% of the worlds water waste and 10% of all carbon emissions. We can all play our part in reducing waste and helping to lower emissions. That is why we are introducing a selection of recycled fabrics using PET yarns to our product ranges. In doing this, we are helping to close the gap between raw materials and recycling.
Plastic Containers
Recovered Plastic Distribution
Revaluation
Mechanical Recycling
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for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/eco-blinds
VERTICAL BLIND COLLECTION A modern, simple window treatment for contemporary living, providing subtle shade and privacy, with the flexibillity to allow light to flood in when you wish! The Apollo Blinds range of Vertical blinds are sleek, modern and combine the latest fabric technologies to create amazing textures in a very understated way. You can choose from translucent, transparent and blackout fabrics. Ideal for large windows and doors, French doors, patio windows or bi-fold doors. Curved rails also make them an ideal option for bay windows and other windows that may be a little more tricky to dress. Our latest collection includes our eco fabrics too! Co-ordinating Roller blinds are also available, so you can create a look that is totally consistent across all the windows and doors in your home.
for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/vertical-blinds
TWILIGHT COLLECTION Twilight is an innovative and stylish way of managing light in any room. This unique duo-roller fabric system incorporates both solid and sheer fabric panels. The continuous loop of fabric is adjusted around a bottom bar to provide varying degrees of light or shade and gives you the ability to have a precise amount of light and vision control. You can choose from a range of fabrics in plains, textures and designer styles in varying colours to suit your interior design. Twilight blinds come with Elegance fascia and bottom bar, in a choice of colours, which can be completed with a decorative range of end caps in any combination you desire. Your Twilight blind can be controlled by a continuous nickel chain or by the child-safe motorised option. Motorisation can be remote controlled, or upgrade to our app control to make your blind smart home friendly and let Alexa and Google Home do the work for you!
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for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/twilight-blinds
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Elegance Combining the most desirable aesthetic features with sleek and innovative design, Elegance is a contemporary, stylish system designed to beautifully complement any traditional or modern interior, making it the superior system of choice for any window covering. Choose from our range of headrail and co-ordinating bottom rail colours to personalise your Roller, Vertical or Twilight blind.
Available in White, Silver, Cream, Anthracite and Black. Complete your look with contemporary end caps. Available in White, Cream, Chrome, Anthracite and Black Chrome.
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DUETTE ® BLINDS The unique honeycomb construction of DUE T TE ® blinds makes these shades soft, durable and highly energy efficient. This design blocks the heat out in summer and helps keep the warmth in during winter. The amount of solar heat entering your home can be reduced by up to 78%, and heat loss at the window can be reduced by up to 46%. DUE T TE ® blinds will also protect your furniture from harmful UV light. The echo effect and reverberation of noise can also be significantly reduced, with acoustics improving by up to 45%. DUE T TE ® blinds are easy to clean and suitable for small and large windows alike.
Very versatile, DUE T TE ® blinds are also available in a ‘Top-Down / Bottom-Up (multizone) version and a ‘Day & Night’ version (a combination of transucent and blackout fabrics). There is also a choice of two child-safe operating systems: the superb Literise® or Smartcord®, plus the option to motorise. These attractive fabrics come in a choice of almost 300 colours. There are blackout, translucent and sheer options, and a choice of 3 pleat widths. Suitable for: arch-shaped windows, tricky sloped windows, roof blinds, Velux windows, patio and bi-fold doors, conservatories and of course standard windows too. All this with no visible cords, no visible holes in the fabric and crisp, even pleats that never fall out!
for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/duette-blinds
intu ® BLIND SYSTEM INTU® blinds are an innovative, flexible design that fits seamlessly into the frames of your windows. Created with the new style of uPVC tilt-and-turn windows in mind, they provide a perfect shading solution for conservatories and bi-fold doors. INTU® blinds are built with an intelligent tension system that allows them to be fitted screw-free, with no drilling. This is a child-safe product with no loose hanging cords, perfect for homes with children and pets. Lift and lower the INTU® blind with minimal effort by sliding the bottom bar up or down. This unique tension system also means 'no more rattling against the glass', as it holds the blind in your favoured position, whether the window is open or closed. With hardware options available in White, Anthracite and Brown, you can find the perfect match for your window. The INTU® blind system can be used with our Venetian, Pleated and Duette® blind ranges. We have also introduced INTU® Micro – a compact pleated version designed with the limited space of bi-fold doors in mind, whilst still retaining all the quality and control of the intelligent INTU® blinds system.
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for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/intu-blinds
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for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/wooden-blinds
WOOD AND FAUX WOOD COLLECTIONS Nothing rivals the natural beauty of wood. Both distinguished and elegant, a wooden Venetian blind is a classic window covering that offers innate style and attractiveness to any room and perfectly complements the latest style and colour trends. Whether you’re looking to match existing furniture or simply want to create a statement feature, we have a stunning selection of colours and designs available for your home. Apply 'that extra touch', with decorative pulls and pelmets or get an extra warm and secure feeling with privacy tapes – with a selection of contrasting and matching colours available. We also offer a range of Faux woods, giving you the opportunity to enjoy the style and elegance of wooden blinds in your kitchen and bathroom. Completely waterproof and easy to clean.
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SHUTTERS Light, airy and incredibly stylish, Shutters are the ideal choice when it comes to adding a touch of character to your home. The Apollo Shutter collection has been designed to offer you a fashionable and practical alternative to traditional blinds and curtains that will not only look stunning in any home but will also allow you to control light and shade effortlessly. From classic natural shades of wood to bright white, we have a choice of colours and materials to suit your home. We also offer a wide range of slats sizes across our collections. Our skilled craftspeople can cover any window with a Shutter – whether it’s a bay window, a shaped window, a bi-fold door (using track systems) or anything in-between.
for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/shutters
VENETIAN BLINDS A mainstay in our product range since the day we started over 50 years ago. Our made-to-measure metal Venetian blind range has stood the test of time, and only improved with age! Modern, versatile and understated, Venetian blinds offer an unparalleled choice in shade control. With a simple twist, you can adjust the tilt of the slats to diffuse the amount of light coming into your room, whilst maximising or minimising your view. You can raise or lower the blinds to any position, or raise them fully to let your room flood with natural light. The aluminium comes in 16 mm, 25 mm, 35 mm and 50 mm slat sizes, as well as a choice of finishes – from vibrant colours, plains and textures to striking metallic finishes, abstract designs and wood effects. Our Venetian blinds provide functional practicality and versatility whilst maintaining the quality and style that you would expect from Apollo Blinds.
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PERFECT FIT BLINDS Perfect Fit blinds are a practical, slim-line, screw-free solution for tilt-and-turn windows. Designed with ease of use in mind, these blinds are perfect for uPVC windows and conservatories. All tensioned and motorised control Perfect Fit blinds are child safe by design. The Perfect Fit frame is available in a range of colours: White, Anthracite, Brown, Silver, Golden Oak and Mahogany wood effect. These stylish blinds are available in our stunning Roller, Pleated, Venetian, Twilight and Duette® blinds, making them the most versatile and stylish option for any home. Perfect Fit blinds provide superb shading, as the blind is fixed directly against the glass, providing maximum shade and light control. They help retain heat in the winter whilst providing shade and protection from solar heat in the summer. All windows are suitable for this screw-free option with Perfect Fit Konnect, which allows the blind and frame to fit onto your window with a magnetic strip.
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for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/pleated-blinds
PLEATED COLLECTION The crisp, clean, tailored style of a Pleated blind will never go out of fashion, with elegant patterns and rich, textured weaves in stunning colours, making it a versatile and highly decorative addition. Pleated blinds are the perfect solution for many window shapes and sizes, giving you the ability to dress any room in your home with a Pleated blind fabric. Suitable for kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms and conservatories. Many of our Pleated fabrics are available with an advanced solar coating that reflects the sun’s harmful rays and protect your home and furnishings. Pleated fabrics can be used in our many different systems, including INTU® and Perfect Fit blinds. They can be motorised and linked to home automation and voice-controlled systems like Alexa and Google Home using a mobile app.
ROMAN BLIND, CURTAIN & CUSHION COLLECTION A spectacular array of exquisite soft furnishing fabrics in ranges that meet with today’s trends. Within our collection, we have a comprehensive selection of traditional and contemporary fabrics in different textures and colours, so you're guaranteed to find the look you desire. Our Roman blinds are all handmade, with the opportunity to pick from several lining options: standard, thermal, blackout and bonded lining, to enhance the look of your blind and bring the wow factor to your home! Our Curtains are available in several header types, including the traditional pencil pleat, the contemporary double-pleat, triple-pinch pleat, the elegant eyelet finish and the luxury wave header. We believe we have all the options available for a perfect soft furnishing finish. Our Roman and Curtain ranges come in many control options, including motorisation, helping to protect fabric, and allowing the power of the remote (or app) to work for you. Please ask about our range of poles and tracks to enhance the look.
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for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/curtains or www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/roman-blinds
LANTERN ROOF BLINDS The horizontal Elegance Skylight system transforms lantern roofs, skylights and orangery roofs effortlessly. Designed to operate under tension, the Elegance Skylight system is the ideal solution for modern glazed architectural features. The powder-coated corrosion-resistant hardware is available in white as standard, with the option of powder coating in hundreds of special colours. A perimeter shelf helps to hide the skylight to maintain the perfect aesthetics of your window frame. Elegance Skylight blinds are motorised using Somfy motors, with the option of a sun sensor or an electronic timer to control the blind fully automatically, allowing for effortless operation.
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for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/curtains or www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/roman-blinds
SKYLIGHT (VELUX) BLINDS Apollo Blinds supply manual or solar-powered blinds for all the major manufacturers of skylight windows, including: Velux®, Roto®, Fakro®, Rooflite®, Dakstra®, Keylite® and Okpol®. Available in a wide range of colours to suit your scheme, they’re easy to fit using your existing Skylight blind mechanism. The protective case on the back of the top cassette unit stops light from leaking in at the top of the blind and has the added benefit of preventing the fabric from fading. Bloc® solar-powered Rooflight blinds can enhance the performance of roof windows, particularly in hard-to-reach areas. The blind mechanism harnesses energy from the sun via a discreet solar panel on the window side of the blind, which charges the battery during daylight hours throughout the lifetime of the blind. In the event of no sunshine, the battery will last for 300 operations.
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ALLUSION ® BLINDS Allusion® blinds offer a unique shading solution for both home and commercial settings. The soft flowing vanes provide subtle light diffusion by filtering daylight when they are open and offer privacy and security when they are closed. Our stunning Allusion® blinds are made up of combination of sheer and opaque textured fabric panels and look particularly stunning in larger windows, bi-fold doors and patio doors. They are ideal for rooms that lead to outdoor spaces because you simply walk through them when the doors are open. These gorgeous blinds are designed to be child safe, and we recommend wand operation for convenience and safety.
CONSERVATORY BLINDS Turn your conservatory into a usable room all year round with a range of shading solutions from Apollo Blinds. You can choose from most of our blind and Shutter ranges, depending on your window type.
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We offer a full inspection and measuring service to understand the particular shading and privacy needs for you and your space. for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/conservatory-blinds
BI-FOLD BLINDS INTU® Micro blinds have been designed to work seamlessly within the limited space afforded by bi-fold doors, whilst retaining the superb quality of the INTU® blinds system. The bespoke 16 mm pleated or 18 mm cellular fabrics fit neatly within the reveals of bi-fold doors. This system can be used on uPVC, wooden and aluminium doors and windows, with hardware in white, brown or anthracite Available in screw-free and guided options. Shading control for your bi-fold doors doesn't stop here. Give us a call and we can find the perfect solution for you and your home.
A specialist solution for bi-fold doors.
TOTAL BLACKOUT BLINDS We offer the best blackout solution for any domestic application on the market today. The BlocOut™ blind blocks out both light and draughts, reducing heat loss through the window.
Winner of the Best Energy Saving Product and/or Service Award at the British Blind & Shutter Association (BBSA) Awards, BlocOut™ can make a genuine difference to your heating bills
It can help light-sensitive sleepers, young children and shift workers to dream in comfort.
· Available with three frame colours: Anodised Silver, Matt White and Matt Cream · Has been proven to save up to 43% on average heating costs by reducing the heat lost through the window · Available in sizes up to 2.4 m by 2.4 m · Operation can be cordless, chain operated or motorised
The highly innovative Roller blind system combines an aluminium cassette with precision-engineered side rails. When used with our superb quality blackout Roller blind fabric, the system will ensure your room has an unmatched level of darkness. With award-winning energy-saving credentials, BlocOut™ is the first blind on the market to have been independently thermally tested by the British Board of Agrément (BBA).
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for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/total-blackout-blinds
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for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/awnings-canopies
AWNING COLLECTION Why wait to enjoy time to relax in your own garden? With our superb range of home-enhancing Awnings you can make the very most of outdoor living. Apollo Blinds Awnings are a fantastic way of shading outdoor areas, and at the same time protecting the inside of your home from heat-gain, faded floors and funishings. With a huge selection of plain and striped fabrics, our Awnings are available in manual or motorised operation and come fully cassetted to protect the fabric, with the option of additional wind sensors to help further protect your investment from Mother Nature. With the option of adding lights and heaters you can make the good times roll on into the night too!
SHAPED WINDOW SOLUTIONS We are proud to be specialists in providing bespoke solutions for any window type. A number of the products we provide can be used for curved, triangular, round, arched and irregularly shaped windows, as well as gable ends and roof windows. The main consideration for many unusual windows is the ability to provide a window covering that does not detract from what can often be a feature of a property. We specialise in providing a range of tailored solutions to suit your needs. We like a challenge and work with a number of highly specialised suppliers to provide you with the best possible shading solution for your shaped window. Many of the options we provide can be motorised – ideal for out of reach applications · We are specialists in shaped Shutters. . All of our hardwood Shutters can be used on any shaped window, providing light and privacy control · Our Pleated and DUETTE ® blinds are ideal solutions for shaped and unusual windows and provide heat-saving benefits
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SAFETY SYSTEMS The safety of our window coverings is our top priority, and we’re constantly innovating to make sure our products are even safer. That’s because Apollo Blinds leads the UK is the development and promotion of safe by design products, not only to enhance the experience and performance of our blinds, shutters and awnings, but also to reduce the risk of any potential accidents. These can include: hazards that can be posed by unrestrained cords, braids, loop chains and wires, which may be hazardous to young children, pets and vulnerable people. There has been a huge growth in demand for cordless blinds systems - either manually operated, such as the use of wands (replacing corded and chain systems), or blinds that link to home hub devices like Alexa or Google for quick and simple voice control to open, close or place your blinds at your favoured position.
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Then there are tensioned blinds - such as ones that are designed to fit seamlessly within the frames of most modern windows, bi-fold doors, tilt-and-turn windows and conservatories. They use intelligent tension system which are anchored to the bottom of the frame - so there’s no rattling against the glass when you open your door or window. Safe by design options include:
· DUETTE® Smartcord® · DUETTE® Literise® · intu® · Perfect Fit® · Motorisation control options · Bloc® 40 · Tensioned Pleated and Duette® systems. · Wand controlled Vertical blinds · Shutters · Motorised blinds
Literise®
Smartcord®
CHILD SAFE PRO D U C T S
Child safety is of paramount importance. Our fully trained fitters ensure ALL our operating systems and blinds are child and pet safe.
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for more information visit: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk/motorised-smart-blinds
MOTORISATION What could be better than the versatility, privacy and simplicity of operating one or more window blinds in your home from a single touch? All of our powered blinds have a number of control options, from simple remote handsets and wall switches to home hubs that enable you to control your blind through your mobile phone or tablet at the touch of a button. For added security, let us automate your window blinds using smart home technology. Programme your blinds to open and close when you’re not at home or at bedtime, in the evening or during daylight hours to keep your rooms cooler in summer and warmer in winter.
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Here are six reasons why homeowners choose Apollo Blinds for stunning made-to-measure window blinds, curtains, shutters and awnings that are expertly installed.
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Here today...
...and tomorrow! We’ve been offering superior-quality window coverings since 1972, which means we have a well-earned reputation for the quality of our products and the craftsmanship of our installations. As well as great products and service, we offer complete peace of mind, so you can call on us if ever there’s a problem. Not all blinds retailers can say that.
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Unparalleled Collections
We’re backed by the world’s biggest manufacturer of window blinds, which means we can offer you an unrivalled selection of products – many of which you won’t see anywhere else. We’re always first with new innovations and lead the way on motorising blinds, creating energy-saving blinds and making fabrics from reclaimed plastics from our oceans.
Made-toMeasure for a Perfect Fit
All Products are Professionally Installed
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Genuine Guarantees
Installed by Craftsmen
Everyone offers guarantees, but not everyone can offer genuine, manufacturer-backed guarantees. This gives us complete confidence in all our products so that you can have complete peace of mind that your new made-to-measure window blinds, curtains, shutters and awnings will look stunning and work perfectly for years to come.
The teams that will install your Apollo Blinds are amongst the most skilled craftspeople in the UK at fitting window blinds, curtains, shutters and awnings. As well as relying on years of experience, they regularly attend our training courses to keep their skills honed to perfection.
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Expert Advice
Apollo Blinds is a network of franchisees, and each franchisee has made a significant investment to become part of the team and operate their own Apollo Blinds business. Therefore, all our franchisees have complete vested interests in making sure they deliver excellent customer service and install quality products right first time. This is the foundation on which they have built successful franchises.
All of our Apollo Blinds consultants are experts in providing advice on the right blind for any room in any home, based on years of experience and knowing the product ranges inside out. They’ll listen to your needs and help you to find exactly the right light and shade management solution for your home – often with suggestions that many homeowners aren’t aware of.
Premium Quality with a Full Guarantee
Your Apollo Blinds
Full Range of Motorised Options
Free Home Appointments to View our Ranges
For expert advice, free fitting and measuring & perfect made-to-measure blinds, awnings or shutters, find your local Apollo Blinds at: www.apollo-blinds.co.uk