The Sound Store installs motorised blind and shade systems across Auckland, from single rooms to whole-home installations. Our systems can operate independently, integrate with your home's lighting and climate controls, or form part of a comprehensive home automation system.
What is Shade Control Automation?
Shade automation replaces manual cords and chains with electric motors and intelligent controls. Your blinds and curtains can be opened and closed on a schedule, triggered by sunrise and sunset, controlled by a single button on a wall panel or your phone, or integrated with your home's smart systems to respond automatically to light levels and temperature.
Done well, automated shading is a luxury that quickly becomes something you wonder how you lived without. Waking up to blinds that open gradually with the sunrise. Blinds that drop automatically when the afternoon sun hits your living room. Privacy shading that closes at dusk across your entire home with a single command.
Shade Automation Applications
Integration with Home Automation
Shade control is at its most powerful when integrated with the rest of your home's systems. Common integrations include:
- Lighting scenes that adjust blinds automatically - for example, a 'Cinema' scene that closes the blinds, dims the lights, and turns on the projector with a single command
- Climate integration - blinds that close automatically when indoor temperatures rise above a threshold, reducing air conditioning load
- Security integration - all blinds closing when the Away mode is activated
- Sunrise and sunset automation - blinds opening and closing based on the actual position of the sun, not a fixed time schedule