Blackout Linings Guide

Having difficulty sleeping? Then why not use our blackout curtain lining with your pencil pleat curtains. They’re a hundred percent light proof, and simply attach to the back of your present curtains, and will keep the light out during strong sunny days, and allow you to sleep peacefully. Good value, and ideal for childrens bedrooms and nurseries in the summer months as kids sleep during the morning.

Blackout curtains and linings are our bestsellers regardless of what season or time of the year. Thermal blackout linings are proven to prevent heat loss during cold winter days and also assist in keeping the heat out during summer. Effectively reducing your power costs. Infact the blackout fabric is understood to reduce outside noise like early morning traffic.

If you already have existing drapes, why don’t you utilize our blackout linings with your pencil pleat curtains. Simply hook the linings at the rear of your pencil pleat curtains. Linings usually have an one inch curtain tape at the back to use for hanging them on to the curtains. As mentioned you can only use these linings on pencil pleat curtains, but if you would like to use them with your ring top or tab top curtains then simply sew the lining at the back and drape your curtains properly. This technique should be superb to block the light.

More importantly though we’d always suggest these linings with all readymade curtains just because they significantly enhance the look of the curtains ; colors are bolder and more practical, your curtains drape more fantastically and the blackout lining protects the fabric from extreme damage from sunlight. Standard linings in ready made curtains are very thin and simply let light through usually.
Blackout linings are retailed in packs of two panels and available in ten different sizes. 46 x 48, 46 x 54, 46 x 72, 46 x 90, 66 x 54, 66 x 72, 66 x 90, 90 x 54, 90 x 72, 90 x 90. Usually the curtain panel is about two inches shorter in drop then stated so they can not be seen from the front when attached behind the curtains.

Thermal lining curtains can help in :

• Provide thermal properties
• Reducing fuel bills
• Protects you existing curtains from wear and tear

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