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Crank & straight drop blinds

A straight drop blind rolls down from a box at the top of the opening and cuts the sun, glare and UV on a patio while you still see the garden through the weave. Wind it down with a crank handle, or have it motorised and run it at the touch of a button.

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Keeps outSunGlareUV
Glass-roofed patio with wicker chairs and a Titan Grey crank blind looking over the valley
Titan GreyCrank & straight drop

Choose a fabric to see an example in it.

Close view of a crank blind with its winding handle
The crank handle.

Crank it or motorise it

On a crank blind, the handle hooks onto a gear at the side of the box. Turn it and the blind lowers; stop turning and it holds where you left it. Prefer a button? Straight drop blinds can be motorised instead.

The mounting bracket adapts to most openings, including round columns with a cap or base. Add side channels, a pelmet to hide the box, or flashing where the blind meets an uneven wall.

Crank & straight drop fabrics

Each swatch opens onto an example in that fabric. Keep the ones you like and they go onto your measure request.

  • Titan GreyVisiontex PlusShown on: Crank & straight drop
  • AmazonVisiontex PlusShown on: Crank & straight drop
  • Silver SkyOutlookShown on: Crank & straight drop
  • HavanaVisiontex PlusShown on: Crank & straight drop
  • Titan GreyVisiontex PlusShown on: Crank & straight drop

These are a few of our most popular fabrics and frame colours. There is a much wider range to choose from, and we bring the samples with us when we come out to measure, so you can see them in daylight.

Where it works

  • West-facing patios with hard afternoon sun
  • Openings between pillars on a veranda
  • Lodge decks that need shade without losing the view
  • Verandas with round columns, even with a cap or base

Options

Operation
Crank handle, or motorised.
Fabric
Visiontex Plus (Amazon, Chalk, Havana, Jamaica, Kashmir, Titan Grey), Outlook (Silver Sky, Alpaca), Riptech, Blackstone sheerweave, Salta.
Finish
White or charcoal powder coating, with optional side channels, pelmet and flashing.

Crank & straight drop examples

Example photos of crank & straight drop blinds. Fabric and frame are in each caption where we know them.

Lounge deck with crank blinds open to a lagoon
Crank blinds on a lounge deck
Timber dining deck under canvas with crank blinds framing the water
Crank blinds, dining deck
Lounge sofa on a deck, crank blinds rolled up over a lagoon
Crank blinds
Deck seating seen with water and sky through lowered crank blinds
Crank blinds, view through
Jacaranda and garden seen through an Amazon crank blind
Crank, Visiontex Plus Amazon
Poolside patio with a white crank blind in Outlook Silver Sky
Crank, white frame, Outlook Silver Sky
Long courtyard wall of crank blinds in Salta fabric
Crank, Salta
Pair of Titan Grey straight drop blinds on a single-storey house
Straight drop, Titan Grey
Titan Grey straight drop blind on a covered veranda
Straight drop, Titan Grey
Winter morning light through a lowered straight drop blind
Straight drop, winter morning
Havana crank blind lowered on a timber deck
Crank, Visiontex Plus Havana

Often paired with

Slidetrack blindsFabric that runs in side channels, so the edges stay put when the wind picks up.AwningsShade that folds away when you want the sky back.

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