Window Treatments in Warren and Sugarbush, VT

Forty Minutes Over The Gap

Sugarbush is forty minutes from us over the Appalachian Gap, and we are over there constantly. The Mad River Valley houses are the big-glass end of our work: cathedral ceilings, walls of windows facing the mountain, skylights in the roof, and a lot of second homes that sit empty three weeks out of four and need the shades to run themselves.

Tall Glass Facing The Mountain

A Sugarbush great room is glass from the floor to the peak of the ceiling, often twelve to eighteen feet, and the sun comes off the snow straight into it. No one is reaching the top of those windows, so the shades are motorized, and a solar strip on glass that faces the sun all day keeps the motors charged without anyone climbing a ladder.

A cellular fabric does the insulation job on a cold night, and on a schedule the shades close at dusk whether or not anyone is in the house.

Skylights In The Roof

Valley houses have roof glass, and roof glass is where a house loses heat fastest in winter and gains it fastest in summer. A cellular skylight shade runs in side channels so it holds position on the pitch, and on a schedule it does both jobs without anyone thinking about it.

Second Homes On A Schedule

Most of the Valley houses we work on are second homes. The shades need to close for the empty weeks, open before the owners arrive, and never depend on anyone being there. That means a schedule and a phone app, both set up on the day we install.

• Motorized shades on the great room glass, solar-charged
• Cellular skylight shades in the roof
• Schedules and app control for the weeks the house is empty
• Forty minutes from Middlebury over the Gap, so a quick visit

Questions From Warren and Sugarbush

• How far is Sugarbush from you?

  About forty minutes from Middlebury over the Appalachian Gap. We are over there a lot, so a Warren or Waitsfield estimate is easy to fit in.

• Can you do windows that go up to the ceiling?

  Yes. That is most of the Valley work. Anything out of reach is motorized, and a solar strip keeps the motor charged on glass that faces the sun all day. We have yet to find a window we could not cover.

• Can the shades run themselves when the house is empty?

  Yes. A schedule closes them at dusk and opens them in the morning, and a phone app lets you check from anywhere. We set both up on the day we install.

• Do you do skylight shades?

  Yes. They run in channels down each side so they hold on the pitch of the roof, and on a Valley house they are usually motorized and on the same schedule as the wall glass.

Get A Price In Warren and Sugarbush

We measure at your window and bring the samples to you. The estimate is free and there is no showroom to visit.