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Sleep is a spec
Blockout blinds in Newcastle
A blockout fabric passes no light. That's the easy half. Whether the room goes dark comes down to the fit: how close the blind sits to the glass, and how much daylight rides in around the edges. We treat fabric and fit as one job, because your sleep doesn't care which one failed.
Who calls us for darkness
Shift workers who sleep against the sun. Parents whose toddler wakes with first light, which in Merewether or Stockton in December is before five. Anyone with an east-facing bedroom near the water, where morning sun doesn't arrive gently, it arrives all at once, straight off the Pacific.
For those rooms we quote a blockout roller as the base and then spend the real attention on the gap.
The light gap, honestly
Any roller inside the reveal leaves a few millimetres of clearance each side so the fabric can run. On an east window that clearance draws two bright lines down your wall at dawn. There are three honest ways to deal with it, and they suit different windows:
| Fit | How it handles the gap | Suits |
|---|---|---|
| Reveal fit | Blind sits inside the opening, tight to the glass. Smallest gap a roller can give; neatest look. | Deep, square reveals, most modern homes |
| Face fit, oversized | Blind mounts on the wall above and overlaps the opening on both sides, so edge light lands behind fabric, not on your pillow. | Shallow reveals, terraces and cottages, the darkest result |
| Dual roller | Blockout layer for night, light-filter or sheer layer for the day, one bracket. Darkness without living behind it. | Bedrooms that are also day rooms, view glass that sleeps |
Which one your window wants depends on the reveal depth, the architraves and what's around the frame, which is exactly what the free measure is for. We'll recommend one and say why, in writing.
Three things worth knowing before you buy blockout
Blockout stops light, not necessarily heat. A dark room on a west wall can still be a hot room; the sun's energy is coming through the glass either way. If the window you're darkening faces west, read the heat control page, because a honeycomb cell or an outdoor blind may be doing the real work there.
The mechanism belongs in the decision. A bedroom blind gets used twice a day, every day, often half asleep. Cordless operation is our default call where kids can reach the window, and where a chain is right it's restrained in a tensioner fixed high, per the Australian child-safety rules for corded window coverings. The mechanisms page walks through the choice.
Darkness is measurable at the quote. When we measure, we look at where the sun actually hits that window and tell you what each fit option will give you before anything is made. No one should discover their light gap on the first morning.