Custom Window Treatments in Meridian-Kessler, IN
Plan custom blinds and shades for your Meridian-Kessler home with an in home design visit. We'll measure your own openings and review the rooms you're working on. Your in home design consultation is free. We'll look at your openings and talk through the rooms you're planning to cover.
If we're busy with another customer and miss your call, leave a message and we'll call you back.
If you're weighing custom against the boxed product at the home center for a Meridian-Kessler house, the answers below explain the actual difference. It isn't brand names, it's that one is cut to your opening and the other isn't.
- Services: faux wood blinds, wood blinds, vertical blinds, aluminum mini blinds
- Service area: Meridian-Kessler, Marion County, IN and surrounding areas Two different timelines apply. New custom product takes weeks because it has to be made. Repairs to what's already hanging, a cord lock, a ladder string, a chain that jumped the clutch, are usually far quicker.
- Insured and bonded
- Serving Meridian-Kessler, IN since 2008
Schedule Your Free In-Home Measure
Your in home design consultation is free. We'll look at your openings and talk through the rooms you're planning to cover. Houses in Meridian-Kessler carry a mix of window types: leaded glass, sunrooms, French doors, kitchen and dining room bays, and basement lookout or egress windows all turn up across the neighborhood. Many of the older houses have replacement windows in some rooms and original wood sash in others, so frame depth and squareness change from room to room. The crew measures each opening separately and notes where a mount has to clear a crank, a hinge or a door handle, and in the Tudor cottages the casements set the plan.
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Meridian-Kessler runs from 38th Street north to Kessler Boulevard and from Meridian Street east to the Monon Trail, about four miles north of downtown. Country estates went up along Meridian Street in the late 1890s, and George Kessler redesigned 38th Street, then called Maple Road, as a parkway in 1905. The fastest building came in the 1920s and 1930s, and by the end of World War II the neighborhood was full. Landowners subdivided it piece by piece, so the streets form an irregular grid, with American Foursquare houses dominating south of 44th Street and bungalows concentrated east of College Avenue. Large period revival houses stand west of College Avenue, and by 2006 more than 250 homes in the neighborhood were listed on the National Register.
Top treatments, cornices, valances and fascia all do the same basic job of hiding hardware, but they hide different amounts. A fascia on a roller conceals the tube and gives a clean line. A fabric valance softens it. A cornice adds architecture. In Meridian-Kessler rooms with tall openings a top treatment is often what makes the window look finished rather than merely covered.
When the product arrives we inspect it before it ever comes to your house. A dented hembar or a fabric flaw found in the shop is a phone call. Found in your Meridian-Kessler living room with the ladder up, it's a wasted morning. If one piece is wrong we start the remake immediately and install everything else, so you're not waiting on the whole order because of one window.
Built in the Last Few Years?
Many of our Meridian-Kessler customers moved into a house built by one of these companies. Builder blinds are usually stock sizes trimmed to fit, so if yours came with the house and never ran right, that is why. We measure the openings as built rather than off the plan.
Named for identification only. Meridian-Kessler Window Treatments is an independent company and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting as a representative of any homebuilder listed.
What Matters at the Window in Meridian-Kessler
What our crew has learned working in Meridian-Kessler homes.
About Meridian-Kessler Homes
Meridian-Kessler runs from 38th Street north to Kessler Boulevard and from Meridian Street east to the Monon Trail, about four miles north of downtown. Country estates went up along Meridian Street in the late 1890s, and George Kessler redesigned 38th Street, then called Maple Road, as a parkway in 1905. The fastest building came in the 1920s and 1930s, and by the end of World War II the neighborhood was full. Landowners subdivided it piece by piece, so the streets form an irregular grid, with American Foursquare houses dominating south of 44th Street and bungalows concentrated east of College Avenue. Large period revival houses stand west of College Avenue, and by 2006 more than 250 homes in the neighborhood were listed on the National Register. American Colonial, American Foursquare, Arts and Crafts, Bungalow and Craftsman, Cape Cod, Classical Revival, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Dutch Colonial, English Tudor
Where We Work in Meridian-Kessler
We cover homeowners across Meridian-Kessler near Kessler Boulevard, Monon Trail, Joseph J. Bingham School 84, Johnson-Denny House, William N. Thompson House.
Surrounding Areas We Serve
Our crew also covers Butler-Tarkington, Broad Ripple, Mapleton-Fall Creek, Meridian Hills, Williams Creek.
What Our Crew Sees in Meridian-Kessler
Houses in Meridian-Kessler carry a mix of window types: leaded glass, sunrooms, French doors, kitchen and dining room bays, and basement lookout or egress windows all turn up across the neighborhood. Many of the older houses have replacement windows in some rooms and original wood sash in others, so frame depth and squareness change from room to room. The crew measures each opening separately and notes where a mount has to clear a crank, a hinge or a door handle, and in the Tudor cottages the casements set the plan. The service area covers the whole neighborhood, from 38th Street north to Kessler Boulevard and from Meridian Street east to the Monon Trail. Lots in the older plats measure 40 to 60 feet wide, and streets such as Delaware and New Jersey stop short of running through, so the crew looks at parking and access when it books a measure appointment. Meridian Street itself has deeper setbacks and larger lots, and the Forest Hills streets at the north end curve with the hills. Your in home design consultation is free. We'll look at your openings and talk through the rooms you're planning to cover. We offer repairs only on treatments The Window Valet installed or has serviced before. If we haven't worked on your treatments, we'll book a consultation for new ones.
Who Actually Turns Up in Meridian-Kessler
The same people measure, order and install. Customers name them in reviews, which is the point: you are not getting a subcontractor you have never heard of.
What We Are Running in Meridian-Kessler Right Now
Both offers apply to work quoted and ordered while they are posted here. Ask about them at the in-home measure and we will put the discount on the written quote before you decide anything.
$500 Off Your First Exterior Screen, Plus a Free Motorization Upgrade
Take $500 off your first exterior screen and we will add the motorization upgrade at no charge. Exterior screens stop solar heat outside the glass, which is the only place you can stop it before it is already in the room, and a motor is the difference between using one and forgetting it.
Applies to a first exterior screen. Ask at the measure so the discount is on the written quote before you order. Motorized product runs on batteries that need replacing, about a year on Hunter Douglas PowerView.
Ask about this offerFree Motorization Upgrade on Select Interior Shades
Pick from the qualifying interior shade lines and the motorization upgrade is free. It is worth most on the openings you would otherwise leave alone: tall great room glass, anything above a stair, and the west windows nobody remembers to close by four.
Select interior shade lines only. We will tell you at the measure which of your openings qualify. Batteries are a real running cost and are not included.
Ask about this offerPayment Options That Work for You
We partner with established lenders so Meridian-Kessler Window Treatments clients can spread the cost of a major window treatment project into manageable payments. Ask your project lead about current options.
Start the work now and begin paying later. On a whole-house order this is how people phase a large job without phasing the install.
- Payments deferred for a promotional period
- Rate and period set by the lender
- Quoted price held for the order
Divide the project cost into equal monthly payments across a fixed promotional period, so the budget is predictable from day one.
- Equal monthly payments
- Fixed promotional period
- Simple, predictable budgeting
Spread a larger window treatment project across a longer term with fixed equal payments, for homeowners who want the lowest monthly amount.
- Extended terms available
- Fixed equal payments
- Suited to larger window treatment projects
Financing is arranged through third party lenders and is subject to credit approval. Rates, terms, and promotional periods are set by the lender and disclosed to you in writing before you sign. Ask your project lead which programs are open right now.
Window Treatment Services for Meridian-Kessler Homes
From one room to a whole house, Meridian-Kessler Window Treatments measures every opening, orders it custom, and installs it with the same crew that took the measurements.
Faux Wood Blinds in Meridian-Kessler
Meridian-Kessler Window Treatments measures your openings and installs its own work, and we're insured and bonded. Indiana's Home Improvement Contract Act at IC 24-5-11 requires a written contract with scope and price on residential work over $150, so your Meridian-Kessler order arrives on paper before anything gets fabricated.
Learn moreWood Blinds in Meridian-Kessler
Dust wood dry. A damp cloth raises grain and dulls the finish over time, so a dry microfiber or a vacuum brush is the whole routine. If a Meridian-Kessler slat picks up a mark, we'll tell you what the finish will tolerate before you try to scrub it.
Learn moreVertical Blinds in Meridian-Kessler
A wand-operated vertical takes the loop out of the room, which matters where children play near a Meridian-Kessler patio door. Products we hang conform to ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2022, and inner-cord non-compliance isn't a small thing: it's a substantial product hazard under 16 CFR 1120.3.
Learn moreAluminum Mini Blinds in Meridian-Kessler
Laundry rooms and garage windows. Anywhere in a Meridian-Kessler house where you want the light controlled and you don't want to think about the treatment again, the 1 inch aluminum slat is the cheapest honest answer we can give you.
Learn moreRoller Shades in Meridian-Kessler
Fabric openness sets how the room reads at noon. A tight weave buys privacy and a dull glow. An open weave buys the yard and some glare. There's no fabric that gives you both at once, and any Meridian-Kessler salesperson saying otherwise is selling rather than measuring.
Learn moreSolar Shades in Meridian-Kessler
Dark fabric gives a sharper view out and absorbs more heat at the glass. Light fabric reflects more heat outward and scatters more glare into the room. Most Meridian-Kessler rooms with a view end up dark, and the ones with a heat complaint don't.
Learn moreCellular Shades in Meridian-Kessler
Meridian-Kessler Window Treatments is insured and bonded and puts every Meridian-Kessler job on paper. Indiana's Home Improvement Contract Act at IC 24-5-11 requires a written contract over $150, and yours names the cell count and the fabric beside the price. That protects you more than it protects us.
Learn moreZebra Shades in Meridian-Kessler
With the bands closed, a zebra shade behaves roughly like a light filtering roller against a July sun in Meridian-Kessler, cutting some solar gain at the glass. Opened, it does very little. It's a light and privacy tool first, and any heat benefit is a bonus.
Learn moreRoman Shades in Meridian-Kessler
If this window gets operated ten times a day, don't buy a Roman. Folds want to be set and left, and constant cycling makes them hang unevenly. A roller shade in the same Meridian-Kessler room takes the daily abuse and looks identical every time it comes down.
Learn moreWoven Wood Shades in Meridian-Kessler
Meridian-Kessler Window Treatments is insured and bonded and puts your Meridian-Kessler order in writing, as Indiana's IC 24-5-11 requires over $150. The liner choice belongs on that paperwork, because a woven wood without a liner is a different product from one with it.
Learn moreBlackout Shades in Meridian-Kessler
Blackout fabric's heavier, so the roll at the top is thicker than a light filtering shade in the same width. On an outside mount that roll sits above the Meridian-Kessler glass, which is one more reason the outside mount wins in a bedroom.
Learn morePlantation Shutters in Meridian-Kessler
Shutters have no cords and there's nothing hanging at all, which makes them the simplest answer to the whole child and pet question. Inner-cord non-compliance is a substantial product hazard under 16 CFR 1120.3, and a shutter removes the subject from a Meridian-Kessler nursery entirely.
Learn moreCafe Shutters in Meridian-Kessler
Where the panels stop is the single decision making these look right or wrong. Landing the top rail on a line the window already has is what keeps a Meridian-Kessler installation from looking arbitrary, and it's why we set the height at your window instead of in a catalog.
Learn moreMotorized Shades in Meridian-Kessler
A sun sensor reads light at one spot, so it can drop a shade for a passing bright cloud and leave a Meridian-Kessler room dark for an hour. An astronomical timer follows sunrise and sunset by date instead, and for most houses that's the calmer setup.
Learn moreCustom Drapery in Meridian-Kessler
Panels stacked open still occupy wall. If the rod doesn't run past the trim, an open Meridian-Kessler panel sits over the glass and eats your view along with your daylight, so we extend the rod on both sides and size the return so the stack lands on wall.
Learn moreValances & Top Treatments in Meridian-Kessler
Proportion is what separates a good top treatment from a heavy one. Roughly a fifth to a sixth of the total window height is the working range, and a Meridian-Kessler room with eight foot ceilings can't carry the depth that looks correct in a two story entry.
Learn moreExterior Solar Shades in Meridian-Kessler
Wind is what kills these, and it isn't sun. An exterior shade left down in a Meridian-Kessler thunderstorm becomes a sail attached to your house, so every install gets a retract habit, and automated units get a wind sensor that overrides the schedule and takes the fabric up.
Learn moreRetractable Awnings in Meridian-Kessler
Fabric sheds light rain at pitch, and that's the limit of it. A Meridian-Kessler awning isn't a permanent cover, water pooling in a sag will stretch the acrylic and strain the arms, and the correct response to a real downpour is to bring it in.
Learn moreCommercial Window Treatments in Meridian-Kessler
Zoning matters more than count. Shades grouped by exposure behave sensibly on a schedule, so the south glass on a Meridian-Kessler floor drops together in the early afternoon while the north side stays open. Grouping by room instead produces a system nobody trusts and everybody's overriding.
Learn moreSkylight Shades in Meridian-Kessler
The rooms that need these most are the ones people forget: a stairwell that bakes all afternoon, a loft office with a screen in it, a bath where privacy is fine but glare isn't. Each of those Meridian-Kessler rooms wants a different fabric even under identical glass.
Learn moreSliding Glass Door Blinds in Meridian-Kessler
If you're covering two doors in the same Meridian-Kessler house, order them together. Fabric and vinyl both run in dye lots, and matching a second slider a year later is the most common way people end up with two treatments that don't quite agree in daylight.
Learn morePanel Track Blinds in Meridian-Kessler
Which side the panels stack on should match the door hardware. If the handle on a Meridian-Kessler slider is on the right and the panels stack right, you'll be reaching through fabric to open the door, and that's a decision nobody can undo after fabrication.
Learn moreSheer Shades in Meridian-Kessler
When these need real cleaning, it's a professional job with the shade taken down, not a bucket and a cloth. Plan on that being occasional rather than routine, and keep the Meridian-Kessler shade out of the kitchen where cooking film will build up in the vanes.
Learn morePleated Shades in Meridian-Kessler
The DOE and ORNL number people quote, up to 20 percent heating energy saved, belongs to cellular shades and not to these. A pleated shade in a Meridian-Kessler room is a light and privacy product, and we'd rather tell you that than let a spec sheet blur the difference.
Learn moreBamboo Shades in Meridian-Kessler
A fabric Roman shade and a woven wood shade fold similarly and they don't feel alike. Fabric gives you color and a soft edge, and the weave gives you texture and a light quality that shifts through the day, so a Meridian-Kessler room usually has an obvious answer once you see both.
Learn moreDual Shades in Meridian-Kessler
With the bands aligned the view out is genuinely good, and it's better than a light filtering roller of the same opacity. The sheer sections are open enough that a Meridian-Kessler street or a backyard stays legible, and that clarity is the main reason people pick these over a plain shade.
Learn moreTop-Down Bottom-Up Shades in Meridian-Kessler
Wide windows are harder here because both rails have to stay level across the span. A broad Meridian-Kessler opening can show one rail slightly out of parallel, so past a certain width we'd split it into two shades under a shared headrail rather than push a single unit.
Learn moreCordless Blinds in Meridian-Kessler
The lift on a cordless blind lives in the bottom rail: a spring balanced against the weight of the slats. That's why a Meridian-Kessler order gets built to the finished width we measure rather than cut down from a stock size, since the spring is matched to the slat count it has to carry.
Learn moreHardwood Shutters in Meridian-Kessler
Install is fitting work, and it isn't carpentry. Frames go in first and get shimmed plumb, then panels hang and get checked for an even reveal down the meeting stiles. A Meridian-Kessler whole-house set takes longer than blinds because every panel is adjusted individually, and rushing that always shows.
Learn moreComposite Shutters in Meridian-Kessler
Indiana issues no trade license here, so the contract is what you hold. IC 24-5-11 requires a written agreement on residential work over $150, naming scope, schedule, total price and the product going in. Every Meridian-Kessler order runs that way, and we're insured and bonded.
Learn moreSmart Home Shade Integration in Meridian-Kessler
Voice control is the easiest part to set up and the easiest to break. An account change, a new router password or a renamed room can knock the link out, so a Meridian-Kessler system always keeps a wall control or a handheld remote as the thing that still works when the app doesn't.
Learn moreBlind Repair & Restring in Meridian-Kessler
We offer repairs only on treatments The Window Valet installed or has serviced before. If we haven't worked on your treatments, we'll book a consultation for new ones. Residential repair work still falls under a written contract when it runs over $150, which is what IC 24-5-11 requires in Indiana. Indiana licenses nobody for this trade, so what a Meridian-Kessler customer really gets is a written scope and a company that's insured and bonded.
Learn moreShutter Repair in Meridian-Kessler
We offer repairs only on treatments The Window Valet installed or has serviced before. If we haven't worked on your treatments, we'll book a consultation for new ones. The tilt rod is the part people break. It's a thin piece of wood carrying every louver, and one hard pull separates it from the staples. Repairing it well means resetting each staple rather than gluing the rod back, and a rushed Meridian-Kessler fix on that part fails again within a year.
Learn moreMotorization Retrofit in Meridian-Kessler
We offer repairs only on treatments The Window Valet installed or has serviced before. If we haven't worked on your treatments, we'll book a consultation for new ones. A sun sensor pairs well with a retrofit on west glass. Afternoon sun in Meridian-Kessler from late May through September loads a room before anyone's thought to close anything, and a sensor handles it without a schedule. On a north exposure the same hardware sits idle.
Learn moreOutdoor Patio Shades in Meridian-Kessler
Fabric life outdoors is finite. Sun degrades any exterior mesh eventually, and NFRC attributes 40 to 60 percent of fading damage to ultraviolet, so a Meridian-Kessler shade on a full south exposure will show its age before one that's only catching late light. Replacement fabric on the same hardware is the usual path.
Learn moreOffice Window Treatments in Meridian-Kessler
Zoning follows the sun, not the floor plan. Shades grouped by exposure act sensibly, so the south glass in a Meridian-Kessler office drops together in early afternoon while the north bank stays open. Grouping by department produces constant overrides and a system people won't use.
Learn moreHealthcare Window Treatments in Meridian-Kessler
Cleaning agents are harder on fabric than people expect. A shade wiped daily with a hospital-grade disinfectant won't age like one in an office, so a Meridian-Kessler spec has to name a material rated for that exposure rather than assume a commercial fabric survives the protocol.
Learn moreMultifamily Window Treatments in Meridian-Kessler
Damage recharge policies only hold up with documentation. If a Meridian-Kessler property intends to bill a resident for a destroyed treatment, the move-in condition, the product installed, the date and its replacement cost all need to be on record, and that's another argument for one repeatable spec.
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Local Expertise, Real Results
We'll build your Meridian-Kessler window treatment plan around the openings in your own house.
Meridian-Kessler Window Treatments handles window treatments for Meridian-Kessler residents and businesses throughout Marion County, from measure to install to the service call years later. It's a small trade and it runs on whether the numbers on the order were right. Everything else, the fabrics and the finishes, is easier than that part, and most customers work it out quickly once somebody has explained what each product actually does in a room.
The service area covers the whole neighborhood, from 38th Street north to Kessler Boulevard and from Meridian Street east to the Monon Trail. Lots in the older plats measure 40 to 60 feet wide, and streets such as Delaware and New Jersey stop short of running through, so the crew looks at parking and access when it books a measure appointment. Meridian Street itself has deeper setbacks and larger lots, and the Forest Hills streets at the north end curve with the hills.
Your Meridian-Kessler project starts with the rooms you want to change. We'll ask what isn't working at the windows and look at how the light moves through your house. Your in home design consultation is free. We'll look at your openings and talk through the rooms you're planning to cover. We offer repairs only on treatments The Window Valet installed or has serviced before. If we haven't worked on your treatments, we'll book a consultation for new ones.
Our Promise
We'll explain the mounting choice before you order for your Meridian-Kessler home. If a product won't clear a handle or fit the available depth, we'll work through the options with you at the window.
The Case for Measuring Twice in Meridian-Kessler Homes
Serving Meridian-Kessler and Marion County with quality materials, thorough inspections, and transparent pricing.
A plan based on the local housing
Meridian-Kessler's houses date mostly from the early 1900s to the end of World War II, with the fastest building in the 1920s and 1930s and American Foursquare houses concentrated south of 44th Street.
Measurements for your own frames
We'll check each opening in your Meridian-Kessler home and look at the room available for the hardware. If a window has been changed since the house was built, the plan needs to work with the frame that's there today.
Samples viewed in your rooms
We'll discuss the finish alongside your Meridian-Kessler room's existing trim and furniture. The light at your own window helps you judge whether the fabric suits the space.
The consultation terms stated up front
Your in home design consultation is free. We'll look at your openings and talk through the rooms you're planning to cover.
Real Jobs. Real Results.
Photos from recent window treatment projects completed by the crew that measured them across Meridian-Kessler and Marion County. Every project is documented with photos and a written closeout package.
How Your Meridian-Kessler Project Moves Along
Your Meridian-Kessler window treatment project starts with a design visit. We'll work through the openings before the product is ordered, then plan installation around the confirmed order.
Discuss the rooms
We'll talk through what you'd like to change in your Meridian-Kessler home and which rooms belong in the first phase. Your in home design consultation is free. We'll look at your openings and talk through the rooms you're planning to cover.
Measure the openings
We'll check the available mounting space and how the windows operate. Any recently replaced frames need to be measured in their finished condition.
Review the product plan
We'll discuss the fabric and the mounting arrangement before the order goes in. If an opening limits your first choice, we'll explain what that means for the treatment.
Confirm installation details
We'll confirm the order's installation plan and explain how to use the chosen treatments. Ask about access for maintenance if you're considering motorized shades.
What we see most often on Meridian-Kessler window treatments
Meridian-Kessler homeowners typically call us about these scenarios.
Blinds That Will Not Close Tight
Light comes through at the slat edges even when the wand is turned fully. Usually the tilt mechanism only closes properly in one direction, which is a manufacturing fault that should have been caught on install day. On an older blind it can also be worn ladder strings letting the slats sit unevenly.
Stock Shades That Did Not Fit
Somebody measured the trim instead of the opening, bought four shades from a big box and found they were an inch too wide. There's a pile of them in the garage. That single mistake is behind a lot of our first calls in Meridian-Kessler, and it's why we measure rather than taking your numbers.
Motorized Shades That Have Gone Quiet
Nothing responds to the remote and the assumption is that the motors have failed. Usually the batteries are flat. Hunter Douglas states PowerView battery life is about one year and every wireless platform is close to that. It's the most under-disclosed running cost in this trade and it's the first thing we check.
A Media Room Still Too Bright
The projector image is washed out because light is coming in around the edges of an inside mounted shade. Dark fabric was never going to solve that on its own. Side channels or a light-blocking pocket at the header are what make a room genuinely dark, and they have to be ordered with the shade rather than added afterwards.
A Valance Fouling The Crank Handle
Somebody hung a treatment without operating the window first, and now the handle catches every time. It's a clearance problem that should have been measured, and the fix is usually an extension bracket or a different mount. Simple to avoid and irritating to live with twice a day. We operate every window at the measure for exactly this reason.
A West Room Nobody Uses After Three
It's the most common call we get in Meridian-Kessler. The living room is fine all morning and by mid-afternoon the sun is coming in almost horizontally, the television is unwatchable and the room is several degrees warmer than the rest of the house. People stop using it and assume that's simply how the house is. A solar shade at the right openness usually gives the room back.
Five Stages, In This Order
Custom window treatments are made to your openings, so the order matters more than it does in most trades. This is how every Meridian-Kessler job runs.
Free In-Home Measure
Every opening gets three widths, three heights and a diagonal square check, because houses settle and an opening that is out of square is the difference between a shade that runs true and one that binds. Mounting depth gets read at the jamb. It all goes on paper before any product conversation starts.
Product and Fabric, In Your Own Light
Samples get looked at in the room they are going in, not under showroom lighting. This is where openness factor, inside versus outside mount, roll direction and material get decided, and where we tell you the light gap you are going to live with.
Written Scope and Contract
Opening by opening, with the mount type, the light gap, the operation and the total price in writing. Indiana requires a written contract on residential work over $150 under IC 24-5-11, and we would write one anyway.
Custom Fabrication
Your sizes go to the workroom. Two to five weeks is typical depending on product and finish, longer on specialty shapes and motorized configurations. You get the real date at the measure rather than a range.
Install and Walkthrough
Brackets anchored for the substrate they are going into, everything checked level and square, motor travel limits set and scenes built with you standing there. Then we show you how it all works and take the packaging with us.
Reviews About Cleanup in Meridian-Kessler Homes
4.8 stars across 497+ Google reviews for The Window Valet, who runs this service.
"Justin Noel was so great to work with, he listened and knew exactly what I needed. A very professional expert and caring. I truly would recommend him to anyone in need of window treatments. Not pushy but very accommodating!"
"My plantation shutters are beautiful. Working with the Window Valet was a wonderful experience from the sales estimate to the installation. Erica, my sales rep, was very patient as I had to delay installation twice. Once I was available, the installation was very timely. Handy, my installer, did excellent work. He showed me how they work and advised me on how to clean them in the future. Very thorough!"
"I had manual and automatic shades installed back in 2016. I was pleased with the sales and install process back then. I had some maintenance done today and was very pleased with the technician, Handy. A part that had been replaced twice before on one troublesome automatic shade was proactively replaced this time with an upgraded part at no cost. I was very pleased that the Window Valet stands behind their products."
The Fine Print, Meridian-Kessler Edition
Straight answers to the questions Meridian-Kessler homeowners ask most.
Indiana Weather Affects Window Treatments Year Round
Indiana sees some of the most varied weather in the country. Meridian-Kessler homeowners live in IECC climate zone 5A, which carries a real cooling load in summer and a real heating load in winter. July averages a high near 85F, January averages a high near 36F with lows near 21F, and the muggy season runs from late May into late September. That is why the same window can be the hottest room in the house in July and the coldest in January.
Check the room at the hours you use it
Tell us when glare affects your Meridian-Kessler room. We'll look at which window is responsible and discuss a treatment for that use of the space.
Review privacy after dark
A fabric that gives a daytime view may leave the room visible after dark. We'll discuss that difference before you choose a shade for an occupied room.
Keep working windows accessible
We'll check the treatment against the sash and the controls you use to open the window. The finished arrangement needs to let you operate both.
Connect the plan across a room
If you're covering several openings in one room, we'll discuss how the treatments look together. Each opening still gets its own measurements.
Choosing the Right Treatment for Meridian-Kessler Rooms
An honest breakdown of the three we specify most often, and when each one is the right answer.
The one product in this trade with measured energy numbers behind it. Trapped air in the cells does the work, and DOE and ORNL testing found cellular shades saved up to 20 percent on heating energy and up to 15 percent on total heating and cooling against a bare window. In a Meridian-Kessler house that matters in January and again in July, which is unusual for one product. Single cell suits most rooms, double cell where the glass is large or the room runs cold. Top-down bottom-up gets you daylight and privacy at the same time.
What you reach for when the complaint is afternoon sun. Solar fabrics come in stated openness factors, and that number is the whole decision: a lower openness cuts more glare and more of the view, a higher one keeps the view and cuts less. On a west or south Meridian-Kessler window this is usually the honest answer rather than blackout, because blackout kills the room. Cassette or fascia hides the roll, and roll direction gets decided at the measure so the fabric does not foul a crank or a lock.
The one that stays with the house. Shutters are a finish rather than a covering, and they do not get replaced every few years. In Meridian-Kessler the material choice is technical rather than a matter of taste: composite and poly in bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms and sunrooms, because a four month humid season followed by a dry heated winter will move real hardwood, and hardwood only where the room stays conditioned. Louver size, frame style and divider rail get decided standing at your window.
See What Each Fabric Does To The Light
Pick a fabric below and the window updates. It's a drawing rather than a photograph, so read it as a rough guide to what each family does in a Meridian-Kessler room, and to what it doesn't do.
Openness factor is a measured fabric spec, so you can compare it line to line. The category names are not measured. One maker's room darkening can behave like another maker's light filtering, which is why the sample books come to the measure and get opened in the room they're going in, at the hour that room has the problem.
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