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Your home is already finished — can you still fit motorized blinds?
Short answer: yes, and nothing needs to be knocked out. The only real question is where the power comes from — and there are three ways to answer it.
A lot of people assume motorized blinds are a decision you make while building, and that a finished home has missed the boat. It hasn't. This is almost entirely a retrofit job — no ceiling stripped out, no walls chased. The brackets go up with plugs and screws, exactly like a manual blind.
The one thing to solve is power
The motor needs electricity, and it sits at the headrail — the top corner of the window, which is exactly where most homes have no socket. There are three ways round it.
- There's already a socket nearby. Many homes have one for a wall light or an air conditioner close enough. If the cable can reach it tidily, you're done.
- Get an electrician to add one first. This gives the cleanest finish, but to be straight with you: we don't do electrical wiring. It has to be sorted before the fitting day.
- Use a rechargeable battery motor. No cabling at all — roughly 2 hours to charge, then 4-6 months of use per charge. It's the usual pick for condos and rented homes.
A five-minute check you can do yourself
- Stand at the window and look at the top edge. How many centimetres between the frame and the ceiling? The more room, the more neatly the headrail hides.
- Find the nearest socket and roughly measure from it to the top corner of the window.
- Check whether there's already a ceiling recess or a curtain box. If there is, photograph it — it changes how we mount.
- Take one photo of the whole window and one of the top corner. Send those with your sizes and the conversation gets much shorter.
What the fitting day looks like
- About 20 minutes per unit, so most multi-window homes are done in a single day.
- From the day you confirm to the finished install is 7-14 days, depending on how many units.
- We clear the offcuts and show you how everything works before we leave.
- You do need to be home during installation, in case something has to be decided on the spot.
- Weekends are at no extra charge. After 17:30 costs extra.
Costs that come up specifically on retrofits
- Taking down the old curtains: 200 THB per unit.
- Scaffolding for high ceilings: 500 THB per level.
- Any wiring is a cost between you and your electrician — we neither charge for it nor take that work on.
- The on-site measure is 500-1,000 THB in Bangkok and the metro area, credited back in full when you order.
Does anything have to be knocked out?
No. It mounts to the frame, the wall or the ceiling, whichever suits the window.
I'm in a condo and can't drill the wall.
Tell us when you first message and we'll pick a mounting method that suits the structure, before the fitting day. More in choosing curtains for a condo.
Do I have to take the battery motor down to charge it?
That depends on the model — ask us and we'll check the one you're looking at rather than guess. What we can confirm today is about 2 hours to charge and 4-6 months of use per charge.
Want the numbers for your own windows?
Send rough sizes first — no need to measure precisely. We'll work out a price, then arrange the real measure.
