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Blinds
Venetian Blinds Aluminium
Our Venetian aluminum blinds, with easy-to-use adjusting mechanisms, allow for total control over the amount of sunlight entering your home.Creating a modern, uncluttered look, has never been this easy.
Venetian Blinds Wooden
To create a natural look in the home, Wooden Venetian Blinds are ideal. They bring simplicity and compliments the very modern to most traditional styles of décor. The result - an unique made-to-measure service, catering to your home’s every need.
Bamboo Roller Blinds
Whether it’s gentle shading, adding ambiance or completely blocking out the sunlight - our beautifully crafted bamboo roller blinds will add a natural touch to your home.
Vertical Blinds
Our vertical blinds allow for privacy, furniture protection and for blocking out the harmful rays of the sun. The blinds can be adjusted, allowing for minimum or maximum light filtering.
Roman Blinds
Roman blinds can be made to match the textures or textiles of the interior space and furnishings. For a luxurious look while providing very efficient temperature and light control. Our export quality headrail and control system makes the operation of your blinds easier than ever.
Roller Blinds
A discreet and highly effective system of sun, light, heat and glare control. All manufactured from quality parts and a diverse range of textiles. For complete block out, glare control or any degree of solar control, we have the selection to suit your needs.
Woven Blinds
The blinds are manufactured in a weaving process, with the slats acting as the weft in a warp of strong string. Various slat widths and colours are available, and each unit is made up to the customer's requirements.
Panel Blinds
Panel blinds are a versatile and contemporary way to control light, glare and privacy, giving a new and innovative shading solution for larger windows and patio doors.
Shutters
Aluminium Shutters
Providing a light and airy atmosphere as well as privacy, aluminum shutters offer excellent durability, practicality and easy maintenance. Our shutters have been designed to bring understated elegance to your home, offering security, whilst blocking external noise and damaging sunlight.
Wooden Shutters
Our internal shutters are custom-made and manufactured from top quality materials only - carefully selected timber, high-quality paints and stains. They are engineered to perfectly fit almost any shape of window or patio door.
Thermowood Shutters
Thermowood is an engineered wood substitute that has been tested in the USA under both humid and arid conditions. Practical and elegant, it is a perfect finish to your decor.
Clearview Shutters
Turn your patio into an additional room with Thermowood Clearview Shutters from Taylor. Or fit them inside windows or sliding doors to control the view, your privacy and the light.
ShutterGuard
ShutterGuard is manufactured entirely from aluminum and stainless steel, with a durable white powder-coated finish, and is therefore impervious to rust, wind and weather. It can also be fitted inside windows and sliding doors, and the louvres are fully adjustable to provide a clear view or to ensure privacy.
Roller Shutters
Widely used in Europe roller shutters have become increasingly popular in South Africa, not only for the excellent security they provide but also for their other outstanding features. Well known for carefree maintenance and excellent durability, roller shutters provide the aesthetic solution for people who command quality and style.
Classic Shutters
Classic Shutters transform ordinary windows into inspiring highlights of the home. Combining elegance with the durability of vinyl they are perfect for windows everywhere: formal living rooms to rough - and-tumble playrooms - even busy kitchens and steamy bathrooms.
Awnings
Soft Awnings
Folding Arm Awnings
These awnings serve to extend your living space, protects your carpets and curtains against fading. They enhance the exterior of your home or business premises. They are available in different sizes, styles and colours, all designed to keep your outdoor areas in use all year round.
Fall Arm Awnings
These types of awnings are very versatile and can be adjusted to suit the angle of the sun. They are particularly useful for early morning or late afternoon shading.
Pergola Awnings
This awning is suspended on trolleys which run in tracks attached to thy beams of your pergola and folds away neatly.
Pergola Awnings can be suspended on stainless steel cables between walls.
Drop Awnings
Drop Awnings are very popular on stoep areas, lapa's, smoking areas and braai areas. These blinds serve as wind/sun breakers, BUT it is recommended that these blinds are not left down in storm weather conditions.
Retractable, Fixed, Walkways, and Dome Awnings
Fixed awnings are manufactured from meranti wood, galvanized steel or powder-coated white aluminum and covered with a choice of materials. These provide cover for rain/sun. These awnings are all custom made to your specific requirements.
Commercial Awnings
Wonder Blinds has manufactured custom-made awnings for various businesses in and around the Cape Peninsula.
Portofino Retractable Awning
Portofino Retractable Awnings are the perfect sun control for your patio.
Drop Down Awning
Drop Down Awnings perfect for Verandahs or external Windows creating a comfortable living environment using both Screens and canvas fabrics.
Hard Awnings
Classic Metal Awnings
Classic Awnings fixed metal awnings perfect for external doors and windows.
Adjustable Awning
Perfect for Sun and Shade control. Made from 100% Aluminium the ideal patio cover.
Fixed Awnings
All Aluminium Fixed Awnings & Canopies are lightweight, require very little maintenance and is manufactured to suit each individual need.
Retractable Awning
Stylish Capri Awning available with your choice of sun or rain protection fabric. Fully retractable available in rope or crank control.
Skywave Awnings
Skywave Awnings by Foldo Awnings. Foldo uses the highest quality of materials, and the workmanship and services are unsurpassed. Always striving to create more effective and functional living areas.
Industrial Awnings
Enhance the appearance of your business premises and protect valuables from direct sunlight.
Carports
Ideal for commercial, industrial, housing and townhouse applications, Foldo aluminum carports are attractive, require very little maintenance and can be adapted to suit most installation requirements.
Security
ShutterGuard
ShutterGuard is manufactured entirely from aluminum and stainless steel, with a durable white powder-coated finish, and is therefore impervious to rust, wind and weather. It can also be fitted inside windows and sliding doors, and the louvres are fully adjustable to provide a clear view or to ensure privacy.
Durador Security Gates
Locking Bars
Adding additional security can be essential - particularly with higher buildings. Durador locking bars are an ideal solution. Request information on designs currently available or provide details of your requirement and Durador’s development staff will be glad to assist.
Gorilla
Gorilla Security Gates are available in both swing and sliding format. Our standard range will fit most standard wooden door frames or sliding patio doors. Both can be fitted with insect screens if required.
Flooring
Strip
Choose from our extensive range of solid and engineered tongue and grooved floors, in a variety of widths and lengths. We specialize in the installation of strip floors using a choice of traditional style (nailed on batons), glue down Wakkol system (direct to concrete), or laid on Elastilon patented systems. We offer advice on the correct method to suit your needs! These floors come in a choice of either pre-finished coatings (for an easy dust-free installation); or hand sanded and coated finishes, for the ultimate in personalized coatings to suit your specific needs.
Parquetry
Parquet floors are making a strong comeback in the world of solid wood flooring! Choose from traditional Zim Teak mosaic tiles ideal for commercial applications, to the intricate herringbone and Versaille panels manufactured from Oak or Teak for ultimate impact in the home.
Sports Flooring
Sports floors (or sprung floors) can be used for a variety of purposes, to satisfy a number of different activities. Basketball, martial arts, and dance are but a few activities taking place on sports floors, and there are a wide variety of timbers to choose from. Sports floors can be installed in both large public stadiums and small studios for the home. Contact us for further information.
Staircases
Solid wood staircases create an incredible feature in the home or workplace, and are worth the additional spend! Solid wood treads and risers can be clad directly to either concrete or steel framework, while floating stair treads on stringers (wood or steel) give a wonderful feeling of space and design.
Decking
Wooden decking adds a touch of class to any external area, and can be used as both a feature and for practical purposes of creating additional living space. Decking can be installed and left to weather to a beautiful silvery grey with the elements, or sealed with either a water based sealant or decking oil, to accentuate the natural grain of the timber. Our preferred decking timbers are Garapa, Zimbabwean Teak, and Ipe.
Engineered Wide Strip European Oak
Choose from our range of wide strip pre-sanded Oak flooring, with a selection of finishes from hand scraped to rustical. Widths vary from 190mm to the massive 300mm wide planks, and come in a variety of long lengths. All of our engineered Oak is PEFC certified, promoting sustainable forest management. We prefer to hand finish our floors, to give each customer a floor that is slightly different, and individually chosen to suit your needs! We utilise the Loba German oil staining and varnishing system, which gives a number of choices for both domestic and commercial requirements. Choose from eleven different colour stains, that can be mixed to match for the perfect interior finish!
Solid and engineered floors, what are the differences?
Solid
A solid timber floor is literally timber all the way through the plank. It has advantages in that it generally offers more flexibility when installing; as the installer can machine timber profiles for joints, makeup stairs tread etc., and the choice of sealant can still be decided after the installation. It is also arguably easier to repair a solid timber floor, and as there is generally more timber above the tongue, should last longer. Solid timber, when glued down, does not make the noise that is generated with an engineered or laminate floor. Solid wood is less stable than engineered flooring when being installed, and more care and expertise is required for the installation. It is not recommended to install solid timber above under floor heating unless using a specialized product like Elastilon, and even then gaps of up to 2 - 3mm can be deemed as normal in a solid timber floor with or without under floor heating.
Engineered
Engineered hardwood flooring is a product made up of a core of hardwood, plywood or HDF and a top layer of hardwood veneer that is glued on the top surface of the core and is available in almost any hardwood species. The product thus has the natural characteristics of the selected wood species as opposed to a photographic layer (laminate flooring). The "engineered" product has been designed to provide greater stability, particularly where moisture or heat pose problems for solid hardwood floors.
Under floor heating
Laying solid timber flooring above under floor heating is not generally recommended unless laid on Elastilon, as this allows for the excessive movement that is induced through the heating of the timber. Even then 2-3 mm gaps between boards can develop and would be deemed normal in this installation. Engineered flooring would be the preferred product for installations above under floor heating. An important fact to remember is that due to the thickness of timber flooring (18mm - 22mm normally), it takes a substantial time for the heat to be transferred through the floor. Thus the under floor heating needs to be turned on and left on for a few days before the heating really becomes effective. In addition, under floor heating needs to be regulated to no more than 27 degrees Celsius, and any temperature changes made, should be done in small increments over a period of a few days. To minimize movement of solid timber floors above under floor heating, humidity/ climate controls should be installed.
Maintenance
What is the difference between pre-finished and unfinished flooring?
A. The pre-finished hardwood floor is end matched with a tight micro-beveled edge and has up to 10 coats of aluminum oxide finish applied in the factory. The unfinished floor comes with a square edge and must be sanded and sealed on site using sanding machines and a sealant of choice. Pre-finished flooring once scratched is harder to repair, and cannot be spot repaired the way an oiled or sealed floor can. Generally, it is easier to replace the entire plank with a pre-finished floor, which is best done by a recommended installer.
Glue down versus nail down
A nail down the floor is generally installed on timber batons fixed to the concrete subfloor, using the secret nailing method to fasten the floor through the tongue to the baton. This traditional method allows for a cavity space between the floor and the concrete, but should not be installed above the bare earth, as was the practice when our grandparents were growing up! Times have changed, and modern kiln dried flooring does not allow for the moisture that rises from the earth, even if the floor is vented on the sides. The nail down the floor is obviously noisier when walking on it, and gives a traditional feel, that is sought by many.
The glue down the floor is cheaper to install, as there is no construction of the substructure required. What is critical is the quality of the concrete screed and the fact that this is level. The floor follows the level of the concrete screed, and thus adjustments in height cannot be made as with a nail down. The glue down is also very quiet to walk on and gives a wonderfully solid feel under foot. The glue down is best used where height presents a problem in existing or new homes, or where a quick installation is required.
With both applications, a moisture test of the concrete screed is essential prior to the installation of the wooden floor, one cannot tell by looking at a screed as to the moisture content! In addition, a moisture barrier is required for all ground floor installations, and care should be taken prior to the installation to ensure that all sliding doors, windows etc, have been correctly waterproofed. No timber floor likes moisture from below, and cupping and delamination will occur if substantial amounts of moisture are trapped between the floor and the concrete.
Loba Sealants and Oils
LOBA is a leading German manufacturer of finishing and care systems for parquet, hardwood and cork flooring. With their environmentally friendly, waterborne two-component finishing system, they have set a standard that remains unmatched to this day. Floor oils and waxes, products for industrial applications, and products for cleaning and care complete their product range. Since 1922, LOBA has been a byword for top-quality preservation of parquet and hardwood floors.
Ipe Clip
The Perfect Hidden Deck Fasteners. Our slogan says it all... Do It Once, Do It Right, Do It Out of Sight!™. The IPE CLIP® Company manufactures Hidden Deck Fasteners that have up to 3 times the strength of other hidden deck fasteners. Our unique deck fastener design allows for fast and easy installation while giving both the do-it-yourselfer or expert deck builder a professionally finished look.
Wakol
For over 60 years Wakol has been manufacturing adhesives and compounds in Pirmasens, Germany. During that time they have gained invaluable experience and immense specialist knowledge in production and applications. Solvent-based adhesives, reactive and water-based systems are their main specialties.
Janser
Specialists for professional tools, machines, and equipment. For buying a new machine, maintenance of existing equipment or just for advice, they are the right partner for you.
Sika Elastic Bonding Systems
Sika Elastic bonding systems comprise a two-part system of Sika 156 ZA primer moisture barrier, and Sika T52 moisture curing polyurethane adhesive, which is a flexible product that allows for movement of the flooring product. Zimbos Trading is an accredited distributor of these products and has successfully used this system on prestigious projects like the BP Head Office in the V & A Waterfront.
Elastilon patented systems
Elastilon is a patented system that has been developed by a Dutch Company specifically to assist in the easy installation of wooden flooring. Elastilon allows for movement of the product in conjunction with underfloor heating and can be laid on most surfaces in the home, from tiles through to concrete.
Laegler
Discover how easy professional floor sanding is using the perfect and mature technology of Lägler, the world market leader.
