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Why Window Furnishings Matter in WA

Window furnishings are often treated as the decorative finishing touch of a room, and they certainly are that, but in Western Australia they do far more practical work than appearance alone. Blinds, curtains and shutters are a primary tool for managing the things that shape comfort in a WA home: heat, glare, harsh sun, fading and privacy.

The WA climate is the reason this matters so much. Perth and much of the state experience long, hot summers and intense sunshine, and windows are where a great deal of that heat and glare enters a home. The right window furnishings reduce heat gain through the glass, cut glare so rooms are comfortable to be in, and shield interiors from the strong ultraviolet light that fades fabric, flooring and furniture. They also provide privacy and, with the right products, room darkening for sleep.

Because window furnishings carry this practical load, the choice of product and the quality of the installation really do affect day-to-day living. A well-chosen, well-installed set of furnishings makes a home more comfortable and protects its interior, while poor choices or a sloppy installation leave rooms hot, glary and exposed. This is not a purely cosmetic decision.

Cost ranges are broad, from a modest spend on a basic roller blind to a substantial investment in plantation shutters, quality curtains or external blinds across a whole home. Window furnishings also work alongside other comfort measures, and a home that pairs good furnishings with an efficient air conditioning installation manages the WA climate far better, and often more economically, than one that relies on cooling alone. This guide sets out the options and what a good installation involves.

Types of Blinds

Blinds come in several types, each with its own look, function and price, and understanding them helps a homeowner choose well. The most common is the roller blind, a single sheet of fabric on a roller that pulls down to cover the window. Roller blinds come in blockout fabric for room darkening and privacy, sheer or light-filtering fabric that softens light while keeping a degree of view, and reflective fabrics designed to reduce heat.

Double roller blinds combine two rollers on one window, typically a sheer and a blockout, so the room can switch between soft daytime light and full privacy or darkness. Venetian blinds use horizontal slats, in timber, aluminium or PVC, that tilt to control light and can be raised entirely. Vertical blinds use hanging vertical vanes that rotate and draw aside, suiting wide windows and sliding doors.

Roman blinds fold up in soft horizontal pleats and bring a more decorative, fabric-rich look. Cellular or honeycomb blinds use a pleated structure with air pockets that add a degree of insulation, which is a real benefit in the WA climate for both summer heat and winter warmth. Panel glide systems use wide fabric panels that slide across, suiting large windows and as room dividers.

Each blind type has situations it suits. Roller blinds are versatile and economical. Venetians give fine light control. Verticals suit wide openings. Romans bring softness and decoration. Cellular blinds add insulation. An experienced window furnishing specialist will help match the blind type to the room, the window and the homeowner's priorities, rather than fitting the same product everywhere.

Curtains and Drapes

Curtains and drapes bring softness, warmth and a sense of luxury to a room that hard blinds and shutters do not, and they remain a popular choice in WA homes, often layered with blinds. They hang from a track or rod and draw across the window.

Modern curtains come in several heading styles. The wave or S-fold style, where the fabric falls in even, continuous waves from a track, has become very popular for its clean, contemporary look. Pinch pleat and other traditional headings give a more structured, classic appearance. The heading affects both the look and how the curtain stacks back when open.

Fabric choice is central to what curtains achieve. Sheer curtains filter light softly and provide daytime privacy while keeping a room bright. Blockout curtains, often with a thermal or blockout backing, darken a room for sleep and reduce heat transfer through the window. Many WA homes layer the two, with sheers for the day and blockout curtains for night and for heat control, giving full flexibility.

Curtains depend heavily on the track or rod and how it is fixed. A curtain track carries real weight, especially for wide windows and heavy fabrics, and it has to be securely fixed, which the fixing section covers. The track also has to be the right length so the curtain stacks clear of the glass when open. Curtains reward a quality installation, because a track that sags, a curtain that does not draw smoothly, or fabric that does not hang straight undermines an otherwise expensive furnishing.

Plantation Shutters

Plantation shutters are a premium window furnishing that has become very popular in Western Australian homes. They consist of solid panels with wide, adjustable louvres, fitted into or over the window, and they combine a classic, substantial look with practical light and privacy control.

Shutters are valued for several reasons. The wide louvres tilt to control light and view precisely, from fully open to fully closed, and the panels themselves can be opened away from the window. They suit the WA climate, providing good light and glare control and, when closed, a solid layer over the window. They are durable, do not have the cords of many blinds, and have a timeless look that adds to a home.

Plantation shutters come in materials including timber, and engineered and composite materials such as PVC and aluminium. Composite and PVC shutters resist moisture well, which suits bathrooms, laundries and other damp-prone areas, while timber offers a natural warmth. Aluminium shutters are used for exterior applications. The material choice depends on the room and the look.

Shutters are fitted to the window reveal or frame, and accurate measuring and a precise installation are essential, because shutters are a fitted product where gaps, misalignment or panels that do not sit square are immediately visible. Plantation shutters are a higher-cost furnishing, but their durability and the value they add mean many WA homeowners consider them worthwhile, particularly for prominent windows.

External and Outdoor Blinds

External blinds, also called outdoor or alfresco blinds, deserve particular attention in Western Australia, because they do something internal furnishings cannot: they stop heat before it reaches the glass. This makes them one of the most effective window furnishing investments for the WA climate.

The principle is straightforward. An internal blind or curtain blocks light and glare, but by the time the sun's heat reaches an internal furnishing it has already passed through the glass and into the home. An external blind intercepts the sun on the outside of the glass, so a large share of the heat never enters at all. For a west-facing or north-facing window taking the brunt of the WA sun, an external blind makes a real difference to how hot the room becomes.

External blinds also create usable outdoor living space. On a patio, alfresco area, balcony or deck, external blinds enclose the space against sun, wind and rain, extending how much of the year it is comfortable to use. Track-guided systems, where the blind runs in side tracks, give a secure, wind-resistant enclosure, and the Ziptrak system is a well-known Australian example widely used for this. Straight-drop and café-style blinds are other common forms.

External blinds are weather-exposed products, so they use weather-rated materials and more substantial hardware than internal blinds, and they are fixed to the structure of the home, often the eaves, fascia or posts of a patio or alfresco area. Where external blinds are fitted to a deck or balcony, the work sits naturally alongside balcony and deck balustrade and handrail repairs and other outdoor improvements. Because they fix to the building's exterior, the fixing has to be sound, a point the fixing section returns to.

Managing Heat and Glare in the WA Climate

Managing heat and glare is one of the main practical reasons WA homeowners invest in window furnishings, and understanding how different furnishings perform helps in choosing well. Heat enters a home through windows as the sun strikes the glass, and glare is the harsh, uncomfortable brightness that makes a room unpleasant and screens hard to see.

For heat, the order of effectiveness generally runs from external to internal. External blinds, stopping the sun outside the glass, are the most effective at reducing heat gain. Reflective internal blinds and fabrics, designed to bounce solar radiation back, perform better than ordinary fabrics. Blockout and thermal-backed furnishings reduce heat transfer, and cellular blinds add a layer of insulation through their air pockets. Layering, such as sheers with blockout curtains, gives flexibility across the day.

For glare, light-filtering and sheer fabrics soften harsh light while keeping a room bright and a degree of view, and adjustable furnishings such as venetians, shutters and verticals let the occupant fine-tune the light as the sun moves. Different rooms and orientations call for different solutions, and a window taking the full afternoon sun needs more than a window in shade.

The practical payoff is comfort and reduced reliance on cooling. Window furnishings that keep heat and glare in check make rooms more pleasant and ease the load on an air conditioning installation, which can mean lower running costs over a WA summer. A window furnishing specialist who understands the WA climate will recommend furnishings suited to each room's orientation and exposure, rather than treating every window the same.

UV and Fade Protection

The strong ultraviolet light that comes with intense WA sunshine does more than create glare; it fades and degrades the interior of a home. Carpets, rugs, timber flooring, furniture, upholstery, artwork and even the window furnishings themselves all fade over time where strong sun falls on them, and this fading is permanent.

Window furnishings are a key defence against this. By blocking or filtering the sun, furnishings reduce the ultraviolet light reaching the interior and slow the fading of everything inside. Furnishings that block or filter more light give more protection, and for a room with valuable flooring, furniture or artwork in the path of strong sun, this protection is a genuine benefit.

The furnishings themselves should be made of fabrics suited to the conditions. Quality window furnishing fabrics are designed to be stable under sun exposure, and a fabric that is not suited to strong sun will itself fade and deteriorate sooner. This is one reason that quality products from established brands, made for Australian conditions, are worth considering over the cheapest available option.

Fade protection is also a reason to think about window furnishings early in a renovation. A homeowner investing in new carpet installation and replacement or quality flooring has good reason to protect it with appropriate window furnishings, since strong WA sun will fade an unprotected new floor over the years. Coordinating the furnishings with the rest of a room's fit-out protects the whole investment.

Measuring and Mounting

Accurate measuring is the foundation of a good window furnishing installation, and it is the single most common point of failure in do-it-yourself attempts. A blind, shutter or curtain made or cut to the wrong measurement does not fit, and the cost of getting it wrong is the cost of the product.

The first decision is inside mount or outside mount. An inside mount, also called a recess fit, sits the furnishing within the window reveal, giving a neat, built-in look but requiring the reveal to be deep enough and square enough. An outside mount, or face fit, mounts the furnishing on the wall or frame above and around the window, covering the reveal, which suits shallow reveals and can make a window look larger. The choice affects every measurement.

Measuring then has to be precise and account for the product. Each furnishing type has its own measuring conventions, tolerances and considerations, such as the clearances a blind needs to operate, the stacking space a curtain needs, and the way a shutter frame fits a reveal. Windows are also often not perfectly square, particularly in older homes, and a good measurer checks a window at several points rather than assuming it is uniform.

This is a strong argument for professional installation. A window furnishing specialist measures accurately, knows the conventions for each product, allows for the way the window actually is, and takes responsibility for the fit. Where furnishings are measured and supplied to order, an error is expensive, and the measuring expertise a professional brings is a genuine part of the value of having the work done properly.

Fixing and the Wall Structure

Window furnishings have to be fixed securely, and the fixing is where a quality installation shows. The furnishing or its track is fixed to the window frame, the window reveal, the wall around the window, or the ceiling, and each surface calls for the right fixing method.

Lightweight blinds impose modest loads, but they still need to be fixed into something solid, the window frame or solid reveal material rather than plasterboard alone, so the brackets hold reliably over years of use. Heavier furnishings demand more. A curtain track for a wide window carrying heavy blockout fabric, or a long external blind, imposes real load, and that load has to be carried by solid structure. Fixing a heavy curtain track into plasterboard alone, without reaching the frame or solid backing, leads to a track that sags or pulls away.

External blinds raise particular fixing considerations. They are fixed to the exterior of the home, often the eaves, fascia, wall or patio posts, and they are exposed to wind, which imposes load. The fixing has to be into sound, solid structure and appropriate to an exterior, weather-exposed situation. A poorly fixed external blind is both a performance and a safety issue.

A competent installer assesses what each furnishing will be fixed to and uses the right method and fixings for that surface and that load. This is part of why professional installation matters: it is not just hanging a blind, but fixing it so it stays secure, operates well and lasts, which a homeowner cannot always judge from the finished appearance alone.

Child Safety and Corded Blinds

This is one of the most important sections of the guide, because it concerns a genuine and serious safety matter. Corded internal window coverings, blinds with operating cords or chains, present a strangulation hazard to young children, who can become entangled in loose or looped cords. This risk has led to mandatory safety requirements in Australia.

In Australia, corded internal window coverings are subject to mandatory product safety requirements, which the ACCC administers as the national consumer product safety regulator. The requirements address both the products and how they are installed, and a key part is that corded internal window coverings must be installed so that loose or looped cords are secured and kept out of the reach of young children. This is achieved with devices such as cord cleats, tension devices and other measures that keep cords taut or restrained.

For a homeowner, particularly one with young children or with children visiting, this is not an optional refinement; it is a safety requirement that a professional installation should meet as a matter of course. A reputable installer knows the mandatory requirements and installs corded furnishings so the cords are properly secured, and provides the relevant safety information.

There is also a design choice that sidesteps the issue. Cordless blinds, motorised furnishings and products such as plantation shutters avoid operating cords altogether, and for households with young children, choosing cordless or motorised window furnishings for children's rooms and other relevant areas is a sound, increasingly common decision. A homeowner should raise child safety directly with the installer, and an installer who is vague about the corded window covering requirements is one to be wary of. Guidance on product safety is available from the ACCC and Consumer Protection WA.

Motorised and Automated Window Furnishings

Motorised window furnishings have become increasingly popular, and they offer real practical benefits beyond convenience. A motorised blind or curtain operates at the touch of a button, a remote, a wall switch or an app, and motorised furnishings can be grouped, scheduled and automated.

The benefits are several. Motorisation removes operating cords, which addresses the child safety concern discussed above. It makes hard-to-reach windows, such as high windows or those above a kitchen bench, easy to operate. It allows multiple furnishings to be operated together, and automation lets blinds open and close on a schedule or in response to the sun, which can help manage heat and light through a WA day without anyone having to think about it. Motorised furnishings can also integrate with home automation systems.

Motors come in different forms. Battery and rechargeable motors are self-contained and do not need wiring, which makes them straightforward to retrofit. Plug-in motors run from a power point. Hardwired motors are wired into the home's electrical system, and that wiring is electrical work that must be carried out by a licensed electrical contractor under the Electricity (Licensing) Regulations 1991, a framework overseen by Building and Energy within DMIRS, with electrical safety covered by EnergySafety. Established motorisation systems, such as those from Somfy, are widely used.

For a homeowner considering motorisation, the choice of motor type affects the installation. Battery and plug-in options keep the job within the window furnishing installer's scope, while hardwired motorisation brings in a licensed electrician, which is worth planning for, and which can sometimes be coordinated with other electrical work in a renovation. Motorisation adds cost per furnishing, but for the right windows and the right household it delivers real convenience and control.

Choosing Window Furnishings Room by Room

Window furnishings are best chosen room by room rather than applying one product everywhere, because different rooms have different needs. Thinking through each space leads to a result that works.

Bedrooms usually call for room darkening and privacy, which points to blockout roller blinds, blockout curtains or shutters, often layered with a sheer for daytime. For children's bedrooms, cordless or motorised furnishings are a sound choice for safety. Living areas often want flexibility, soft daytime light with the option of privacy and glare control in the evening, which suits layered furnishings such as sheers with blockout curtains, or double roller blinds.

Bathrooms, ensuites and laundries need privacy and furnishings that cope with moisture, which favours composite or PVC shutters, aluminium venetians or moisture-tolerant blinds rather than fabric that will not last in a damp room. Kitchens want easy-to-clean, practical furnishings. Studies and rooms with screens need good glare control. Windows taking strong afternoon sun benefit most from external blinds or the most effective heat-managing internal options.

Orientation runs through all of this. A west-facing window takes harsh afternoon sun and heat and needs furnishings that handle it, while a south-facing window may need less. A good window furnishing specialist walks the home, considers each room's use, orientation and exposure, and recommends accordingly. As part of a wider fit-out, window furnishings sit alongside other room finishes, from joinery such as built-in wardrobes to flooring, and coordinating them produces a coherent result.

Fabric and Material Choices

Within each furnishing type, the fabric or material choice has a large effect on both function and appearance, and it is worth understanding the main categories. Fabrics are broadly grouped by how they handle light.

Blockout fabrics block light almost entirely, giving room darkening and full privacy, and they also reduce heat transfer. Light-filtering fabrics allow soft, diffused light through while still providing daytime privacy, keeping a room bright without harsh glare. Sheer fabrics are the most translucent, softening light and giving daytime privacy while keeping a strong connection to the outside and a bright feel. Sunscreen and reflective fabrics are designed to cut glare and heat while retaining some view.

Material durability matters in the WA climate. Window furnishing fabrics and materials are exposed to strong sun, and quality products are made to be stable and to resist fading and degradation under that exposure. Cheaper fabrics may fade, weaken or discolour sooner. For damp rooms, moisture-resistant materials are important, and for external blinds, weather-rated materials are essential.

Appearance is the other half of the choice: colour, texture and how the fabric suits the room. A window furnishing specialist can show samples and explain how a fabric will look and perform in a particular room, with a particular orientation, in the WA light. Choosing fabric is a balance of function, durability and look, and seeing samples in the actual room is the best way to get it right.

The Installation Process

A window furnishing installation follows a clear sequence. It begins with the measure and quote, where the installer measures each window accurately, discusses the products, fabrics and options, and confirms inside or outside mount and the details for each window. For made-to-measure furnishings, the order is then placed and the products are made to the measurements.

On installation day, the installer fixes the brackets, tracks or frames securely to the window frame, reveal, wall or ceiling, using the right method for each surface and load. The blinds, curtains, shutters or external blinds are then fitted to the fixed hardware. Curtains are hung and dressed so they hang straight and stack neatly. Shutters are fitted and adjusted so the panels sit square and the louvres operate smoothly.

Corded furnishings are installed with the cord safety devices fitted and the cords secured, in line with the mandatory requirements. Motorised furnishings are set up and their operation programmed. Each furnishing is then operated through its full range to confirm it works smoothly, sits correctly and looks right. Where external blinds are involved, the installation includes working at height, which a reputable installer manages with proper safe-work practices, and guidance on safe work is available through WorkSafe WA.

The job finishes with a handover. The installer shows the homeowner how each furnishing operates, explains the cord safety devices and any motorised controls, advises on cleaning and care, and leaves the area clean. A quality installation leaves furnishings that operate smoothly, fit precisely, are securely and safely fixed, and look the way the homeowner intended.

Why Professional Installation Helps

Window furnishings can look like a simple do-it-yourself job, but several factors make professional installation genuinely worthwhile, and understanding them helps a homeowner decide.

Measuring is the first. Made-to-measure furnishings are expensive to get wrong, and accurate measuring, allowing for the mount type, the product conventions and the fact that windows are often not square, is a skill. A professional measure shifts the responsibility for the fit to the installer. Fixing is the second. Knowing how to fix securely into different surfaces, and how to handle the loads of heavy curtains and external blinds, is part of a quality result that a homeowner cannot always judge from appearance.

The corded blind safety requirements are a third reason. A professional installer is familiar with the mandatory requirements for corded internal window coverings and installs them correctly, which is a genuine safety matter rather than a refinement. Handling and finishing is a fourth: getting curtains to hang straight, shutters to sit square, and blinds to operate smoothly takes the right tools and experience.

There is also the simple matter of result and accountability. A professional installation comes with a workmanship warranty and a point of responsibility if something is not right, and it protects what is often a significant investment in furnishings. For a single basic blind a confident homeowner may manage, but for a whole-home fit-out, for made-to-measure products, for curtains and external blinds, and wherever child safety is involved, professional installation is the sound choice.

Asbestos and Older Homes

Installing window furnishings in an older Western Australian home can occasionally raise an asbestos consideration, particularly for external blinds. Homes built before the late 1980s, and many into the early 1990s, may have asbestos cement materials, including in eaves and soffit linings and fascia, and external blinds are often fixed to exactly those elements.

Where fixing window furnishings, especially external blinds, involves drilling into eaves, fascia, soffits or wall materials in an older home, the asbestos question arises. The safe approach is to identify the material before drilling. Arranging asbestos testing and inspection ahead of work that will drill into older eaves or fascia establishes what the material is, so the installation can proceed safely.

Where asbestos is confirmed in the area to be drilled or worked on, it must be handled correctly, with licensed asbestos removal dealing with asbestos-containing material properly rather than treating it as general building waste. A reputable installer working on an older home will be alert to this and will recommend the right specialist rather than drilling into suspect material. For internal blinds in newer homes asbestos is not a factor, but for external blinds on an older property it is a sensible thing to consider.

Maintenance and Cleaning

Window furnishings need a modest amount of care to keep them looking good and working well, and the care needed varies by product. Most blinds benefit from regular dusting, since dust settles on slats, fabric and rollers, and a gentle wipe or vacuum with a soft brush keeps them clean.

Different products have different cleaning needs. Venetian blind slats need individual dusting. Roller and Roman blind fabrics can usually be spot-cleaned, with care taken not to damage the fabric. Shutters wipe down easily, which is one of their practical advantages. Curtains may need occasional professional cleaning depending on the fabric, and the manufacturer's care guidance should be followed. The operating mechanisms benefit from being kept clean and free of dust so they continue to run smoothly.

External blinds need attention to their tracks and mechanisms, since they are exposed to weather and dust, and keeping the tracks clean keeps them running well. Motorised furnishings need little beyond keeping the furnishing itself clean, with battery motors needing occasional recharging or battery replacement.

Maintenance also matters for rental properties, where window furnishings are part of the property's condition and are checked at change of tenancy. Ensuring blinds and curtains are clean and operating, and the cord safety devices in place, is part of the handover, and fits naturally alongside professional bond cleaning. Well-chosen, quality window furnishings that are reasonably maintained will serve a home for many years.

Strata and External Furnishings

For homeowners in strata properties, particularly apartments and units, window furnishings carry a consideration that does not apply to a standalone house. External furnishings, and even some internal ones, can affect the appearance of the building.

Internal window furnishings are generally within a lot owner's control, although some strata schemes have by-laws about the appearance of furnishings as seen from outside, such as requiring a consistent backing colour facing the street. External blinds and awnings are a clearer case, because they are fixed to the exterior of the building and visibly change its appearance, and they often fix to common property. Installing external blinds on a strata property typically needs the approval of the owners corporation. The same consideration applies to other externally fixed installations, such as a security camera installation, where work attaching to the building exterior generally needs approval.

The framework for this is the strata by-laws and the Strata Titles Act 1985. A lot owner planning external blinds, or substantial window furnishing changes visible from outside, should check the by-laws and obtain any approval needed before commissioning the work. This avoids the unwelcome situation of an installation that has to be altered or removed because it was not approved.

For a lot owner, the step is simply to check before committing. Internal furnishings are usually straightforward, but anything fixed to the building exterior or visibly changing the building's appearance is worth confirming with the owners corporation first. A window furnishing installer experienced with strata work will be aware of this and can advise.

What to Look Out For

The first thing to look for is an installer who takes measuring seriously and takes responsibility for the fit. Because made-to-measure furnishings are expensive to get wrong, a professional should measure carefully, check windows at multiple points, and stand behind the fit. An installer who is casual about measuring, or who pushes the homeowner to provide the measurements and disclaims responsibility, is a risk.

Child safety is a clear thing to raise and assess. A reputable installer is familiar with the mandatory requirements for corded internal window coverings and installs cord safety devices as a matter of course. An installer who is vague about corded blind safety, or who does not fit the required devices, is not doing the job properly, and for a household with children this is a serious shortcoming.

Be cautious of a very cheap quote, particularly for made-to-measure products and external blinds. A low price can reflect cheaper fabrics that will fade in the WA sun, lighter hardware, or a rushed installation. Direct comparison requires each quote to specify the products, the fabrics, the mount type and the inclusions, so the homeowner is comparing like with like rather than headline figures.

Watch the fixing and the warranty. An installer should be clear about how furnishings will be fixed, especially heavy curtains and external blinds, and the quote should set out the products, the workmanship warranty and the manufacturer warranties. Be wary of verbal promises that never make it into writing. For external furnishings on a strata property, an installer should also raise the question of owners corporation approval.

How to Get Useful Quotes

A useful quote starts with a clear sense of what the homeowner wants: which rooms and windows, what the furnishings need to do in each, whether heat, glare, room darkening, privacy or appearance is the priority, and any preference for blinds, curtains or shutters. The number of windows and whether it is a single room or a whole home shapes the quote.

An in-home measure and quote is the standard and the right approach for window furnishings. A window furnishing specialist visits, measures accurately, looks at each room's orientation and exposure, brings samples, and discusses the options room by room. This visit is well worth it and is how an accurate quote for made-to-measure products is produced.

Compare quotes on substance. Items to compare include the specific products and fabrics, the mount type, whether motorisation or particular hardware is included, the corded blind safety devices, the installation, and the warranties. Two quotes can look different in price simply because they specify different products, so the comparison has to be like with like. A quote that clearly itemises each window and product is far more useful than a single headline figure.

Confirm the installer carries appropriate insurance, ask about the workmanship warranty and the manufacturer warranties, and for external work on a strata property raise the approval question. Posting a clear description of the home, the rooms and the priorities through The Quote Yard is a quick way to reach several window furnishing installers across WA at once and gather genuinely comparable quotes.

Cost, Warranty and Consumer Rights

Window furnishings span a wide cost range, and it is worth understanding what drives it and what protections apply. The product type, the fabric or material, the window sizes, motorisation and the number of windows all affect the total, and a whole-home fit-out in quality products is a significant investment.

Warranties come in two parts. The furnishings and their components, including motors, carry manufacturer warranties, with terms varying by product and brand, and quality products from established manufacturers are generally well supported. The installer separately provides a workmanship warranty covering the quality of the installation. It is worth understanding both, and keeping the documentation.

Statutory consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law apply alongside any express warranty, covering both the goods and the installation service, so window furnishings and their installation must be of acceptable quality and fit for purpose. Where corded internal window coverings are concerned, the mandatory product safety requirements also apply, which is a consumer protection in its own right. Information on consumer rights and product safety is available from Consumer Protection WA and the ACCC, and broader guidance from the WA Government.

For a homeowner, the value lies in choosing quality products suited to the WA climate, having them measured and installed properly, and keeping the paperwork. Window furnishings done well are a long-term improvement that makes a home more comfortable, protects its interior and adds to its appeal, and as part of a wider project they sit alongside other finishing work, from a new barn door installation to a cavity slider door and fresh flooring through carpet laying.

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