Home Improvements Part 3

This is the last home improvement for year 2021. 

When we shifted into LV more than a year back, we contemplated both the ziptrack blinds and the normal outdoor blinds. What is the difference? 

This is ziptrack, it is guided by columns and is capable of turning the open space to enclosed space. 

This is normal balcony roller blinds and guided by 2 cables per panel of blinds. 

The ziptrack blind is easily 3x or even 4x the price of normal balcony roller blinds. We thought that the normal roller blinds would be sufficient for us but we thought wrongly. What we do not know is that the Chinese Garden lake open view that we get to enjoy from our balcony also means that we are unsheltered in times of thunder storms and howling winds. We found out the hard way that the normal roller blinds cannot at all withstand the winds. 

The cables came loose several times. The 1st time, we paid for handymen and got it fixed ourselves. The second, we complained to the vendor and threatened him before he finally came back to fix it. We were told that these blinds are not meant to be used in situations of strong wind. Huh? Then only to block sun ah? 

After that, we rarely used the blinds until one stormy afternoon, Popo put them down again. She sarcastically remarked that we have blinds but cannot use then what is the purpose of them? The next moment, one of the cables came loose again. I surrender. 

We finally went shopping for ziptrack blinds in November. We visited 2 showrooms. There are several brands in the market and we opted for the Smart Zip. It is some patented technology in Singapore. The price is lower than the Australian brand and the sales was so much more helpful. 

Tadah!

Finally! We got out Smart Zip blinds. These were put to immediate test right after installation. It had been raining so much the last 2 days. So far so good! How bad is the damage to the pocket? $6.5k... 

Mummy Lim