We supply and install roller and solar shades, cubicle and privacy curtains, drapery and top treatments, and motorized systems for commercial buildings across Northeast Ohio — manufactured in our own Akron workroom, surveyed on site, submitted for approval, and installed on your schedule.
A workroom that has done commercial over 40 years
Our commercial record across Northeast Ohio runs through healthcare, higher education and senior living — the buildings where privacy, infection control and an occupied-building install schedule matter more than a colour card.
The thing that matters more here than it does in a house: we manufacture and install. Cut, sewn and hung by one company means one point of accountability on the submittal and one on the punch list. There is no supplier to blame and no installer to chase. A workroom that manufactures and installs.
What we supply
Roller and solar shades
Openness factors selected against the glazing and the orientation, in uniform sizes across a facade so the building reads consistently from the street. Manual, chain, or motorized.
Cubicle and privacy curtains
Track, carriers and curtains for patient rooms, treatment bays and shared rooms — cut and sewn here, with mesh tops where sprinkler coverage requires them.
Drapery and top treatments
Drapery, valances and cornices for lobbies, chapels, dining rooms and common areas, in fabrics specified to the project rather than to a catalogue.
Motorized systems
Motorized roller systems where reach, glazing height or a scheduled sequence rules out a chain — grouped, zoned, or run from a control system.
Who we work for
Healthcare and senior living
Privacy and infection-control requirements, cleanable fabrics, and work sequenced around occupied rooms.Healthcare and senior living →
Schools and campuses
Durability, cord safety in occupied classrooms, and install windows that fall in a break rather than a term.Schools and campuses →
Offices and managed properties
Glare on screens, tenant comfort, and a uniform look from the street across every bay of a facade.Offices and managed property →
We also work in hospitality, multifamily and government buildings. We have not built a page for those yet, so ask and we will talk about the specific building rather than point you at a page.
Fire ratings and submittals
NFPA 701 is the standard test method for flame propagation of textiles and films, and it is what most commercial and assembly occupancies specify for hanging textiles — drapery, curtains and many roller-shade fabrics. It is a test method rather than a blanket product rating: a fabric passes a method, and the authority having jurisdiction and the project specification decide what is required.
Which method applies depends on the material. Method 1 covers lighter fabrics, including curtains, draperies and roll-type window shades; heavier materials, plastic films and vinyl-coated blackout linings fall under Method 2 — and that lining is the most common place a submittal goes back for a second look.
Which method your fabric is tested to
The routing that sends most submittals back for a second look.
We do not make blanket claims about our fabrics. We supply the mill's test report for the exact fabric and colourway with the submittal, and we will say so on a bid list where somebody else has written “all fabrics NFPA 701 compliant” on a letterhead. More on NFPA 701 and what it covers.
How a commercial project runs
Site survey
We walk the building. Drawings give us the openings; the walk gives us the mounting conditions, the access, the ceiling and sprinkler interferences, and how the install has to be sequenced around people using the space. We do not quote a bid set from a drawing alone on anything of size.
Unit matrix and submittal
Every opening, its dimensions, its product and its fabric, with the mill's test reports and cut sheets attached for approval before anything is cut.
Install on your schedule
Phased by floor, wing or shift where the building is occupied, including nights and weekends. Punch list walked with you and closed by the same crew that hung it. We do not quote a turnaround we cannot hold — fabrication takes the time it takes, and you get the real number rather than the one you want to hear.
Questions people ask
Do commercial window treatments have to be fire rated?
In most commercial and assembly occupancies, hanging textiles — drapery, curtains and many roll-shade fabrics — are specified to NFPA 701, which is the standard method for testing flame propagation of textiles and films. Which test method applies depends on the fabric: Method 1 covers lighter fabrics, including curtains, draperies and roll-type window shades, while heavier materials, plastic films and vinyl-coated blackout linings fall under Method 2. The authority having jurisdiction and the project specification govern, so we supply the mill’s test report for the exact fabric with the submittal rather than making a blanket claim.
Will you quote from our drawings without a site visit?
We would rather not, and on anything of size we will ask to walk the building first. Drawings tell us the openings; the walk tells us the mounting conditions, the access, the interferences and how the install has to be sequenced around people using the building. If you are working to a bid date, tell us the date and we will work back from it.
Can you work in an occupied building?
Yes — most of our commercial work is in buildings that stay open. We phase by floor, wing or shift and agree the sequence before we start.
Request a commercial site survey
Tell us the building and the timeline. We will walk it before we quote it.