Dimout Pleated Blinds: Compared Across UK Retailers

8 dimout pleated blinds, £89-£342 for a standard window (around 700×1200 mm). Enter your exact window below - each price updates to your size, and we move you to the right size band if you go outside this one.

Dimout fabric blocks most daylight but not quite all of it - a middle ground between a standard and a blackout blind, useful where you want a darker room without the edge-sealing fuss of true blackout.

A pleated blind is a concertina of crisply folded fabric that gathers flat as it raises, giving a slim, neat profile that suits windows where bulk would get in the way. Cellular or honeycomb versions take this further: the pleats form rows of air-trapping cells that add a layer of insulation, helping keep heat in through winter and out in summer. Many pleated blinds also offer a top-down, bottom-up action, so you can drop the top for light while keeping the lower half private.

Fabrics span light-filtering to blackout, often with a reflective backing that bounces heat and glare. Like other flat blinds the cells and edges let some light slip past, so a blackout pleated really needs side channels to come close to full darkness. Their slimness makes them a common choice for skylights and conservatories as well as ordinary windows. Care is gentle - a dust or a careful vacuum - and a sharp fold left compressed can set, so handle them kindly. On price they sit in the mid-range, with cellular versions costing a little more than plain ones.

The top-down, bottom-up action is the pleated blind's party trick: lower the top for daylight while the bottom stays up for privacy, or do the reverse. Raised, the whole blind gathers into a stack barely deeper than a few folds, which is part of why pleated blinds are such a favourite for skylights, conservatory roofs and slim door panels where a bulkier blind would intrude.