TL;DR: Motorized Shades in South Jordan
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How they work. A quiet motor inside the roller tube raises and lowers your shades with a remote, phone app, or voice command.
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Smart home ready. Works with Alexa, Google Home, and Apple HomeKit. Set schedules, group by room, automate by sunrise and sunset.
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New construction. We pre-wire during framing so motors run on hidden hardwired power instead of batteries.
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Get started. Call (801) 455-8013 for a free in-home consultation with live motorized demos.
Why Motorized Shades Are Taking Over New Homes in South Jordan
Five years ago, motorized shades were a luxury you saw in custom homes and commercial buildings. Today they're showing up in production homes in Daybreak, Herriman, and Riverton. The price has dropped, the technology is simpler, and homeowners are tired of walking room to room pulling cords and chains every morning and night.
The shift makes sense in South Jordan. You've got west-facing windows getting blasted with afternoon sun from May through September. You've got bedrooms that need to go dark at 8pm even though the sun is still up. You've got great rooms with 12-foot ceilings where reaching a shade means dragging a step stool across the room. Motorized shades solve all of that with a button press or a schedule you set once and forget.
West Shade Co installs motorized shades in South Jordan and across the Salt Lake Valley. We carry motorized roller shades, cellular shades, Roman shades, blackout shades, and solar shades. Every installation includes programming, smart home integration, and a walkthrough so you actually know how to use the system when we leave.
How Motorized Shades Work
A small motor sits inside the roller tube at the top of your shade. When you press a button on a remote, tap your phone, or say "Alexa, close the bedroom shades," the motor rolls the fabric up or down. The operation is quiet. Most people are surprised how silent modern motorized shades are compared to the older systems.
You control them three ways:
Remote control. A handheld or wall-mounted remote that controls one shade or a group. Simple, no wifi needed, works for anyone in the house including kids and guests who don't have the app.
Phone app. Control individual shades or groups from anywhere. Set daily schedules so your shades open at 6:30am and close at sunset without you touching anything. Check the status of every shade in the house from your phone.
Voice control. "Hey Google, close the living room shades." Works with Alexa, Google Home, and Apple HomeKit. You can also build automation scenes. "Good night" closes every shade in the house, locks the doors, and dims the lights.
Retrofitting Motorized Shades in Existing Homes
If you're building a new home in Daybreak, Herriman, Riverton, or anywhere in the south valley, talk to us before drywall goes up. Pre-wiring for motorized shades during the framing stage is the single best investment you can make in your window coverings.
Here's why it matters. Motorized shades need power. Without pre-wire, they run on rechargeable battery packs that need charging every 6 to 12 months. For a home with 20 windows, that means pulling down 20 shades, removing 20 battery packs, charging them for 8 hours each, and reinstalling them. Twice a year. Every year.
With pre-wire, we run low-voltage wiring from a central power supply to each window location during framing. The wires are hidden behind drywall. Your motorized shades plug into a clean, permanent power source. No batteries. No charging. No maintenance.
The pre-wire itself costs a fraction of what you'd spend on batteries and hassle over the life of the home. We coordinate directly with your builder or electrician to make sure wire locations match your planned window treatment layout. If your builder has questions, we'll get on the phone with them.
Retrofitting Motorized Shades in Existing Homes
Don't have pre-wire? No problem. Battery-powered motorized shades work in any existing home without running new wiring. Modern lithium battery packs last 6 to 12 months on a single charge depending on usage, and recharging takes a few hours with a USB cable.
For homes where you want hardwired power but can't open walls, we can sometimes run low-voltage wire through the attic or along the top of the window frame with a slim raceway cover. It depends on your home's construction and attic access. We'll assess what's possible during the in-home consultation.
The point is you don't need a new build to get motorized shades. We install them in existing homes in South Jordan, Sandy, Draper, and across the valley every week. Battery power works great for most homeowners.
Programming and Reprogramming
We don't just install motorized shades and leave. Every installation includes full programming: setting upper and lower limits on each shade, pairing remotes, connecting to your wifi and smart home system, building room groups, and setting your initial schedules.
If you already have motorized window coverings that another company installed and they stopped responding, lost their limits, or won't connect to your new smart home system, we fix that too. We reprogram and troubleshoot motorized shades and blinds from most major manufacturers. Remote pairing, limit resets, wifi reconnection, hub replacement, and smart home re-integration. Even if we didn't sell or install the original product.
Motorized Shades vs. Motorized Blinds
If you searched "motorized blinds" and ended up here, you're in the right place. Traditional blinds with horizontal slats don't motorize well. The mechanism to tilt and raise individual slats is clunky and unreliable compared to a shade that simply rolls up on a tube.
When most people say "motorized blinds" they're actually looking for motorized shades. Roller shades, cellular shades, and solar shades all motorize cleanly with quiet, reliable motors. That's what we install and what we recommend for any home looking to automate their window coverings.
Why South Jordan Homeowners Choose West Shade Co for Motorized Shades
Most window treatment companies sell motorized shades but treat the technology as an upsell rather than a specialty. They install the shade and hand you a remote without setting up the app, connecting to your smart home, or programming schedules. You're left figuring out the tech on your own.
We treat motorized installation as a technology project, not just a window covering project. Your consultation includes a conversation about your smart home setup, your daily routines, and how you want your shades to behave. We program everything before we leave, walk you through the app and voice controls, and make sure the system actually works the way you imagined it would.
We also carry shades from manufacturers that specialize in motorization, not brands that bolt a motor onto a manual shade as an afterthought. The motors are quieter, the battery life is longer, and the smart home integration is more reliable.
For builders and contractors, our Trade and Builder Program includes pre-wire coordination, volume pricing on motorized products, and project-level scheduling for multi-unit builds. If you're putting motorized shades in a development, we handle the whole thing.
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Service Areas
South Salt Lake Valley: South Jordan, Riverton, Herriman, Draper, Sandy, West Jordan, Bluffdale, Daybreak
Mid-Valley: Midvale, Murray, Cottonwood Heights, Holladay, Taylorsville, West Valley City
Salt Lake Metro: Salt Lake City, Millcreek, South Salt Lake, Magna, Kearns
Utah County: Lehi, Saratoga Springs, Eagle Mountain
Summit County: Park City
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Here's how it works:
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Call or book online. Tell us how many windows you're considering and whether it's new construction or existing home.
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We come to you. We bring motorized shade samples and run live demos in your home so you can see and hear the motors in person.
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We plan the system. Power source (pre-wire vs battery), smart home integration, room grouping, and scheduling. All figured out before we order.
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We measure every window. Exact dimensions for a custom fit.
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Your shades are built. Custom manufactured with motorization. Most orders ready in 3 to 4 weeks.
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We install and program everything. Shades mounted, motors programmed, app connected, voice control tested. We don't leave until it all works.
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