Galaxy Blinds

Galaxy Blinds: made-to-measure blinds from St Helens

Galaxy Blinds is a window blind manufacturer, supplier and fitter based on Duke Street in St Helens, Merseyside. The company makes all its blinds to order on its own premises and handles the complete job from measurement to installation, without intermediaries. It has been trading in St Helens for 27 years and was started by Stephen Riley, who learned the trade from his father, Kevin Riley, also a window blind manufacturer in the town.

The company describes itself as a local family business and states that up to 95% of its work comes through recommendations. It also presents itself as one of the leading window blind manufacturers in St Helens and Merseyside.

Blind types and window coverings

Galaxy Blinds supplies and fits a broad range of window blinds. The main types listed are:

• Vertical blinds
• Venetian blinds, including aluminium Venetian
• Roller blinds, including slow rise rollers
• Roman blinds
• Wooden Venetians
• American rigid PVC blinds
• Perfect Fit blinds (no drilling)
• Pleated blinds, including Unipleat
• Velux blinds
• Blackout blinds
• Conservatory roof blinds
• Motorised vertical and roller blinds

In addition, the company supplies and fits Shutters, specifically Urban and Shutterlite Shutters, and offers BLOC Framed Blackout Roller Blinds, described as exclusive to Galaxy Blinds within a 25-mile radius. These are supplied fully measured and installed.

Materials and components

According to the company, its blinds are made to a high specification using fabrics and components from suppliers including Louvolite, Eclipse, RA Irwin and Decora. Galaxy Blinds states that it will not use or sell anything that does not meet the standards it has set over the past two decades.

Free home visit and quotation service

Galaxy Blinds offers a free, no-obligation quotation service with a home visit. During the appointment, the team assesses the customer's needs, discusses the available options, shows samples of fabrics, offers advice and measures accurately. The company states that there is no heavy sales patter or pressure and that customers order only when they are ready.

The company also provides guidance on choosing blinds for different windows: vertical blinds are presented as suitable for large expanses of glass such as bay windows and patio doors; blackout blinds for bedrooms; and Velux blinds for kitchens and loft conversions, as they are made to fit Velux roof windows.

Coverage across Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire

Although based in St Helens, Galaxy Blinds covers a wider area including Widnes, Runcorn, Rainhill, Prescot, Leigh, Newton-le-Willows, Haydock, Rainford, Billinge, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Warrington, Wigan and Liverpool, as well as most parts of Cheshire and Merseyside. The company also lists Sutton, Thatto Heath, Orrell and Blackbrook among the locations it regularly visits.

Manufacturing and installation

Galaxy Blinds manufactures, supplies and fits all its own blinds, which the company says eliminates middlemen, time loss and hassle. The complete job is handled from start to finish. The business also operates a manufacturing plant and a van for installations.