How Much Do Vertical Blinds Cost? Price Guide by Material & Window Size

According to the current prices at Factory Direct Blinds, custom vertical blinds can range from approximately $105 to $250, depending on the dimensions of the window, since material is a major contributing factor to the price difference. Thus, not only does this price range provide an answer to the vertical blinds cost that most customers search for, but it also brings attention to the price that matters in your specific case. This guide provides the details of pricing based on material and size, describes peculiarities that arise when sliding glass doors come into play, and offers solutions for a custom order not to cost more than a typical product.

What Is the Average Cost of Vertical Blinds?

The costs of professionally produced vertical blinds start from $105 to $250, and they increase with the size of the window. At Factory Direct Blinds, the minimum prices for vertical blinds are as low as $104.99 (for ordinary PVC), and the maximum ones reach $247.99 (for woven fabric), which makes shipping free across the continental US.

Three things push the final number up or down:

• Material. PVC sits at the bottom of the range, fabric at the top, faux wood in between.

• Width. A blind for a 36-inch window costs less than the same blind built for a 72-inch slider, because you are paying for more vanes and a longer headrail.

• Extras. Motorization, split-stack configurations, and upgraded valances each add to the base.

Professional installation is the cost most people forget, and the easiest one to delete. Installers commonly charge from around $60 per window. Vertical blinds go up with a drill and a level in under an hour, so most buyers skip that line item entirely.

Vertical Blinds Price by Material

Material sets your starting point, so pick it first. Current base prices across the custom vertical blinds collection:

• Smooth PVC (Classic Curved): from $104.99 in 11 colors. The workhorse. Wipes clean, handles humidity, cheapest entry.

• Faux wood PVC: Price starts from $117.99. Has the look of a wooden shield but with no risk of warping, next to vanishing glass;  

• Textured PVC (Premier): Starts from $140.99, available in 22 color shades. Has a cloth-like texture in a wipeable blind;  

• High-end PVC (Signature): Starts from $189.99 in 35 color options, with the curved shape S option at the same cost;  

• Fabric blinds: Starts from $247.99, available in 16 shades. Offers softer drapes and a softer source of light at two times the price of PVC. 

I must say, after my comparison, pay for fabrics only if you want the blinds to be a decorative aspect of the room décor. A busy door or a kitchen window would be fine with PVC lining at only $104.99.

How Window Size Changes the Price

Cost is constantly higher for width than height. A blow from above can be made for height because vertical blinds create more vanes for a longer and heavier headrail. Vanes are also proportional in cost per inch long.

Now you know what affects your spending on large sections. The cheapest vertical blinds for large windows are wide white PVC blinds purchased in one piece, which means just one blind, albeit one 96-inch one, needs to be made for one 48-inch one. As a result, a double amount of blinds for equal width has also doubled the cost to make them. Next, you choose your blinds wisely and filter for your requirements on budget-friendly blinds after that.

Keep in mind one important tip: order blinds at least an inch wider than the window frame itself instead of asking for exactly the window dimensions for the blinds to fit in perfectly, because otherwise, you would add another pair of dollars to the mix without any possibility to forget about this ugly situation of disappointed looks whenever your blinds are lifted up.

How Much Are Vertical Blinds for Sliding Glass Doors?

Expect $150 to $300 for most sliding glass doors, sitting above the per-window average because a six-foot slider needs a wider blind than nearly any window. So how much are vertical blinds for sliding glass doors in practice? A standard 72-inch door in entry-level PVC lands near the bottom of that range, while the same door in fabric or with motorization pushes past it.

Patio door blinds cost more than window blinds for one more reason: overlap. A door blind should extend past the frame on the stack side so the vanes clear the glass when open, which adds billable width. Budget for the overlap anyway. A door blind that only covers the glass is a blind you will regret every time you walk through the stack.

Custom vs Stock Kits: Where the Money Goes

The custom vertical blinds and a stock kit is smaller than most shoppers assume, and the gap buys the things kits get wrong. A stock 78-inch kit at a big-box store sells for around $80. Custom PVC starts at $104.99. For roughly the price of a takeout dinner, the custom order gets you:

• A perfect width instead of a kit that you mold or patch to fit

• A selection of vanes and colors that include dozens of options, while kits limit you to white or off-white.

• A headrail designed according to your mount depth and control side.

• Assurance of remake (MeasureSafe by Factory Direct Blinds) if you made a measurement error.

The kit is the only victor in one case: a rental property you plan to vacate within the year. In the rest of the examples, the premium of custom vertical blinds becomes progressively smaller over the 10 years they will hang in a place.

Four Ways to Keep the Cost Down

You can trim a vertical blind order without trimming quality. The levers that work:

1. Stay with smooth PVC. The $104.99 line and the $189.99 line block the same light on the same track. The upgrade is texture and color range, so skip it where nobody lingers.

2. Measure once, order once. A mismeasured blind is the most expensive mistake in this category. Use the free measuring guides, or add MeasureSafe so a wrong number becomes a remake instead of a repurchase.

3. Skip motorization on doors you slide open daily. A wand costs nothing, and your hand is already there.

4. Sample before you buy. Factory Direct Blinds mails up to 10 swatches free, and ordering free samples costs less than reordering a blind in a color that looked different on screen.

Also benefiting orders are two checkout features. First, Factory Direct Blinds does not charge sales tax, which helps save a decent amount of money on orders with multiple windows, depending on which state a customer is in. The other feature is that financing is available via Affirm, with rates starting at 0% annually for those who qualify, allowing the customer to spread an entire house order over the next few months instead of onto a single credit card bill.

Run the Numbers on Your Own Window

Averages got you oriented, and now they have done their job. The only vertical blinds cost that matters is the quote for your measurements, and custom pricing updates live as you enter width, height, and options, so you can price your exact window in about a minute. Measure your opening and pick PVC unless the room argues for fabric. Then run your numbers in the vertical blinds collection with free shipping already included.

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