Blockout curtains, Melbourne

What blockout curtains cost

For a typical bedroom (around 3m wide × 2.7m high wall-to-wall), the indicative ranges:

• Blockout only — $600 to $1,000 supplied and installed.
• Sheer + blockout layered on a dual track — $1,500 to $2,000 supplied and installed.

Layered configurations double the fabric volume and the track work, but they're what most growth-corridor buyers end up choosing for the main bedroom and formal living — the sheer handles daytime privacy and softens the window; the blockout closes for full darkness at night or for pooja sessions.

Why quality matters in blockout

Cheap blockout curtains use a thin acrylic backing — under a single Melbourne summer of west-facing sun, that coating starts to go chalky, flake, and physically peel where the curtain meets the window ledge. Inside 12 months on a hot-sun room, you're left with a curtain that no longer blocks light and leaves white residue on your glass.

Quality blockout uses triple-pass coating bonded to a heavier base fabric, designed for a 10-plus-year residential life. Triple-pass means three layers of acrylic blockout coating in the fabric, which is what makes the difference between “light filtering” and genuine darkness on demand. Every blockout curtain MCB fits uses that triple-pass tier of fabric, and the track is rated for the actual fabric weight.

Pooja, prayer rooms, and the parents' suite

Pooja rooms, mandir corners and prayer spaces have a quiet requirement that the rest of the home doesn't — proper darkness when the room is in use, soft filtered light the rest of the day, and a draft-free environment for a steady diya flame. Triple-pass blockout fabric, fitted ceiling-to-floor and wall-to-wall, is what handles this properly.

The same logic applies for the downstairs parents' or in-laws' suite that's common in growth-corridor multigenerational homes — a layered sheer + blockout configuration gives daytime soft light and full nighttime privacy in a single fit-out. See our pooja and prayer-room blackout guide for the full pattern.