Plastic Door Curtains: Save On Your Business Bills

Plastic Door Curtains can increase your savings

Once you have checked bulbs and heating systems you may be at a loss as to how you can save more money on your bills. Plastic Curtains are a great way of saving some money, both die to the cost efficiency of the production and installation, but also in reducing energy bills.

Door curtains have been around for many years, from beaded veils to fabric curtains and plastic curtains used to be a very popular decoration item for many homes during the 70s. Since then plastic door curtains have evolved into incredibly useful tools for separating off areas of a business, especially in the manufacturing and industrial sector of business, but also in hospitality, offices and retailers. Plastic curtains are usually made from PVC which has a certain amount of specific qualities that make it the ideal material for the purpose. Due to the insulating properties of PVC, PVC plastic curtains are ideal for any situation where you need to keep two different ambient temperatures on either side of a partition.

Better ways of saving money

So we know cutting budgets should always be the last resort for any company, but what are the alternative solutions? There are a number of ways to make savings, admittedly not all are suitable for every business, but might spark some inspiration regardless. Whatever your line of business, remember to ensure all heating and cooling systems are properly configured to reduce your energy costs. Too many companies are constantly battling with their heating system in order to get the right environment for staff, using the air conditioning to cool down the room until it is very cold, and then using the heating to warm the room up again. This is a huge amount of energy that is going to waste and costing a lot of money, just getting the ambient temperature right from the beginning of the day and only adjusting by a few degrees either way, you can reduce the amount your company spends on energy bills.

Light bulbs are another culprit which can raise the cost of your energy bills quite dramatically. Using standard bulbs might be the cheaper option in the short term, but they will actually cost you more money over a period of time. Energy saving

bulbs are now much more efficient than any other standard bulb, they use less electricity to power themselves for a start so if you switch to energy efficient bulbs you will see the benefits in your next bill. Not only this, but they are also guaranteed to last longer than a standard bulb, depending on the brand you can expect a bulb to last around ten years which is a massive lifespan compared with any standard electric bulb.

Plastic Curtains in an Industrial Setting

There are many reasons to use a plastic door curtain for businesses in an industrial environment, one of the most common is to partition off two separate areas of a business that require constant access. For example, in a warehouse or storehouse involved in the production and processing of foodstuffs you will often find that different products need to be kept at different ambient temperatures. Some products will need storing in a cool, dark area which will be no use to those members of staff involved in the packing of products, who will require a light, warm room. The easiest way of segregating these separate areas is to partition off each section leaving an access way for small transport vehicles like forklifts and pallet trucks. The issue comes when you need to block the access way in order to maintain the right temperature on either side. How can you block heat dispersal in an access way that requires vehicles to pass through on a regular basis?

There are a couple of options, the first being a manual or automatic door which is insulated to stop heat from spreading from one area to the next. There are some issues with this however. First of all having a manual or automatic door installed costs quite a bit of money, an automatic more than a manual door, but nevertheless it still is quite expensive. Once the door is paid for, you also have the problem of visibility on both sides to ensure no vehicles collide on their way through, or accidents involving pedestrian staff. Also while the door is open there is a lot of heat that can be dispersed as the vehicle passes through, which causes your heating system to work harder, so costing more to run. The other option is to install a plastic curtain. Plastic door curtains are designed in such a way that as a vehicle or pedestrian passes through, only a small gap is left around them for heat to disperse and the curtain drops back down into place in a number of seconds. This means a door curtain is more efficient than any manual or automatic door and also costs a fraction of the price.

Plastic Door Curtains in the Commercial Sector

There are a number of uses for a plastic door curtain in the commercial sector, especially in environments like catering and hospitality premises where there are a lot of issues surrounding food hygiene. The average kitchen in a takeaway in the UK almost certainly

has a few problems with insects and other pests attempting to overrun the premises, but also the issue of delivery drivers coming and going from the early hours of the evening until the small hours of the morning.

Most of the drivers will come and go through the kitchen entrance, which is often left open either partially or wedged open fully, in order to save the kitchen staff constantly granting access. Although this might seem perfectly normal, the amount of insects and rodents that could potentially gain access is pretty grim when you think about it. Using a plastic door curtain over the doorway on the inside will reduce the risk of insects and other pests from gaining access while the door is left open.

When the delivery driver needs access they can simply push their way through the PVC plastic curtains, which will fall back into place before anything unwanted has an opportunity to get inside.

Plastic curtains should always be PVC

OK so if you’re using them in your home kitchen doorway, maybe you might look at cheap door curtains as your home kitchen might not have the same requirements, but in a commercial or industrial setting your plastic door curtains should always be made out of PVC. The reason PVC makes up the vast majority of door curtains is because of its strength

and durability.

PVC is known for being one of the most hardwearing plastic compounds but its flexibility is the key here. Plastic door curtains are made from individual strips of PVC which are hung together to form a curtain. Because of the weight of the strips of PVC and their flexibility, the curtain forms a seamless partition when they are hung. As mentioned earlier PVC also has the added benefit of thermal insulation, but also door curtains are a great insulator of sound so they are often found in warehouses and workshops that are involved in operating heavy machinery. PVC is also water and weatherproof so if you need a curtain that will have a lot contact with adverse weather, a PVC plastic door curtain is the only way to go.

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