Skylight & Hard-to-Reach Window Shades in Maine

With a motorized skylight shade. A battery motor lives inside the headrail at the top of the glass, and side tracks hold the fabric flat against the slope so it cannot sag. You raise and lower it from a remote or your phone. Nobody climbs anything, at installation or after.

Usually no. Most of the skylight and high-window shades we install run on rechargeable battery motors that need no electrician and leave no visible wire. Plug-in power works where an outlet is close by, and hardwiring is the better choice during new construction or a remodel, when the wall is already open.

Yes. Angled skylights, sloped gable glass, trapezoids, and quarter-rounds all take motorized shades, using side tracks or cables that keep the fabric against the glass at any pitch. We measure the actual opening and the pitch, then specify a shade built for it.

We fit shades to VELUX and every other skylight brand common in Maine homes. Rather than guess from a model number, we measure the opening, the frame depth, and the pitch during the consultation and confirm the fit before anything is ordered. Bring us a photo and we can usually tell you where it is headed on the phone.

Insulating honeycomb (cellular) fabric, for most Maine homes. Skylight glass gains heat all summer and loses it all winter, and the honeycomb cells trap a layer of air that slows both. Light-filtering and room-darkening versions are available, so a bedroom skylight can go genuinely dark while a stairwell skylight keeps its glow.

It depends on the size of the glass, the pitch, the fabric, and the power option, so we quote after measuring. Motorization is available at several price points, and every quote we write is line-itemed. The consultation and the measuring are free.

Both work. Battery motors exist precisely so finished homes can add high-window shades without opening a ceiling. New construction and remodels give us the chance to run power and plan the pocket or track before the drywall goes up, which produces the cleanest result. Tell us which situation you are in and we will plan around it.

Depending on size and use, typically about once or twice a year for a recharge, and the app or remote warns you well before a shade stops moving. For genuinely unreachable openings we plan the power option around access at the consultation, including plug-in or hardwired power so the battery question never comes up.

Yes, and this is where they earn their keep. Skylight and high-window shades can close automatically against the midday sun to protect floors and furniture, then open again in the evening. Schedules follow the real sunrise and sunset through Maine seasons, so the hardest windows in the house take care of themselves. See our motorized shades page for how the scheduling and app control work.

Regularly. Two-story entry glass, stairwell windows, and clerestory bands above a great room are some of our most common motorization jobs across Greater Portland. Our own team brings the lifts and does the install, so you never handle a ladder over a staircase.

We do. Accent on Windows is an authorized Hunter Douglas and Lutron dealer with a showroom at 936 Brighton Avenue in Portland, serving Greater Portland, coastal and southern Maine, and southern New Hampshire. Our own certified team measures, installs, programs, and services everything we sell.