Crestron Santos Fabric
3 colourways, basketweave, openness 3%, Crestron Tier 2. Every swatch and every figure Crestron publishes, from the Crestron-certified team in Fort Lauderdale that specifies and installs Crestron shades from Miami to Palm Beach.
A dual-sided 3% basketweave in three two-tone colourwaysTier 2
Santos is the smallest card in the Heritage book: a Coulisse basketweave at 3% openness, 80% PVC and 20% PES, at Tier 2, in three colourways that each pair a dark tone with Ivory, Soft Grey Ivory, Dark Bronze Ivory and Ebony Ivory. It is dual sided, so either face can be turned to the room, which is what a Decor hardware shade with an open roll or a glazed partition asks for. The reason to choose it over a plain 3% weave is the numbers: visible transmission of 4% to 5% across the whole card, the narrowest span in this library, with solar reflectance of 52% to 55%.
The card is built as one weave in three faces rather than one colour at several openness factors. Dark Bronze Ivory publishes a solar transmittance of 5% and reflects 52%; Ebony Ivory and Soft Grey Ivory each pass 7% and reflect 54% and 55%. Reflectance in the fifties is what a pale weave does and transmission in single figures is what a dark one does, and Santos does both, which is the two-tone construction at work. Crestron's guide lists it GREENGUARD and OEKO-TEX certified, lead free, mould and bacteria resistant and recyclable, without a fire-retardant rating, and offers the Open, Sealed and Exposed hembars but not the Designer Half-Wrap.
Woven by Coulisse.
What Santos does on your glass, and what it does not
Best use
A shade seen from both sides or whose roll is on show: Decor hardware in a loft or an office, a glazed partition, a slider that a terrace looks back into. At 3% openness it suits east and south glass and a water view under shade. Ebony Ivory where the room is dark, Soft Grey Ivory where the wall is pale. For a west wall choose a tighter weave from another design.
Privacy
By day it covers well for a 3% weave: a card that reflects more than half the sunlight that reaches it and passes under a tenth reads as a pale surface from the street while the room sees out clearly. After dark the cover is gone with the lights on, as with every screen, and a bedroom takes a blackout behind it on a dual roller.
Glare control
Among the tightest 3% weaves in the library for a screen or a television: the room goes soft rather than dim and the sun's reflection off the water is taken out. The three colourways are close enough in their figures that the choice is about the wall, not the glare. A sun sitting low and square in the window still comes through any 3% weave, this one included.
Limitations
No night privacy and no darkening; a blackout layer does that. It cannot be railroaded, so a run wider than 118 inches takes a seam or a pair of shades, and the Designer Half-Wrap hembar is not offered on it, so the bottom rail is an Open Pocket, Sealed Pocket or Exposed hembar. The card is three colourways, so a scheme that needs a white or a beige goes to Esprit.
Santos colourways
3 colours. Openness 3%; up to 118 in wide; Crestron Tier 2; dual sided; woven by Coulisse.
Composition, ratings, certifications, hembar options and cleaning are from Crestron's Fabric Information Guide, revision 3.23.26.
Colourways
Every Santos colourway, with Crestron's published figures
Ts = solar energy transmitted, Rs = solar energy reflected, As = solar energy absorbed and Tv = visible light transmitted, in percent, as Crestron publishes them in its fabric shop and its Fabric Information Guide (revision 3.23.26) for each colourway; Ts, Rs and As add up to 100. Openness is Crestron's figure; width is the usable roll width. We bring samples of the colours you shortlist to the consultation.
What a Crestron shade in Santos costs
Crestron places this fabric in price Tier 2. Its budgetary guide of June 2022 lists a motorized 5 Series roller shade in a Tier 2 fabric at $1,000 for 3 ft x 5 ft, $1,300 for 5 ft x 10 ft and $1,600 for 10 ft x 10 ft, MSRP, motor included, before options, control, wiring and installation.
| Shade size | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 ft wide x 5 ft high | $900 | $1,000 | $1,200 | $1,400 |
| 5 ft wide x 10 ft high | $1,100 | $1,300 | $1,600 | $2,200 |
| 10 ft wide x 10 ft high | $1,400 | $1,600 | $2,000 | $3,200 |
Options in the same guide: fascia $20 per ft; top and back cover $20 per ft; pocket $50 per ft; dual shade (two fabrics, one bracket) double the single-shade figure. The guide names example fabrics per tier: Tier 1: Bella, Mika, Merinda, Nava; Tier 2: E Screen, SheerWeave 2500, 2700 and 7500, Perla, Dilanna; Tier 3: SheerWeave 7000, Rachel, Nohea, Cosima; Tier 4: Flocke, Vizela, Harika; a few have changed tier since, and every fabric page gives the tier the Crestron fabric shop lists today. The guide excludes control processors, keypads, interfaces, wiring, power supplies, programming and installation. Source (PDF).
Figures are Crestron's own budgetary MSRP guide of June 2022 for one motorized 5 Series roller shade, motor included, before options. They exclude the control system, wiring, power, programming and installation, and Crestron may have changed them since. We quote every project at the measure.
Where Santos works here
Santos is a fabric we specify for a particular window rather than a whole floor: a shade on Decor hardware where the back of the roll faces the room, a glazed partition, a bathroom slider seen from a terrace. At 3% openness it takes east and south glass and a water view under some shade; on a west wall we go to a 1% weave. On a whole floor we would rather run Esprit and keep Santos for the window that needs two finished faces.
Santos is the dual-sided 3% basketweave with the narrowest visible transmission on its card, 4% to 5%; SheerWeave 2703 is the dual-sided Phifer twill at the same openness with a wider card and a fire listing, Esprit the four-openness Coulisse weave beside it, and Nohea the dual-sided 3% sheer in the Designer book.
Santos: frequently asked
Which face of Santos goes to the glass?
Either, which is what dual sided means in Crestron's guide: both faces are finished, and the shade can be ordered with either one turned to the room. On Architectural hardware in a pocket or behind a fascia the choice is about the room; on Decor hardware, where the roll is exposed, both faces show and the dual-sided card is the reason to pick Santos. We decide with you at the measure, against your own glass and wall colour.
What does a Crestron shade in Santos cost?
Crestron places this fabric in price Tier 2. Its budgetary guide of June 2022 lists a motorized 5 Series roller shade in a Tier 2 fabric at $1,000 for 3 ft x 5 ft, $1,300 for 5 ft x 10 ft and $1,600 for 10 ft x 10 ft, MSRP, motor included, before options, control, wiring and installation. Options, the control system, wiring and installation are on top; we quote the finished shade at the measure.
How wide can a Crestron shade in Santos be?
Crestron lists a usable roll width of 118 inches for Santos; it is not railroaded, so an opening wider than the roll takes two shades side by side, coupled on one bracket with the light gap set at a mullion. We confirm the limit for the chosen hardware when we measure.
Can I see Santos samples before ordering?
Yes. We bring samples of the colours you shortlist to the in-home consultation, so you judge them against your own glass, and both showrooms, 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale (by appointment) and 500 South Pointe Dr #150 in Miami Beach, have motorized shades running.
Crestron Santos shades in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton & Palm Beach
We specify Santos on Crestron Digital QMT motors and hardware for any project from Miami to Palm Beach; Crestron builds each shade to order from our measurements, and we install it with our own team and commission it with your integrator. Both showrooms, 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale (by appointment) and 500 South Pointe Dr #150 in Miami Beach, have motorized shades running so you can see the fabric in motion.
See Santos in your own light
Book a complimentary in-home consultation. Shortlist the colours you like and we bring samples, demo motors, and honest answers about openness, colour and what your windows actually need.