Regent5 is a certified Lutron dealer, a Conrad dealer, and an Insolroll dealer, and a C10 and C7 licensed contractor, CSLB License 1033103. We design, install, and service Lutron motorized shading and drapery for estates in Atherton, Woodside, Portola Valley, Hillsborough, Los Altos Hills, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and San Francisco. Sivoia QS is the wired shading platform, engineered so that a run of shades moves together and stops together rather than drifting out of alignment across a wall of glass. Fabrics come from the Lutron collections including Satine, Boucle, Hachure, and Stria, in translucent, room darkening, and blackout weights. Shade selection is made against the room, the orientation, and the light you actually get, not from a sample card under showroom lighting.
Palladiom shading is designed to be seen. Where a conventional roller shade is hidden in a pocket, Palladiom exposes the roller and the hardware as a finished architectural element, machined in metal finishes that coordinate with Palladiom keypads and thermostats. That makes it the right specification when a shade pocket is not possible, when the ceiling detail will not accommodate one, or when the designer wants the hardware to read as part of the room. Palladiom also works with RadioRA 3, HomeWorks QS, and HomeWorks QSX, so it can be specified on both new construction and retrofit.
Roman shades hold a soft fold rather than rolling flat, which suits bedrooms, studies, and rooms where the window treatment is meant to read as fabric rather than as hardware. Regent5 is a Conrad dealer, and Conrad is where this category gets interesting. Conrad handweaves window coverings from natural fibers, with over one hundred original designs, and the company is part of the MillerKnoll collective. Conrad offers Roman shades, roll-ups, and sliding panels, along with specialty work most manufacturers decline: corner and bay windows, arched and angled openings, and French doors. Conrad motorizes with Lutron, so a handwoven Conrad Roman shade sits on the same keypad, the same scene, and the same schedule as every other shade in the house. For interior designers, that is the combination that usually decides the specification.
Lutron drapery tracks carry custom drapery on a motorized track, so heavy fabric opens and closes on a scene or a schedule without anyone pulling a cord. The track is specified to the fabric rather than the other way around: weight, stack depth, fullness, and whether the treatment draws from one side or splits at the center all change the hardware. Drapery is where coordination matters most, because the track has to be in the ceiling detail before the ceiling is closed. We work from the interior designer's fabric selection and the architect's ceiling section, and we tell both what the pocket has to accommodate while it can still be changed on paper. Drapery is frequently paired with a shade on the same window, a sheer or solar shade for daytime glare control behind drapery that closes at night, both on the same control system.
Regent5 is an Insolroll dealer, and exterior shading is the most effective solar control available on a house. An interior shade stops light after it has already passed the glass and become heat in the room. An exterior shade stops it at the outside face of the window, blocking up to 97 percent of heat and UV before it enters. On west facing glass in Atherton and Woodside, and on exposed hillside elevations in Portola Valley and Los Altos Hills, that difference is measurable in both comfort and cooling load. Insolroll Oasis exterior shades run the Lutron Roller 300 electronic drive unit, so they operate from the same system as the interior shades. We have driven Insolroll exterior shades from both HomeWorks QS and HomeWorks QSX. The 2700 and 2800 use cable guided or track guided fabric, while the 2900 and 2950 use a zipper captured system that holds the fabric taut in side tracks and keeps insects out, which is the specification for a covered terrace or an outdoor room. Headbox comes in white, bronze, tan, and black.
Most of what separates a good shade installation from a poor one is decided in details that are invisible once the job is finished. Pocket depth has to clear the roll at its largest diameter, which is a function of fabric thickness and drop, so a pocket sized from a standard detail will not close on a tall window with a heavy blackout fabric. Fascia profile and finish either match the ceiling plane or announce themselves. Light gap at the jamb is a function of the mounting method and the side channel, and on a blackout shade in a bedroom it is the difference between blackout and nearly blackout. Bracket placement has to coordinate with the framing before it is closed. We draw these details rather than discover them, and we issue them as part of a coordinated set.
Fascia profiles, hembars, brackets, and pocket conditions decide how a shade reads once the room is finished. These are the details we draw and coordinate before framing, and the ones worth looking at closely in San Carlos before a fabric is selected.
Regent5 provides in-house design for Lutron shading systems. We are not interior designers and we are not architects, and we do not take that work on. What we do is the system layer between their drawings and a house that works. That means shade selection support, working alongside your designer on fabric, opacity, roll direction, and which system carries the fabric they have chosen. It means telling you whether a fabric will roll correctly at that width, what the light gap will be, and what pocket depth the detail requires. And it means integration design, so shading, lighting, and climate land on one platform rather than three apps. The designer selects the fabric. The architect designs the ceiling. We tell them where the pocket has to be and how deep, before it is framed. Every Lutron shade fabric, Conrad sample, Palladiom finish, and keypad style is on display and operating in our San Carlos design center, and owners, architects, builders, designers, and owner's representatives are welcome by appointment. We install and service shading in Atherton, Woodside, Portola Valley, Hillsborough, Los Altos Hills, Los Altos, Menlo Park, and Palo Alto, in San Francisco including Pacific Heights and Seacliff, and in Saratoga, Los Gatos, Campbell, Ross, Tiburon, Belvedere, Napa, Sonoma, Carmel, and Pebble Beach. Our office and design center is at 1300 Industrial Rd, Suite 12, San Carlos, CA 94070.
Yes. Lutron drapery tracks carry custom drapery on a motorized track, so heavy fabric opens and closes on a scene, a schedule, or a keypad button without anyone touching a cord. The track is specified to the fabric rather than the other way around, since weight, fullness, stack depth, and whether the treatment draws from one side or splits at the center all change the hardware.
Timing matters most. The track has to be in the ceiling detail before the ceiling is closed, so this is a decision made on drawings rather than after finishes. We work from the interior designer's fabric selection and the architect's ceiling section and tell both what the pocket has to accommodate while it can still be changed on paper.
Yes. Lutron offers its own fabric collections including Satine, Boucle, Hachure, and Stria in translucent, room darkening, and blackout weights. Beyond that, Regent5 is a Conrad dealer. Conrad handweaves window coverings from natural fibers with over one hundred original designs, and the company is part of the MillerKnoll collective.
The reason Conrad matters on an automated house is that Conrad motorizes with Lutron. A handwoven Conrad Roman shade sits on the same keypad, the same scene, and the same schedule as every other shade in the house, so a premium custom fabric does not force a separate control system. Conrad also handles work most manufacturers decline, including corner and bay windows, arched and angled openings, and French doors.
Regent5 is an Insolroll dealer, and Insolroll Oasis exterior shades run the Lutron Roller 300 electronic drive unit. That means they operate from the same Lutron system as the interior shades rather than from a separate remote. We have driven Insolroll exterior shades from both HomeWorks QS and HomeWorks QSX.
Exterior shading is worth understanding on its own merits. An interior shade stops light after it has already passed the glass and become heat in the room. An exterior shade stops it at the outside face of the window, blocking up to 97 percent of heat and UV before it enters. On west facing glass and exposed hillside elevations that difference shows up in both comfort and cooling load. The 2700 and 2800 use cable or track guided fabric, while the 2900 and 2950 use a zipper captured system that holds fabric taut in side tracks and keeps insects out, which is the specification for a covered terrace or outdoor room.
Yes to both. Lutron knows the GPS coordinates of the house and calculates sunrise, sunset, civil dawn, and civil dusk for every day of the year, so shades can run by sun event rather than clock time and stay correct across every season without anyone adjusting them. West facing shades can close ahead of afternoon glare. Bedroom blackout shades can lift on a wake sequence.
Voice works through whichever platform you already use. Shades respond through Amazon Alexa, through Siri using Apple HomeKit, and through Google Assistant. For natural language rather than rigid phrases, Regent5 is a Josh.AI dealer. Whichever platform you choose, voice sits on top of the scenes we program, so the quality of voice control depends on how well the underlying scenes are built. We design the scenes first and expose them to voice second.
Sivoia QS is the wired platform, engineered so a run of shades moves together and stops together rather than drifting out of alignment across a wall of glass. It is normally hidden in a pocket and specified during construction while walls and ceilings are open.
Palladiom is designed to be seen. It exposes the roller and the hardware as a finished architectural element, machined in metal finishes that coordinate with Palladiom keypads and thermostats. That makes it the right choice when a shade pocket is not possible, when the ceiling detail will not accommodate one, or when the designer wants the hardware to read as part of the room. Palladiom also works with RadioRA 3, HomeWorks QS, and HomeWorks QSX, so it suits retrofit as well as new construction.
Pocket depth has to clear the roll at its largest diameter, which is a function of fabric thickness and drop. A pocket sized from a standard detail will not close on a tall window carrying a heavy blackout fabric, and that is discovered late and expensively if nobody checked.
Light gap at the jamb is the other one. It is a function of mounting method and side channel, and on a blackout shade in a bedroom it is the difference between blackout and nearly blackout. Fascia profile and finish either match the ceiling plane or announce themselves, and bracket placement has to coordinate with framing before it is closed. We draw these details and issue them as part of a coordinated set rather than discovering them on site.
Yes. Regent5 services Lutron shading installed by other companies, including situations where the original dealer has retired, closed, or stopped returning calls. Shade motors, hembars, brackets, and fabric are all serviceable, and a system that has drifted out of alignment can usually be recommissioned rather than replaced.
The first step on any inherited system is locating and verifying the original project file. A system with its file intact is a straightforward engagement. A system without one is a larger project, and we will tell you that honestly before starting.
Regent5 provides consultations for Lutron shading and drapery projects, whether you are starting a new build, planning a remodel, or looking for someone to take over an existing system. Send us your contact information and a short outline of the project and we will put you with the right person.
1300 Industrial Rd, Ste #12
San Carlos, CA 94070
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