Fitting Made To Measure Wooden Blinds
Made to measure wood blinds fit in most rooms and make a great window covering.
Putting them up on the other hand can be a nightmare if you haven’t hung blinds before. In actual fact, it isn’t so hard, but I know how I felt the first time I fitted a blind.
Before you start drilling, you should chek the blind for damage, and remove any obstacles from the window, including vases, photo frames etc.
Then make sure the fixing position is sound – you should really have done this when you measured so I’ll assume your wall / window frame is solid enough to take the weight of the blind.
Mark the fixing positions for your brackets – this way you can make sure they are level. Make sure you have the right drill bit for where you are fitting.
Wooden venetin blind brackets are mostly a box type affair. There is a door that snaps into place once the blind is in place. They are very strong and offer various fixing positions.
To cover the metal rail at the top of the wooden blind you should be supplied with a pelmet. The wooden valance will be held in place with either plastic clips or velcro.
The blind slots into the brackets and you are about done. All you need to do is attach the valance which should complete the look and hopefully cover any gaps at the side of the head rail as well as the metal headrail itself.Some wooden venetain blinds are supplied with velcro to fix the pelmet / valance and some use plastic clips which are much more secure – so that is our preferred choice.
Before you pack everything away, make sure the blind works okay. If it does, and all of the slats tilt then congratulations – you have finished.
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