[Music] Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel and today I'll help you easily
install a window blind into your Velux window and this is the Velux window here in a loft
conversion and as you can see from this one they can see straight across to the neighbour's house,
so they just want a bit of privacy, now before you order your Velux window blind you need to
find out what size your window is so what you do is just open up your Velux window and if it's in
good condition still you should be able to see the window code here if that labels come off or
it hasn't got a label there is another way that you can find out your window size if you look
at the top of the window in the actual window pane there is a code number now this is upside
down as you look at it so with the magic of video editing if I just flip this over this is Velterm
H * 59 M143103 IPL C04 and on this particular property there's a big roof balcony Type window
okay so if we lift this top window up which needs a blackout blind
there is definitely no label on here it's completely worn away
but again if we look in the window pane in the top right hand corner
it's got the code written in here it's upside down so if we just flip this over this is a
Velux Velterm H73 M281903 IPL P10 if you quote that code to Velux or any manufacturers that
make window blinds they should be able to match that exact window size to your blind. Right let's
get cracking and fit the blind to the bathroom window, and this particular window is GHL C04 and
I'm on a well-known popular auction site here and I'm just going to select that particular
model number so make sure you order the correct size code and with the miracle of video editing
it's already arrived, and let's take a look inside got the instructions now don't need that
we've got some brackets which actually hold the Velux window blind on we may not need those
we've got some screws here and this is the actual roller blind inside this self-contained unit here
and we've got these Runners here which the window blinds slides up and down inside the grooves
and before you start on any how to DIY make sure you have a lovely cup of tea oh
On most modern Velux Windows you'll find that the brackets are already fitted on
the window frame so you don't need to install the brackets that they give you now these are
the brackets that they supply you with just in case they aren't on your window frames and
I'll just quickly show you how to fit these I'm not going to have to do them for this particular
video but I'll show you how these actually fit so what you do is you just line them up
against the hardwood frame at the top just push it in as far as it will go
and then what you use you just screw it down nice and tight I'm not going to screw this one all the
way in once you've screwed it in nice and tight you literally just snap this measuring device off
and that bracket is then in place now just to prove that the one that is already in the Velux
window is the correct one I'll just lay it over the top and you can see that it's going to be in
exactly the same position right let's get cracking because those brackets are already installed
this is the roller blind unit here
and these are the plastic brackets which are already on this window and what you're doing is
you're just literally sliding in with the grooves on each side of this unit and just sliding it in
parallel and just pushing it home nice and gently and now it should go in very easily
don't try and force it make sure it's nice and parallel nice and straight
this is good it's the correct model it fits straight in now take two of the supplied screws
what I'm going to do now is just offer the unit back up onto those brackets
and what you do is you just pull out the bottom roller blind unit and it literally
just flips out towards you now you must do this to get access to the small black
bracket where you're going to screw it into the hardwood on the side of the Velux frame
and there is the hole there and you've got exactly the same one on the other side now
in the instructions it says you just literally screw it straight into the hardwood frame now in
my experience this is a really difficult procedure so what I'm going to do is I'm just going to offer
the screw into there and just turn it with my fingers just to make a bit of a scratch so I know
where the hole is going to be and then I'm going to do that exactly the same on the other side
and what I'm going to do then is just use a drill with a really small wooden drill bit the smallest
one that you can get which is smaller than the screw that you're going to be using and I'm
just going to drill a pilot hole into each one of these because it's so much easier to screw in if
you've already got a pilot hole and also screw it into hardwood frame is very difficult and you've
always got the danger that it might split the wood so I recommend drilling a small pilot hole
make sure that the drill bit is nice and level you don't want to go in at an angle
I'm just going to off the unit back up slide it into the brackets
flip that bottom bit out again and then get one of the screws into that pilot hole just
by using my thumb and finger just so it rests in there then take your screwdriver
and just get a good few turns on this now I'm not going to screw it all the way down
because I'm going to go on to the other side and do exactly the same with the other side
before I screw it in completely
now as I mentioned earlier I've already drilled the pilot hole for this one so
I'm going to screw in the screw with my thumb and finger again and then take the screwdriver
just start screwing that one in as well, and there's a link above now about how to
clean your uPVC window frames so they stay clean, that is the left side screwed down nice and tight
let's go back to the right hand side I'm just going to screw this one down
so that unit is now in a secure position and all we need to do now is put the runners on each side
so you've got a left and a right Runner here this is left and right as you're facing the window
now the right hand Runners on the right hand side here but
what you do is you just flip it round so it is this way around
what you're doing is you're just sliding it up
into the unit and that bracket there on the top should just clip over the top there
it might take a little bit of wiggling again don't try and force it
and then the runner should just line up against the window frame
on the inside and it should be nice and flush this one is not
quite in so it's just going to take a bit more of a wiggle at the top
there we go that's released it look at that that's now nice
and flush against the frame of the Velux window
and what we've got here is we've got a screw hole at the top
and we've also got a screw hole at the bottom
again what I'm going to do is I'm not going to screw straight into these because I'm frightened
that it will split the wood so I'm going to take my drill this is a variable drill
with a small wooden drill bit and just drill a pilot hole at the top and the bottom
that's the top one done
and the other one at the bottom make sure this is nice and straight and parallel inwards you
don't want to do that at an angle okay I've got the screws in with my fingers now take
your screwdriver and just screw that all the way home the top one and the bottom one, whilst I'm
doing that there's a link above now about how to defrost your freezer in under 15 minutes,
let's just speed this footage up
that is those two screws on the runners nice and tight now what you need to do
is do exactly the same on the other side now I'm not going to film all this and
show you that because it's exactly the same it's absolutely identical
and this is five minutes later when I've got the left side on as well
and this Velux window blind is now fitted
and that is looking really nice it's all nice and flush with the hardwood frame looking really nice
so what we do now is we just test the blind make sure it works on the runner system
so to pull it down just push it in slightly
and then when you release it it's got these rubber grips and it just stops in the position
that you let it go so I've got it shut all the way down here now to release it just
push it in gently and it's spring loaded so it automatically just starts going back up again
and to stop it at any position just release your fingers and it just stops where you release it
Great stuff that is looking absolutely fabulous and that's been a great DIY job because I only
managed to cut myself once! I hope that installation went okay for you and if it
did then you definitely deserve a lovely cup of tea, and I'm gonna have another cup. In the top
right there's a video on how to keep your curtains super smooth on the curtain rails
that is a top tip and in the top left how to defrost your freezer easily in under 15
minutes and in the bottom left how to clean your uPVC guttering so it stays cleaner for longer.