Hey guys, thanks for joining me, in this video we're going to be installing a
block out roller blind, now whether it's your home or office, you're probably
wanting to block it at the light, filter the light, add a splash of colour,
maybe protect your furniture from those harmful UV rays whatever it is...
stay tuned to this video, I've got 5 important tips throughout the video that
you'll want to see before you take on the challenge of instaling your own rollerblind
now it's an easy task, follow the steps, let's get into it!
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'Check Measure', So, before we rush out and buy the blind we think we need,
we need to determine what kind of blind install we're going to be going with
so there's two main ways we can do it
that style is a 'Recessed' or a 'Top Fix', and it has the blind installed inside
this window reveal. The other style is a 'Face Fix', now they each have thier benefits
however face fix isn't gonna work for us because we want to hang curtains
over top of this as well so we've opted to go for a 'Recessed/
Top Fix', what we need to do is measure our window width and drop now.
Measure your window from the width 1.8mtr, and the drop 1.2mtr.
If you're doing this on your own sometimes it's hard to get accurate measurements,
so if you find some Blu-tack, shove it up in the corner there,
and then tuck your tape measure up in behind it
and then you can get your accurate measurements
We've gone and bought the blind that we need, its 1.8 meters wide which is
slightly wider than the window we're going to be fitting it to, so we're going to
need to trim this blind down to size, what we need to do is unroll the blind
so we expose this top roller
assemble your mechanisms, end caps, and your brackets
take our overall measurement, 1797 mm, the window that we're
putting it in is 1771 mm, which means I'm going to need to trim 26 mm off.
that 26 mm get's trimmed off this top roller,
this is aluminium so I can cut this with a hacksaw
we're also going to need to measure, mark and cut our weight at the bottom
and replace the little cap
now, to do the blind, the easy way to get the fabric off the roller is just to slide it out the end
Alright, hopefully you kept up with that,
I'm going to dismantle this now, and trim it.
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hopefully you can see just here,
I've cut the top roller to size,
now we're just going to mark on the blind, that measurement there,
mark the back of the blind, the 'white side', top and bottom
spread the blind out and draw a nice straight line between the two,
then you can either use a really sharp blade or a sharp pair of scissors,
if you are going to cut with scissors, make sure you don't close the scissors
completely between each cut, because it seems to put a little kink or stretch in the blind fabric
Now if you've filed off those cut ends of your roller
the blind should slide back into that track easily
and replace your end cap
Install your brackets, before we do, just have a quick look around your window
and make sure there's nothing in the way of the blind travelling up and down
we're quite lucky, we've just got a low-profile window opening handle thing there.
nothing else in the way
so what i'm gonna do is put these pretty much centre
I'm pre-drilling a couple of holes into the timber here
just to avoid potentially splitting the timber, and it makes the screws go in easier..
so just select a drill bit smaller than the screws that you're using.
of course this is timber, if you're going into masonry, brickwork, concrete
you're going to need to use a mosonry drill, and plugs
and here's a tip;
when you're screwing your brackets into place,
try not to let the chuck of the drill rub against the paint there
because it will rub the paint off, and you'll end up with a black mark you'll have to paint over later
you can avoid that by using a longer, like an extension on your driver
or, just angling your drill out a little bit
Just roll back up the blind now, and we can attach our mechanisms at each end
okay super important tip, this is the chain driven end of the blind.
It's important that when you install it, you install it with this
little opening where the chain comes out pointing straight at the ground.
If you were to install it on its side you'd end up with quite a noisy chain mechanism
this is the second end to be installed I wanted to show you this,
it's got a clever litte mechanism that some of these blinds have, you can actually wind
you wind this end in, holding the blind in one hand turning this dial in the other
it actually draws that pin all the way in, if you keep going, it pops it out again
this is a good way of helping you to install and also remove the blind later.
Install our right hand side, our chain driven end first,
and then using that wheel i showed you...
Here's a quick tip to keep you out of trouble, if you decide to face fix your blind,
rather than attaching your brackets to the architraves,
come up above the window and they'll either be a lintel or a stud just to the side of the window
which is a solid fixing for your brackets, stronger than attaching to an architrave.
Final step is to install the safety chain. Now it should come with a clip like this
just line it up with your cord so you don't have any twists,
what we want to do is pull the chain down taut then we can relax it about 10 mm
mark where that's going to be drilled
the 'Australian Standards' say that if you've got a drive chain or a cord from
your blinds lower than 1.6 mtrs or 1600 mm from the ground they need to
be secured in a cleat, and that's to prevent it being a
choking hazard to children or pets
nice new home with aluminium window frames, don't drill into
them you're going to void your manufacturer's warranty!
I've always thought that you couldn't screw blind brackets
into the UPVC windows frames, which is the
unplastisized polyvinyl chloride
it's a hard plastic window frame
but apparently you can!
you pilot the hole with a 3 mm drill bit, put in your screws and
stop before they get tight, apparently that works, what do you know
Still, I reckon drilling into that plastics not the best idea
if you can find some timber or some
masonry nearby that you could attach your roller blinds to, would be better.
The one I didn't mention was 'Ceiling Fix Brackets' so ceiling fix is normally when
you've got floor-to-ceiling windows, you can't just drill into the plaster board
it's not gonna hold! so to get some really solid fixings in the ceiling get
a 'Ramset Hollow Wall Anchor', about $2 each, and they can hold about 10kg
or a 'Spring Toggle Cavity Fastener' which is about $1 each,
slightly smaller, slightly cheaper, but still a good product.
there's lots of videos on YouTube about hollow wall anchors and masonry wall plugs
so we're not going to cover that now
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