I'm installing vertical blinds.
Excellent for patios and deck entrances and sliding doors.
We've got all our gear here.
Of course, vertical blind setup that I've got from Bunnings, which is the perfect size
for our area we're doing at the moment.
Of course, our trusty drills, as always.
Tape measure and pencil.
It's a very, very simple job.
Doesn't need too many tools.
And always protection for your eyes, and just leave them on for the whole job.
What you do first is measure your area that you're at, and that is two meters, two point
one.
So I've got a nice little bit of room on both sides for them just to hang over, and pull
the entire vertical blinds right back to the edge, so nothing's going to be in the way
of your view out onto your deck or patio.
What we're doing next is putting on the mounts for your vertical blinds.
It makes it look very, very easily.
You don't need a level.
We've got the architrave here which is completely level.
So that can sit flush with the top of it, which is going to make all of them level.
They'll be all exactly the same.
Very simply, put it up on the outside edge of your vertical architrave and just very
simply mark out where your drill holes are going to be.
And two, same on this end.
Time to drill the holes.
Now, for the brackets to be mounted.
We have our little mounts here.
Very simple.
They go just straight up like that.
Once you got your mounts up, you get your little cleats and drag them nice and close
towards you and fix them.
There's a tiny little screw under there that'll just fix it nice and tight so when your tracks
on there, it won't move at all.
Repeat the process.
I've got my mounts installed.
It's ready to put the tracking system on now.
Basically it has a recess on both edges, but very, very comfortably fit into this little
aluminum gig here.
I'm going to get my friend Chris to give us a hand.
Always good to get a hand with something like this, because it's a bit of a tricky job trying
to do it by yourself.
The opener is going to be on this side due to the fact that the sliding door comes this
way, so you don't have anything up that end in your way when you're going through the
door.
That's Mike for a hand.
Good fellow.
And the center and Bob's your uncle.
All sorted.
Ready to start hanging up some curtains.
This is the blade.
Basically what we have here, there's a weight in the base of the blade.
What we need to do is a little bit of trimming to make sure it stays just off the ground.
So what we do is we get the side that the weight hasn't been sewn in on.
So basically, the pretty side and trim it towards that side so you also can't see the
trimming.
It gets folded over about 20 mil.
For our window here, that's about perfect.
We've got a hanger and a rod that need to basically go inside where the trimming goes
and there's a hollow point on the end of this hanger here.
Over the top of this rod, very simply like that.
So I've shortened it about 20 mill, and very, very simply goes up into these little plastic
area here.
As you can see, the hole on the hanger, that just clips straight up.
Continue along until you've got them all on.
All the blades installed.
Last is the blind wand to go on the left-hand side, because remember, the door opens that
way.
Another handy hint, also, is make sure you put your blades on the right way so your blind
wand will engage them opening properly.
Very important tip.
When you're opening your blinds, make sure the blades are facing outward like this, so
they slide freely.
And back.
And close them up.
Job done.