Hi it's Ashley from Woodyatt Curtains and today I'm going to show you how to fit a vertical
blind in the window we have here.
Ok so let's get started.
Right so to explain the different types of brackets, so you've got the top fix brackets
which are the little clips here.
These will fit inside the window recess underneath where the lintel is.
To clip them on they just need to be clipped straight on the head rail.
Put the lip across the top and give it a bit of force and it will clip straight on like
that.
Face fix which are these little L shaped brackets.
As you can see there's a little lip at the back, that needs to be on the head rail.
That goes on like that.
And then just tighten with a screw driver and then simply that will fit outside the
recess and clip on like that.
Right now its time to fit the blind, here you are going to need some of your own equipment,
so your going to need a good drill.
Your also going to need a tape measure, pencil and screwdriver.
Right OK so the next stage is fitting the brackets.
You have got to be aware of the handles.
The blinds must sit in front of the handles otherwise the slats are just going to knock
the handle when it moves across.
If you get your tape measure and measure how far they stick out from the window frame,
this one here is about 2.5cm so if we said 3cm from the window frame, we know there's
no way the blind cant touch the handles at all and they should all be ok.
Here are all the vertical blind slats and the easiest way to do this is to lay them
on the window sill.
Lay one or two down, these slats are standard 89mm wide.
We said the window handles are around 3cm so if we allow an extra CM for that so its
going to be 4cm.
This is going to be right under the middle of the head rail.
That means where you want to hang your screws is going to be 8.5cm or round up to 9cm.
A little something that makes this a lot easier is to get your packaging and grab some scissors
and cut out a 9cm x 9cm piece of cardboard and all you need to do is lay it on the top
like that, right in the corner.
Then just mark there and it is so much easier.
Then repeat this on the other side.
Right ok so now that we have drilled our holes we are going to put some brown rawl plugs
in and then screw in the brackets.
The top of the head rail, push it under that clip and then gently use the palm of your
hand and that will click in.
Let the cords hang for about 30 seconds so that they are still and then push this against
the window and mark with a pencil.
Ok so now you need to hang the slats.
Take them out of the bag, tightly holding the tops, you know which is the bottom as
it has the lead weights and chains attached to them.
So basically clip them into the clips on the bottom of the head rail like so.
What you will notice is that there is 1 extra slat, this is a spare in case any are damaged
so you can just swap them over.
Just get your scissors and chop the chain off from the bottom.
Ok brilliant and that's it.
Your all done.
You can now use the vertical blind if you want to open or close the slats like this,
or once in the open position you can also draw them to one side if you like.
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