Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel and today it's how to install a Velux window blind
in 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 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, no don't need that! We've got some brackets which
actually hold the Velux window blind on now 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 blind 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!
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 it in with the grooves on each side of this unit and just
sliding it in parallel and just pushing it home nice and gently 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 these 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 that 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 screwing into a 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 offer 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
and 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 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 and this is left and right as you're facing the window
now the right hand runner is on the right hand side here but what you do
is you just flip it round so it is this way round
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 the small wooden drill bit and just drill a pilot hole at the top bottom
that's the top one done
and now the one at the bottom make sure this is nice and straight and parallel it's going directly
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
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