Hi, I'm Jonathan Broughton from PolesandBlinds.com. Today I am going to show you how to measure for a roller blind inside a window recess and externally in front of the window recess.
Now I am going to measure for the external roller blind.
As I have the window sill for reference I am going to measure from one end of the window sill to the other.
This is 142 cms. If you do not have a window sill you can quite easily add at least 5 or 6 cms either side of the window to give you your total blind width.
Now I am measuring for the drop of the external blind, so I am going to take the blind 8 cms above the top of the window recess. This makes a drop of 136 cms. Note this measurement down as this will be the finished drop of your blind.
Now you have the 2 measurements you require to enter onto the PolesandBlinds web site, when you enter them please choose exact.
Which means your blind will be made exactly to your width and drop you've measured on your window
It is worth noting down which side you would like the raise and lowering control for the particular window.
Now I am going to measure the inside window recess. I start by locating the tape hard against the window frame.
Start in the left hand corner and move the tape all the way over to the right hand corner. That is123 cms, so note this measurement down.
Left to right, half way up. That's also 123 cms and moving up to the top, that's 123 cms again. Write all 3 measurements down.
So now I am going to measure for the drop of the blind inside the window recess. Put the bottom of the tape on the window sill and roll it up to the top corner which is 128 cms.
Again moving the tape to the centre of the window,128 cms and over to the right, that's 128 cms
Now write all three of these measurements down on your notepad.
So now you have the measurements for your roller blind which is to be fitted inside the window recess.
Enter these 2 measurements (the smallest from each of the 3 measurements you have taken).
I stress again that you must choose recess which means that we will take 5mm off each side automatically,
nothing off the drop, when your blind is made
This means your new blind will function perfectly inside your window recess.