How to fit Wooden blinds | Blinds Direct
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Fitting your new wooden blind is quick and simple with Blinds Direct. We’ll send you all the right fixtures and fittings. All you need is:
📏 A metal tape measure
🧱 A drill
🔩 A cross-head screwdriver
🧰 A hacksaw
✏️ And a pencil
Watch our full video to find out how to install your new blind in a matter of moments!
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Rotating through 180 degrees, your new wooden blind can be arranged in a way that suits you. The slats can be tilted precisely to offer the light control and privacy that you require.
Our collection of real wooden blinds, which includes white, grey, oak and walnut finishes, is ideal for bedrooms and living rooms. Meanwhile, our best-selling range of faux wooden blinds is perfect for kitchens, bathrooms and areas of the home that experience high levels of humidity.
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What size drill bit is required for this job?
I’ve used an 8mm
Why put on advert on your only instructions. Nothing comes in the box. This is the only means of finding out how to fit
I've just installed our blinds, but they're moving lot in the brackets. There's large amount of clearance and the blind slides about when you raise of lower them.
We have inherited these with the flat we bought and they are not fitted properly. Trying to fit them it's obvious why: the wall just can't be drilled into. A couple of cm and the bit runs hot. Hammer setting no difference. We have red bricks covered in plaster and presumably metal lintels made out of titanium... 😜 Any advice?!
These blinds are easy to fit and work well. Thanks.
How do I get the middle bracket installed when there's a steel lintel above the window frame? Tried 2 and 3mm cobalt drill bits and an electric power drill bit still can't get through it
Great video, thank you
now I have fitted the blinds I cannot lower them no matter how much I try the cord lock does not release.
Did you ever fix this? I have the exact same issue.
Same! Why don't these come with instructions?!
Pull the right side cord to the left slightly then it allows them to fall as you let go of the cord. Pull cord to right to stop them.
It looks like you are drilling into wood which is not necessary as you can put a screw straight into it.
Perhaps use white wall plugs not red for the clear cleats for a better finishing appearance.
Plugs are not needed in wood.
@@HandymanStratforduponAvon Made me laugh seeing that. You'd think blind experts would know better!
I am finding it impossible to drill the holes as long as the screws, I'm not sure if this is because there is something hard (e.g. a lintel) at a certain depth. I can get about 1 inch in. I am not drilling into wood, i am drilling into concrete. What else can I do? if I purchase different screws and plugs will this depth of hole be sufficient to hold the weight of the blinds? I have purchased 4 blinds from blinds direct and all of them need to go into concrete alcoves. thanks.
If you use a masonry drill bit with a power drill, you will be able to drill the hole of the depth you require. I had the same challenge with a couple of windows and it was because of a concrete lintel which was like trying to drill into granite.
Response is a couple of months too late but maybe it will help the next person who comes along. I hope your blinds are up by now :)
@@jasvir17 Thank you for this. I have just ordered by blinds from the above company so not at the installing stage yet, but your reply is good to know!
I actually drilled into the side of the wall rather than upwards into the lintel, seems to have worked just fine!
@@jasvir17 You may find that there is a steel lintel above the window which a masonry drill will not go through. You need a 3.5mm HSS drill and a 4mm screw. Hard work but works really well.
@@y2kcurran This is my plan, gonna try sideways for these since their brackets allow for it. There's some kind of steel plate behind the plasterboard above, won't pierce even with a hammer drill and I had to use shorter screws for other BD blinds which were top fitted.
Great instructions, thanks!
Sorry but pelmet fitting for recess not clear. How can you get the clips over once the headrail is in place? Impossible
Edit. Do the clips go on the headrail before it's put it the brackets. Then the pelmet piece clips on (the clips need a but of poke/squeeze to get them in the slot).
This clip design is new as the blinds I've had from BD was the way shown in the video.
@@alexdavidlion I always put the clips on first and then put the pelmet into clips
I had trouble with this too. But as you mentioned, put the clips on the main unit first, not the pelmet. Then once the whole unit is in place, with the hinge doors closed, insert the top part of the clip into the pelmet groove and then push up the bottom part of the clip with a screwdriver until it clicks in place. It would have been useful if they could have shown that in the video.
How do you fit the Faux Wood Pelmet to the head, where do the plastic clips clip in to?
Did you figure this out? Struggling to work out where the clips go
Alex Bracken yes - fit the clips before the pelmet
Ross Kelser cheers Ross
I just cut the bit that flicks out then it clips over easy
Rawl plugs in wood....
Please avoid them. Poor customer service.
We have purchased 8 wooden blinds and followed their website guidance for the measurements, and two of the blind sizes were wrong and we can not fit them at all! We called customer service and they said they cannot do anything about it and cannot resize them or return them! They only offered to get more money and asked to order extra new ones!
Also, paid for the aluminum handles and a couple of them came with the basic plastic ones!
There is no return/refund policy!
Avoid them!
Why do we have to watch adverts before video starts? We have paid for the blinds already.