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hey guys thanks for joining me in this
video we're going to be installing a
block out roll of light now whether it's
your home we office you're probably
wanting to block it at the light filter
the light and a splash of color
maybe protect your furniture from those
harmful UV rays whatever it is stay
tuned to this video I've got five
important tips throughout the video that
you'll want to see before you take on
the challenge and sawing your own roller
block know it's an easy task follow the
steps we need to determine what kind of
blind install we're going to be going
with so there's two main ways we can do
it that style is a recessed or topics
and it has the blind installed inside
this window reveal the other style is a
face mix now they each have two benefits
however the face fix isn't gonna work
for us because we want to hang curtains
over top of this as well
so we've opted to go for a recessed
topics what we need to do is measure our
window width and drop now this your
window 1.8 and drop 1.2 if you're doing
this on your own sometimes it's hard to
get accurate measurements so if you find
some blue tack shove it up in the corner
there and then tack your tape measure up
in behind it and then you can get your
accurate measurements we've got that we
need its 1.8 meters wide which is
slightly wider than the window we're
going to be fitting to so we're going to
need to trim the spline down to size
what we need to do is unroll the blinds
so we expose this
caps any brackets take our overall
measurement 1797 the window that we're
putting it in is 1771 which means I'm
going to need to trim 26 millimeters off
that 26 millimeters it's trimmed off
this top roller this is aluminum so I
can cut this with a hacksaw we're also
going to need to mention a mark and cut
weight at the bottom and replace the
little cap off
hopefully you can see this here cut the
top roller to size no we're just going
to mark on the blind that measurement
there back the back of the blind the
white side top and bottom spread the
blind out and draw a nice straight line
between the two then you can either use
a really sharp blade or a sharp pair of
scissors if you are going to cut the
scissors make sure you know closest is
completely between each cut because it
seems to put a little kink or stretch in
the blind fabric
those opening a couple of holes into the
easier longer okay super important tip
this is the change of an end of the
blind it's important that when you
install it you install it with this
little opening where the chain comes out
pointing straight at the ground if you
were to install it on its side you'd end
up with quite a noisy chain mechanism
this is the second end to be installed I
wanted to show you this it's got a clip
a little mechanism that some of these
blinds have you can actually wind this
way you wind this end and holding the
blind in one hand turning the style and
the other it actually draws that pin all
the way in if you keep going it pops it
out again this is a good way of helping
you to install and also remove the blind
later here's a quick tip to keep you out
of trouble if you decide to face fix
your blind rather than attaching your
brackets to the architraves come up
above the window and they'll either be a
lintel or a stud just to the side of the
window which is a solid fixing for your
brackets stronger than attaching to an
architrave final step is to install the
safety chain now that they should come
with a clip like this just line it up
with your cord so you don't have any
twists what we want to do is pull the
chain down taut then we can relax it
about ten millimetres mark where that's
going to be
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the Australian standards say that if
you've got a drive chain or a cord from
your blinds lower than 1.6 or 69
millimeters from the ground they need to
be secured in a cleat and that's to
prevent it being a choking hazard to
children or pets nice new home with
aluminium window frames don't drill into
them you can avoid your manufacturer's
warranty I've always thought that you
couldn't screw blind brackets into the
uPVC windows which is the unless the
size polyvinyl chloride it's a hard
plastic window frame but apparently you
can you pile up the hole with a three
mil drill bit put in your screws and
stop before they get tight apparently
that works well you know still I reckon
drilling into that plastics not the best
idea if you can find some timber or some
masonry nearby that you could attach
your roller blinds to would be better
the one I didn't mention was sealing fix
brackets so sealing fixes normally when
you've got floor-to-ceiling windows you
can't just drill into the plaster board
it's not gonna hold so to get some
really solid fixings in the ceiling get
a ramp set hollow wall anchor about two
dollars each and they can hold about ten
kilos or a spring toggle cavity fastener
which is about a dollar each slightly
smaller slightly cheaper but still a
good product there's lots of videos on
YouTube about hollow wall anchors and
masonry wall plugs so we're not going to
cover that now if you like this video
you want to see remember this channel is
all about helping you tackle those DIY
jobs at home thanks for being there
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