Installing Custom Blinds Ayr

A guide to installing custom window blinds. Instead of employing an expensive window blinds company to come out to your home and install a new set of horizontal blinds for you, you've decided to take the plunge and order online from a discount online retailer. As you wait for your new window coverings to arrive, you begin to doubt your abilities.

Appache
01292 880647
29 High Street
Ayr
Bobsaver Hardware
01292 287999
79 Main Street
Ayr
Magnet Ltd
01292 265568
15 Old Farm Road
Ayr
Wright'S Home Hardware
01292 477324
95 Main Street
Prestwick
Room By Room Home Improvements Ltd
01292 319627
Church Street
Troon
Maxit Direct
01292 270531
30 Green Street
Ayr
Caldwell Wright & Co Ltd
01292 287993
30 Green Street
Ayr
Prestwick Hardware Ltd
01292 476473
86 Main Street
Prestwick
Wright Hardware Ltd
01292 313108
10 Church Street
Troon
Gifto Hardware
01294 277776
177 High Street
Irvine
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Installing Custom Blinds

Instead of employing an expensive window blinds company to come out to your home and install a new set of horizontal blinds for you, you've decided to take the plunge and order online from a discount online retailer. As you wait for your new window coverings to arrive, you begin to doubt your abilities. Can you really hang those new blinds as well as a professional? The answer is -- most certainly -- yes!

When your blinds arrive, begin the installation process by laying out all the parts and tools that you'll need to do the job. Then, use a level and a pencil to mark just below the headrail on your new custom blinds . You will later use these marks to place the right- and left-hand brackets.

Now open the mounting brackets and line them up with the pencil marks you made below the header of the blinds. Mark the location of the screw holes so that you can remove the brackets and drill the holes you need. Once your holes are drilled, use a bit of bar soap on the screw threads to ensure that they go in smoothly. This is a great trick that can -- and should -- be applied whenever you use screws in your walls or windows!

After hanging the side brackets, gently snap the valance clips into the front lip of the headrail. Then, insert the headrail into the side mounting brackets and close the swivel covers to lock your blinds into place. You're one step away from having hung your first set of beautiful custom blinds .

In this final step, you'll be adding a valance to your horizontal blinds by very carefully snapping first the upper and then the lower edge of the included valance into the valance bracket. Now you're free to add curtains or other special touches to finish off your window decor.

Hanging custom blinds is nothing to fear. Once you've mastered your first set, you'll be eager to make over every one of your windows!

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