How to Install Blinds
The process itself is very simple and easy and it makes a dramatic difference in any room. So if you've always wondered how to install blinds or you're thinking that I really need to install some blinds in the house, but I don't want to go through the entire process to do so it just looks so complicated and stressing, that's not the case. It's actually very, very simple to do and very easy. You just need a couple of basic tools, a cordless drill is preferred. You're also going to want a pen or a pencil. Obviously, you're going to need a tape measure and you're going to need a set of blinds before you go out and buy your blinds. Just take a tape measure, measure the inside of your window from this point to this point and then top to bottom. After you've done that, you can go to the store and make your selection. The measurement for my window is 33 and three-quarters inches wide and 58 inches tall. So I went to my local home center and I picked up a set of bow wood blinds. These are 34 inches wide by 60 Four inches long. And the actual width of these blinds out of the box is 33 and a half inches wide. So that's gonna be a perfect fit On the inside of my window. Now you're going to want at least an eighth-inch gap on either side of your blinds when it's hung in the window, otherwise, they might bind up and not open and closed properly. In most cases, your windows are going to be the standard size. So when you see the 34 by 64, that's going to roughly be the size whatever window you have, you just want to double-check and make sure now if you do have an oddball size window, you can go to your local home center with the exact measurements and one of the people there will be able to custom cut the blinds to size for you, which isn't a big deal and you can get on with your installation. So let's open this box up and get these mountains. So once you have your blinds out of the box, go ahead and locate your mounting hardware, your little brackets here and then just slide those on to either end and you're going to use this as a guide to determine where you're going to be mounting. So after you have it up in the window, go ahead and take yourself a pen or pencil and then just make a line for that bracket.
Just going to be sitting and I want my brackets to be right on the edge of the window and I'm just making a line down on the bottom of where it's going to mount to. So go ahead and pull the blinds I'm going to go. I'm going to take my first bracket and a little piece of tape. match this up to the lines and then secured into place when your bracket is loosely held into position. Now let's give you two hands to put in the screws. Take your first screw and get it lined it up.
After you get the first one in place, you can remove your tape and put in some more screws.
One down one to go.
Now that our brackets are in place, we can go ahead and hang up lines.
Then enclose your snaps, you're all done. Now from the balance, all you have to do is take these little brackets slide the blind out, just slightly clip them into place on opposite sides.
Push the blind back into place.
Secure the clips on the front. And on the back of this balance, there's a little trough and you just have to pinch the outside of those brackets, it'll stay in place. I like to set the top in place first and then use my thumbs to press the bottom of brackets into that lower trough. For the final step. All you have to do is hang this and that's it. It's all installed. It was quick, simple and easy. I figured I'd share that with you guys since I was doing it anyway, so if you guys have never hung blinds before, you can see how easy and quick it was to actually accomplish it
The process itself is very simple and easy and it makes a dramatic difference in any room. So if you've always wondered how to install blinds or you're thinking that I really need to install some blinds in the house, but I don't want to go through the entire process to do so it just looks so complicated and stressing, that's not the case. It's actually very, very simple to do and very easy. You just need a couple of basic tools, a cordless drill is preferred. You're also going to want a pen or a pencil. Obviously, you're going to need a tape measure and you're going to need a set of blinds before you go out and buy your blinds. Just take a tape measure, measure the inside of your window from this point to this point and then top to bottom. After you've done that, you can go to the store and make your selection. The measurement for my window is 33 and three-quarters inches wide and 58 inches tall. So I went to my local home center and I picked up a set of bow wood blinds. These are 34 inches wide by 60 Four inches long. And the actual width of these blinds out of the box is 33 and a half inches wide. So that's gonna be a perfect fit On the inside of my window. Now you're going to want at least an eighth-inch gap on either side of your blinds when it's hung in the window, otherwise, they might bind up and not open and closed properly. In most cases, your windows are going to be the standard size. So when you see the 34 by 64, that's going to roughly be the size whatever window you have, you just want to double-check and make sure now if you do have an oddball size window, you can go to your local home center with the exact measurements and one of the people there will be able to custom cut the blinds to size for you, which isn't a big deal and you can get on with your installation. So let's open this box up and get these mountains. So once you have your blinds out of the box, go ahead and locate your mounting hardware, your little brackets here and then just slide those on to either end and you're going to use this as a guide to determine where you're going to be mounting. So after you have it up in the window, go ahead and take yourself a pen or pencil and then just make a line for that bracket.
Just going to be sitting and I want my brackets to be right on the edge of the window and I'm just making a line down on the bottom of where it's going to mount to. So go ahead and pull the blinds I'm going to go. I'm going to take my first bracket and a little piece of tape. match this up to the lines and then secured into place when your bracket is loosely held into position. Now let's give you two hands to put in the screws. Take your first screw and get it lined it up.
After you get the first one in place, you can remove your tape and put in some more screws.
One down one to go.
Now that our brackets are in place, we can go ahead and hang up lines.
Then enclose your snaps, you're all done. Now from the balance, all you have to do is take these little brackets slide the blind out, just slightly clip them into place on opposite sides.
Push the blind back into place.
Secure the clips on the front. And on the back of this balance, there's a little trough and you just have to pinch the outside of those brackets, it'll stay in place. I like to set the top in place first and then use my thumbs to press the bottom of brackets into that lower trough. For the final step. All you have to do is hang this and that's it. It's all installed. It was quick, simple and easy. I figured I'd share that with you guys since I was doing it anyway, so if you guys have never hung blinds before, you can see how easy and quick it was to actually accomplish it