Installing roller blinds with your own hands

When the plastic windows began to appear and became widespread, the installation of roller blinds became quite popular. Their relevance is due to ease of maintenance and operation, as well as aesthetic and original appearance.

These types of curtains are particularly practical and convenient for balcony windows, because for small rooms, conventional curtains on the eaves may be too bulky.

Why you should abandon the usual curtains

They steal a useful area, making it much less outwardly. Many people like this way of closing windows, but it is repelled by some consumers by the fact that it is necessary to make holes for fasteners in the doors, which breaks the integrity of the profile. However, the installation of roller blinds today, thanks to new technologies, with the help of special tools is carried out without drilling.

What are roller blinds?

Roller blinds are structures that have the form of a blade and a holder shaft, with which you can fold and spread, and also fix the internal structure. Many models do not require the use of perforation of the leaf and self-tapping screws. The work of such systems is based on the principle of Roman curtains, but they are adapted to modern fasteners and materials.

The installation of roller blinds implies the possibility of using such a system as an independent accessory or in combination with curtains. They allow you to exclude burnout of the tissue under the influence of the sun, and if you approach the issue of choice seriously, then such an ensemble is able to act as a real interior decoration.

Installation roller blinds with their own hands can assume the use of cloths with a monophonic surface or an interesting pattern. When choosing such curtains, you can prefer a translucent version of them or one that completely covers the penetration of ultraviolet rays. The convenience of such a system is also that the canvas can be replaced. In the summer you can use sun blinds, whereas for the winter it can be replaced with a brighter, made in summer colors.

Measurement before installation

Installation of roller blinds should be carried out after you can determine the overall dimensions of the window. On sale it is possible to find curtains, the length of which varies from 1600 to 2200 mm. As for the width, it varies from 300 to 1400 mm. This, as a rule, corresponds to the dimensions of standard frames and flaps. However, the width sometimes causes problems, because the valves in some cases have a narrowed shape.

Before buying curtains you need to measure, from this process your choice will depend. It is necessary to measure the width of the glass, adding to it the width of the glazing beads. The next step is to determine the length of the window leaf, the results must be recorded.

It will be necessary to determine where the control mechanism will be located. Usually it is located on the side of the hinges. Now you can choose a kind of fastening to the window: it can be designed for a fixed or opening flap.

Installation of curtains without drilling a profile

The installation of roller blinds on plastic windows can be carried out using a technology that does not involve the perforation of the frame. At the first stage, the components for the curtains are prepared. They are placed on the table in order to be able to properly assemble the structure. In the kit you can find hooks, which are brackets that hold the curtains on the leaf.

Pay attention to the details, on the one side of which there is an element of semicircular shape. In one of them there is a hole, in the other - protruding parts. These mating elements must be located on the two sides of the roller. If the installation of rolling curtains on plastic windows is carried out according to the technology, when the leaf is opened, it is necessary to prepare:

• Roll blind;
• Brackets;
• Fixing clamps;
• Lifting mechanism;
• Special double-sided adhesive tape.

Brackets are important not only to fix on the leaf, they are additionally fastened with double-sided tape. Therefore, the area where you will stick the adhesive tape, it is necessary to degrease and dry well. Only after that, you can start manipulating scotch tape.

Methods of work

Installation of roller blinds with their own hands at the next stage involves connecting brackets with holders, the last of which have a lock connection. On one side of the bead, you must put on the chain mechanism, installing the holders with brackets.

The assembled design should be tried on by attaching the brackets to the top of the open window. They are aligned. This will determine the position of the curtains. The exact location should be noted. This is required for degreasing the surface and fixing the brackets on the tape.

Use at this stage you can use special products or regular alcohol. Organic solvents should not be used. As soon as the adhesive tape is glued to the brackets, its upper film must be removed by putting the elements on the top bar of the open window.

The surfaces are well pressed against each other. Clamp on the bracket must be snapped to the stop. By the same principle, roll blinds are installed with their own hands with a fishing line, when it is necessary to fix the second bracket.

Recommendations of a specialist

The chain mechanism should be installed on the side where you can find the spike with the gear on the bracket. The mechanism will be responsible for closing and opening the curtain.

The brackets are inserted into the roller in the next step. It is necessary to carry out these works very carefully to avoid damage to plastic parts. At the final stage, it is necessary to check whether the design keeps working. For this, certain efforts must be made to the chain.

Installation of curtains on the wall

Installation of roller blinds with their own hands on the wall will not be carried out with the help of brackets in the form of hooks. In this case it is necessary to use plates with grooves, which will be necessary for snapping the holders. On the plates, which must first be degreased and dried, you need to glue the double-sided adhesive tape. At the next stage they are strengthened to the side brackets.

On the gear wheel you need to mount the chain mechanism, the bracket is installed in the roller. The design can be tried on, noting the future position of the curtains.

Brackets should be fixed only on scotch tape. The place where you want to glue plates with side brackets, it is necessary to degrease. From the tape is removed protective film, the brackets are installed in place and well pressed.

Installation of roller blinds with their own hands, the photos of which are presented in the article, at the next stage presupposes fastening to the roller of the chain mechanism, where the gear is located.

Conclusion

If you purchased cassette roller blinds, then you can hope that all the elements that need to be reinforced to the surface, the manufacturer applied a special adhesive tape. For this, during installation, it will only be necessary to remove the protective film and install the elements in their places.

Such curtains are usually sold assembled, which is why the canvas is fixed in the box, and the installation will not be accompanied by special difficulties.