How To Install Wooden Blinds - By: Jamie Simpson

Installing wooden blinds is something that you can easily do on your own. You do not need to hire someone to do the job for you. If you want to hire a specialist to do it, you can be sure that he or she will be able to do a good job, but you will have to spend a lot more money just to have the blinds put up in your home. As you will see from the information listed below, you can do this by yourself and have the same great results. There are just a few steps that you will want to follow to make sure that everything works out perfectly.

Step One: Measuring The Windows The begin with, you need to make sure that the blinds that you have will actually fit on the window. You should measure them both to be sure that they are the same size. Remember that you want the blinds to be slightly bigger so that they will not allow light to get in around the sides. You do not want them to be too much larger, though, or they will look odd. They could also run into the next set of blinds of you have two windows that are right next to each other.

Step Two: Pre-Drilling The Holes After you know that the wooden blinds will fit, you need to pre-drill holes in the trim where you want to mount the blinds. This will keep the trim from cracking when you put the screws in. If you just run the screws into the unmarred wood, it might split along the grain. This can ruin the trim so that you can never mount the blinds.

Step Three: Attaching The Blinds Once the holes have been drilled, you just need to put up the blinds. There will be a roller at the top that will allow the blinds to be drawn up or down. You must attach this roller to the trim using the screws that are provided. If none have been provided, you may have to buy some yourself. Regardless, there will be brackets on the roller where the screws are meant to go. You simply have to put the screws through these brackets and into the holes that you have drilled in the trim. Make sure that they are tight and secure, but do not tighten them so far that the drill slips and ruins the head of the screw.

Step Four: Testing The Roller The last thing that you want to do is to make sure that your wooden blinds actually work the way that they were intended to work. You should try putting them up and down a number of times. Turn the adjustment rod to shift the individual pieces of the blinds. If they fit in your window and help to block the light, you are all done with the project. If there is a problem, you just need to make the necessary adjustments at this time.

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