Fitting blinds

[Dylan123]

I have angles architrave over my bay window.

How on earth do I fit blinds?

Any ideas?

 

[blup]

Fit them individally within the glass

 

[foxhole]

Plenty of frame at top for fixing.Though you failed to mention style of blinds?

 

[Dylan123]

Plenty of frame at top for fixing.Though you failed to mention style of blinds?

Horizontal Venetian.

I thought they screw into the recess above so you need a flat surface. I fix them to the frame do I?

 

[Dylan123]

Fit them individally within the glass

I looked at those but one bay window worked out to about £700 and I have a large glass pane and it would have to be like 3 of them rather than one solid piece which I thought would look messy.

 

[blup]

You can fix into the frame, it is likely reinforced with steel, so you would drill a pilot hole slightly smaller than the (self tapping) screw diameter. Use an hss bit. If the angle is wrong you could pack out the gap with plastic shims or the like. But you could better use what appears to be a flat section between the frame and the coving, if that is too small you could replace the relevant section of architrave with a suitably thick piece flat piece of timber and fix to that.

 

[Dylan123]

You can fix into the frame, it is likely reinforced with steel, so you would drill a pilot hole slightly smaller than the (self tapping) screw diameter. Use an hss bit. If the angle is wrong you could pack out the gap with plastic shims or the like. But you could better use what appears to be a flat section between the frame and the coving, if that is too small you could replace the relevant section of architrave with a suitably thick piece flat piece of timber and fix to that.

I’d prefer not to screw into the frame, so are you saying rip all the architrave out and put a thick bit of timber? Might look a bit crap but could finish it with some more trim.

I presume I screw this into the joists?

I was considering putting a wedge of wood against the architrave to flatten it (2 x 45 degree angles) under each attachment point. Concern here is it would be hanging off the architrave and not sure how it’s attached so weight of the blinds might pull it all down.

 

[blup]

I’d prefer not to screw into the frame, so are you saying rip all the architrave out and put a thick bit of timber? Might look a bit crap but could finish it with some more trim.

I presume I screw this into the joists?

I was considering putting a wedge of wood against the architrave to flatten it (2 x 45 degree angles) under each attachment point. Concern here is it would be hanging off the architrave and not sure how it’s attached so weight of the blinds might pull it all down.

You could cover architrave as you say, to create a flat surface