Custom Roller Blinds Downtown Whitby – Free Installation

It fits at the narrowest measurement, which is how every inside mount is cut. That means a gap on one side where the opening widens. On an old sash that gap can reach eight or ten millimetres and you see it as a line of light. Where the twist is bad we mount outside on the casing and cover the whole opening, which hides the shape of the window rather than tracing it.

Enough that we settle it at every window. A standard roll drops the fabric close to the glass, which gives the cleanest light seal and leaves the bare tube visible at the top. A reverse roll brings the fabric off the front, so it clears window cranks and deep handles and hides the tube behind its own fabric. On heritage casings with hardware in the way, reverse roll is usually the answer. We check each window rather than ordering the whole house one way.

It can, and it takes some care. The shutters need their swing, so an inside mount that lands where a leaf folds back will jam the first time somebody tries it. We set the brackets on the face of the casing above the opening instead, which leaves the pockets free and keeps the shutters working. The blind then covers the casing edge, which on a painted moulding usually looks better than sitting down inside it.

Yes, and the fixing has to go into the door, not the frame above it, or the blind swings with the door and knocks. We bracket to the rail above the glass and add a small hold-down at the bottom so the fabric cannot flap when the door shuts. Keep the fabric light. A heavy blackout on a door that gets slammed a few times a day works loose sooner than anything else we hang.