Important tips for measuring and installing Vertical Blinds
One of the most common mistakes that people make when purchasing vertical blinds is that they get the measurement of the vertical blinds wrong. It can be quite frustrating if you do not know how to measure vertical blinds correctly and it doesn’t fit or cover your windows or doors properly. If you have to “moolah”, you can probably engaged an interior designer or vertical blinds specialist to do all the work for you. Unfortunately not all of us are that privileged, we have to learn from trials and errors in measuring and installing vertical blinds. Below are some of tips that you can follow to measure your windows as well as installing your vertical blinds.
1) The first tip is that vertical blinds should be measured from where you want to install them. If you are putting the vertical blinds up on the interior of the casing, you will measure on the inside of the window. If you are putting the vertical blinds up on the upper portion of the outside of the casing, you will need to measure from that point. For example, you have a 60” wide window that measures 40” long.
2) The second tip is if the vertical blinds are going to be put up on the inside of the casing you most likely are going to need 58 or 59” across and 39” long, depending on the thickness of your casing and the trim on the window.
3) For vertical blinds that are going to be hang on the exterior casing above the windows, there’s a need to measure where you want the vertical blinds to cover, and this is going to be about 62” or 64” wide, and will measure about 44” long. If you want to see the casing, you will need less, if you don’t want to see the trim, and you don’t want to see the casing you will need more. In any case, have mental picture of how you want the vertical blinds to look like on your windows.
4) Most of the time, you will get vertical blinds of varying length for the differne types of windows in your home. Some people like to cover only the window area of their window with the vertical blinds. This can be done given that you measure the interior or the exterior situations of your window. For cases where you are measuring to have the vertical blinds put on the inside of the casing, it is difficult or impossible to have the vertical blinds that will be longer than the window which will make the vertical blinds stick out at the bottom and become an eye sore to you!
1) The first tip is that vertical blinds should be measured from where you want to install them. If you are putting the vertical blinds up on the interior of the casing, you will measure on the inside of the window. If you are putting the vertical blinds up on the upper portion of the outside of the casing, you will need to measure from that point. For example, you have a 60” wide window that measures 40” long.
2) The second tip is if the vertical blinds are going to be put up on the inside of the casing you most likely are going to need 58 or 59” across and 39” long, depending on the thickness of your casing and the trim on the window.
3) For vertical blinds that are going to be hang on the exterior casing above the windows, there’s a need to measure where you want the vertical blinds to cover, and this is going to be about 62” or 64” wide, and will measure about 44” long. If you want to see the casing, you will need less, if you don’t want to see the trim, and you don’t want to see the casing you will need more. In any case, have mental picture of how you want the vertical blinds to look like on your windows.
4) Most of the time, you will get vertical blinds of varying length for the differne types of windows in your home. Some people like to cover only the window area of their window with the vertical blinds. This can be done given that you measure the interior or the exterior situations of your window. For cases where you are measuring to have the vertical blinds put on the inside of the casing, it is difficult or impossible to have the vertical blinds that will be longer than the window which will make the vertical blinds stick out at the bottom and become an eye sore to you!
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