In summer, blinds become an invariable attribute of a plastic window. Especially if the light of the midday sun is directed directly into the window, you have to look for protection behind curtains or blinds. The thing is, without a doubt, useful and practical. They are easy to use and take up almost no space in the window space. Roll or cassette designs are slightly inferior in popularity to classic horizontal lamella systems or strict vertical fabric sets. The latter, for a number of reasons, have become wildly popular in offices and office premises. Classic curtain widely removed from business style.

Regular lamella horizontal blinds much more common in window opening standard sizes, vertical ones are mainly used in rooms with high ceilings And large windows. Roller blinds They are preferred for opening plastic windows as “deaf” protection from the outside world - for this they are indispensable. This could be a bedroom or a children's room.

Methods for attaching blinds

Modern designs of fastenings for blinds on plastic windows can be divided into three categories:

• Permanent fastening to the frame using self-tapping screws or self-tapping screws;
• Fastening the blind system to the sash of a plastic window, allowing it to open unhindered in all positions, including in ventilation mode;
• The gentle fastening method makes it possible not to damage the plastic profile by drilling holes.

According to an already established tradition, vertical systems are mounted on any window opening using a baguette pattern, without contact with the glass unit. This is due to the design of the vertical lamellas; their width is most often at least 10 cm, so to regulate light transmission, at least 10-15 cm of space is required between the window and the plane of the lamellas.

In addition, there are increased requirements for appearance vertical blind designs used in office premises. They should be successfully combined with the interior of the room and usually, in addition to plastic windows, cover the window sill and part of the wall space adjacent to the window opening.

The design of such blinds practically allows you to open the sash of a plastic window in no other way than in ventilation mode. Attaching vertical blinds is almost identical to installing a baguette for ordinary curtains, only instead of the latter, a special heavy cornice with a hidden mechanism for controlling the blinds slats is installed.

Rolled options use a powerful and heavy canvas storage system, so almost always mounting on a plastic window is done using additional fittings and canopies. This allows the structure to maintain rigidity and strength when stretching the canvas to the required height.

Both horizontal and roll options blinds are designed for one leaf and are placed with inside window.

Method of attaching blinds to a plastic profile without screws

Most people rightly believe that it is better if the blinds are attached to a plastic window without drilling holes.

The basis of the system is a set of horizontal strips of plastic, aluminum, pressed cardboard or wood connected in a special way into one flexible sheet. A special mechanism for blinds allows you to rotate the strips around a horizontal axis, thereby changing the shaded area of ​​the window opening.

All the secrets of controlling the blinds are hidden in the box-shaped cornice located at the top. It depends on the size and area of ​​the blinds, the width and material of the slats. total weight designs. Fastening standard options Blinds with slats no more than 2cm wide and no more than 80cm long can be quite easily made on the plastic of the window using special double-sided tape.

To glue the blind curtain rod to a smooth plastic surface:

1. We use double-sided tape or glue applied along the entire length of the glued cornice;
2. When gluing, before applying glue to the area plastic frame, it should be thoroughly degreased with acetone or alcohol;
3. Apply one layer of glue to the side surface and dry it for 1 hour. Then reapply glue and secure the cornice. Further operations can be performed after 10-12 hours.

At the bottom of the window, clamps are glued in a similar way to hold the blinds in an unfolded and tensioned state. A control cord or a special bar is threaded into the hole on the cornice, the rotation of which adjusts the angle of inclination of the slats.

Advice ! The use of double-sided tape is a completely justified option, provided that the material used is of high quality.

To compare and check the strength of the connection, try attaching two identical objects to a smooth surface using tape and glue. In the first case, the peeling force will be significantly higher than for an adhesive joint.

Attaching blinds to plastic windows using self-tapping screws

Before starting work, make sure that the height and width of the model you choose matches the proportions and dimensions of the window glass. There are many recommendations on the Internet to use a plastic glazing bead to attach blinds - a narrow, 10mm wide strip of plastic that secures the glass in the frame. Usually the authors motivate the advice by the fact that in case of failure, the glazing bead on plastic profile easy to replace with a new one. It's easier and much cheaper than changing the cladding.

It is easier and more reliable to fasten the curtain rod directly to the main plastic cladding of the window, approximately in the following sequence.

Using a level and a pencil, mark the position of the cornice above the glass of the window so that window glass closed exclusively with slats. We place fastening earrings in the upper part of the cornice. These are elements that serve to fix the cornice body on external brackets; we install them inside the cornice according to the instructions.

We mark the position of the brackets on the cladding and mark with a pencil the places where the holes for the self-tapping screws will be drilled. Using a drill approximately 0.5 mm smaller than the diameter of the self-tapping screw, we drill one hole for each bracket.

For fastening, choose self-tapping screws of the sizes recommended in the instructions, or standard aluminum ones, suitable for Phillips screwdriver. The length of the working part is no more than 12mm. After screwing in one screw at a time, the brackets should be leveled using a building level. Otherwise, the cornice can be fixed with a slope to the left or right.

After that, the remaining holes for attaching the brackets are drilled, and the missing fasteners are screwed in. A cornice is placed on the brackets, the entire necessary fittings blind mechanism. In a similar way, the clamps are attached to the bottom of the window with self-tapping screws, after which the fittings of the mechanism are adjusted.

Important ! When choosing drilling locations, you should not retreat excessively to the periphery of the window; there is a possibility that the drill will bump into hidden parts of the window control mechanism.

Installing blinds on an opening sash of a plastic window

The sash design allows you to avoid using self-tapping screws for fastening blinds of any configuration. In this case, to attach the cornice, a special plastic earring is used, hooked, like a hook, to the upper edge of the window sash. Depending on the length of the plastic window and the weight of the blinds, there may be two or three such “hooks”. The earrings simply “snap” into the body of the cornice, firmly held inside it due to the elasticity of the plastic. Next, the cornice is simply hung on the window sash.

It should be noted that similar method fastening is the most universal and allows you to painlessly remove the blinds from the window and mount them again an unlimited number of times.

The disadvantages of such a fastening system include:

• The fastening earring pinches rubber compressor sash, with prolonged use this can lead to partial pushing through of individual fragments of the seal and loss of tightness;
• The plastic fastening is inferior in strength metal brackets Accordingly, the service life of such fastenings is significantly shorter;
• When attaching blinds, a limiter for the opening angle of the sash should be provided to prevent possible damage by the blind lamellas to the inner surface of the window slopes.

First of all, we will consider the installation of horizontal blinds, since installing blinds on plastic windows V in this case, most difficult:

• take measurements of the same distance from each edge;
• Drill a hole in the wall, then insert a dowel into it that will match the wall material. Now you can screw the mount using screws;
• Using a ruler and level, measure the location of the second fastener and screw it on. In the case of horizontal blinds, you will also need to use another fastener if the width of the product exceeds the specified distance. Also if you need to mount it to the ceiling vertical blinds, the width of which exceeds one and a half meters, three mounting brackets should be used;
• Now you can attach the blinds to the placed mounts.

It is best to use dowels that will match the fastenings used, as well as the material of the walls or ceiling, depending on where exactly you are going to attach the blinds.

Before installing the fasteners, you will need to check in advance whether the folded blinds will prevent the window from opening normally.

Installation without drilling

As mentioned above, this technology will use specialized brackets as the basis. They can be fixed most different ways, and only then can be snapped onto them or screwed Basic structure blinds. The use of this installation option is popular for the reason that after this it will be possible to easily unfasten the blinds for major cleaning or even completely remove them from the window. In this case, no extra holes will remain visible, and the tightness of the window profile will not be compromised.

Installation of the brackets themselves in this case can be done using screws or other methods, such as:

• fastening to the top of the sash profile. The use of this method is relevant only when the installation of blinds is carried out on an opening sash;
• fastening using standard double-sided tape.

The first option allows you to easily remove everything, including the brackets, almost immediately without the need to perform any additional manipulations with holes and screwdrivers. The second option is similar to how installation is done with screws, but instead of screwing the blinds, they are simply glued to the surface.

Instead of holes for holding fishing line, you can use standard fasteners, which can easily be glued to the bottom of the frame using double-sided tape.

If you don't understand how to install blinds on windows, the video below should help you:

Installation of fasteners

Despite the fact that over the past few years a huge number of diverse interesting options fastenings, the most relevant installation technology is using a standard drill. Almost everyone House master knows very well how to drill, so it will be enough to watch how blinds are installed on plastic windows in the video:

This installation option will allow you not only to hang the blinds normally, but also to secure them securely enough so that they can serve you faithfully for a long time, without loosening or losing their operational advantages.

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How to attach blinds to plastic windows, with screws and tape

Hello. This time you will learn how to attach blinds to plastic windows. The topic of the article is interesting because plastic or aluminum blinds are everywhere replacing less practical fabric curtains. Therefore, if you decide to make the windows in your apartment more modern and easier to use, the following photo reports on the completed installation are exactly what you need.

Current fastening methods

Attaching blinds to a plastic window is done in two ways:

• Using self-tapping screws - the PVC profile will be drilled, and therefore when dismantling the blinds there will be holes that will not be easy to cover;
• Without the use of self-tapping screws, the PVC profile will be intact and this is good, but the structure installed on top of the profile will be held less firmly in comparison with analogues fixed on self-tapping screws.

I don’t know which horizontal blinds you chose, and therefore I’ll tell you about the installation of each of the listed varieties separately and in detail.

Installation using self-tapping screws

The blinds package includes the following:

• The main structure is made of 2 lamellas. (one for each leaf);
• Fastening elements for the upper part, 2 pieces per sash;
• Fastening elements for the lower part, 2 pieces per sash;
• Self-tapping screws 20 mm long, 4 pcs. for each sash.

DIY installation instructions are as follows:

• Unpack the blinds and unwind the adjustment cord;

• Remove the adjusting bar (cane);

• We attach the upper fastening elements to the upper profile of the device so that the fastenings do not interfere with the operation of the mechanisms located inside the profile;

• Next, we open the slats so that they take the position characteristic of open blinds;

• We apply the upper profile to the window so that the lower strip is located just below the bead on the frame, that is, so that the glass is completely covered;

• Mark on window frame location of fastenings;

When making markings, I recommend using a spirit level so that the top bar is located exactly horizontally and does not have any distortions. If the window was initially installed with a skew, we make markings not according to the spirit level, but taking into account the location of the sashes.

• Using pre-made markings, we install the fastenings with self-tapping screws;

Surface PVC profile smooth, and therefore it will most likely not be easy to tighten the self-tapping screw according to the mark. Therefore, before screwing in the screw, we drill holes in the profile with a diameter of 2 mm, which is 1 mm less than the diameter of the screws. It will be easy to screw in the screws using the pre-made holes.

• After the fasteners are installed, apply the top bar to them and click it in with a little force;

• WITH outside We finally fix the structure with plugs, which are placed on the holders until a characteristic click appears;
• We lower the blinds so that the lower slats are in the lowest position;
• We make markings for the lower fasteners so that they are located at the level of the ends of the lower bar;

• We install fastenings on self-tapping screws;
• We snap the bottom bar into the fastenings;
• We install the adjustment bar on the original mount;

• Checking functionality installed blinds, opening and closing the gap between the slats.

Operation and Maintenance

So we found out how to attach blinds to plastic windows with self-tapping screws. Among the recommendations for use and maintenance installed structures I note the following:

• We rotate the adjustment bar around its axis smoothly since the hook with which it is attached to the mechanism is quite fragile;
• In order to wash the window, we snap off the lower lamella and assemble the blinds upward; this is enough to wipe the entire glass;
• I recommend removing dust from the slats with a peacock broom;
• I recommend that immediately after the dust has been removed, apply an antistatic aerosol, any one of your choice, to the slats.

Installation without using self-tapping screws

Now I'll tell you how to attach plastic blinds on modern double-glazed windows without the use of screws.

In what cases can fastening without drilling be relevant? There are many such cases, for example, the use of rented housing, where, according to the terms of the contract, elements of the surroundings cannot be damaged.

For execution installation work you will need a set of regular horizontal blinds with light plastic lamellas, double-sided tape and ordinary scissors.

The instructions for attaching blinds to plastic windows without using self-tapping screws are as follows:

• Unpack the set of blinds;
• We disconnect the adjustment bar from the main unit so that it does not subsequently interfere with the installation;
• We lay the main block with the wrong side up;
• Unwind the double-sided tape to the length of the body;

• Remove the tape from one side protective film and on reverse side block, as shown in the photo;

We select double-sided tape so that the width of the tape is equal to the width of the blind block. We glue the tape so that it is flush with the walls of the block. In addition, carefully smooth the glued tape from the inside out so that it sticks evenly over the entire surface.

• We apply the blinds to the window and determine their position on the top of the window sash;
• Having decided on the location, we make marks on the profile corresponding to the ends of the block;

• Next, remove the remaining protective strip from double-sided tape and glue the block along the previously made marks to the profile;

• We install the previously removed adjusting bar and the installation can be considered complete.

How firmly will blinds be held when glued with double-sided tape?

The actual operation of blinds installed on tape shows that for 1.5 years the structure lasted without any changes, that is, it did not warp or fall. I think that over the next two or three years the situation will not change.

When installing the blind unit, only stick to the tape top part, while the bottom bar is not fixed. This has virtually no effect on the operation of the device, except that when the shutter is opened towards you, the lower part of the blinds will move forward and touch the indoor flowers on the windowsill.

I told my friends about this installation method. They told me that the method is not bad, but they will not use it, since the tape, after removal, will leave characteristic marks that are difficult to remove. Is it really?

There will be marks, but it will be easy to remove any remaining glue from the frame. Just wet the cloth sunflower oil and wipe plastic surface and the glue stains will disappear by themselves. For more effective removal stains from tape, moisten a rag not with sunflower oil, but with WD-40.

By the way, you can successfully use these methods to remove traces from any tape and from a variety of stickers.

Conclusion

I talked about the most popular types of attaching blinds to plastic windows. I hope that these photo reports and instructions will be useful to you. If anything is unclear or questions arise during installation, ask them in the comments. I promise I will answer quickly!

Finally, I remind you that you will find a lot of interesting and useful things by watching the video in this article.

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Since windows are made to order and can have different parameters, it is very important to correctly measure the window when ordering blinds. It is necessary to measure the window height and width to the nearest millimeter. Remember that the length and width of the blinds should be slightly larger. For measurements, use only a steel tape measure; other types of tape measures (fabric tape, etc.) may introduce measurement errors.

It is very important to decide how you want to install the blinds: inside the window opening or outside. For the first option, the length of the blinds should be 1 cm less than the height of the opening, and the width should be 2 cm less than the width of the opening. If you are going to hang blinds over a window opening, then the length of the blinds should be 5-7 cm longer, and the width of the strip should be 20 cm larger than the width of the opening.

How to attach blinds

There are 4 main ways to attach blinds:

Mounting to the wall above the window

In this case, the window and slopes will remain intact; there are no clear restrictions on the width of the blinds (you can make it wider or narrower than the opening). Many manufacturers began to produce windows with already installed fasteners for blinds. If you have installed a package that does not have such fastenings, then you will most likely have to use this particular method of installing blinds.

Before you begin assembling and installing blinds, you need to understand the structure of blinds. Horizontal blinds consist of several parts:

The upper part of the blinds includes a rotary axis, rollers, cornice, brackets, control cord clamp, swivel mechanism and top cover.

The middle part consists of a ladder, lamellas (a thin plate of plastic or other material) and a plug.

The lower part includes the lower cornice and side cover.

Assembly of horizontal blinds

In order to assemble the blinds, you will need scissors, a screwdriver, screws and a drill. Take it all necessary tools and follow the instructions.

It is necessary to obtain and check the availability of all components for the blinds.

Take the top one and bottom part crossbar, which has a U-shaped cross-section configuration. It must be cut to the size of your window.

Make a small hole in top crossbar for control cord control. All sharp edges of the hole can be closed plastic insert, which should be included.

After this, it is necessary to fasten the lower cornice with special clamps of the side covers along with a line of strung lamellas.

How to assemble horizontal blinds: video

Since you might not understand something from the text description, we recommend that you watch a video of how horizontal blinds are produced and assembled.

Installation of horizontal blinds on plastic windows

Fix the brackets (fasteners) on the top panel of the blinds.

Attach the blinds to the window and mark under the top fastenings.

Disconnect the brackets from the blinds and secure them with self-tapping screws to the window. After this, insert the blinds until they click.

Attach the adjusting bars.

If you decide to install blinds yourself, then you should be prepared for the fact that this is quite a difficult job.

For plastic windows there is a special type of horizontal blinds of the cassette system - Isolite.

The installation guide will help you install horizontal blinds (not to be confused with the concept of vertical).

The first thing to do is to choose the option of installing horizontal blinds, that is, choose the side on which the control mechanism will be located (this rule also applies to vertical ones).

Window measurement scheme

Then the next step: measurements are taken window openings, on which the blinds will be installed, taking into account the shape of the window openings. It is recommended to take measurements in the middle of the opening being measured and along the edges. This will compensate for possible non-straightness of the walls of the room. It is recommended to take measurements with a metal tape measure. The resulting values ​​should not be rounded.

When measuring window openings, pay attention to whether there are door or window handles, heating devices. Since they can become an obstacle to the installation and rotation of the slats.

Blinds should hang freely and easily rotate around their axis. It is recommended that they do not touch the windowsill or other obstacles.

Bracket mounting diagram

To match the width of the horizontal openings, add 20 - 40 mm to the width of the openings. To match the height, about 50 - 70 mm is added to the height of the window opening. This will take into account that the side slopes of the windows may not be completely vertical.

The next step is to purchase the product strictly according to the measured dimensions.

Once you have purchased your blinds, open the package and find all the parts needed for installation. Namely:

• screws;
• two metal brackets;
• horizontal blinds.

List of tools

• screwdriver or Phillips screwdriver;
• pencil or marker;
• self-tapping screws with dowels measuring 6-8 mm;
• drill for concrete - 6-8 mm;
• battery or electric drill.