Fitting Vertical Blinds to UPVC Windows

Leodogger

We have had our hardwood window replaced with a UPVC D/G one and we want to use our vertical blinds again with it but what do we fix it to, we don't have any wood and I don't believe you can drill the UPVC frame? Anyone know how they are fixed. We only have a metal lintel above the window that has been plastered.

daveyjp

Brackets on ours are fastened into the lintel.

savemoney

The brackets on mine are fastened to the upvc frames. I had a local company fit mine around 5 years ago

Rodney_Trotter

savemoney wrote: »

The brackets on mine are fastened to the upvc frames. I had a local company fit mine around 5 years ago

How does that work with verticals?

Rodney_Trotter

JWhite wrote: »

We have had our hardwood window replaced with a UPVC D/G one and we want to use our vertical blinds again with it but what do we fix it to, we don't have any wood and I don't believe you can drill the UPVC frame? Anyone know how they are fixed. We only have a metal lintel above the window that has been plastered.

You can drill into the frames.


What do you mean, you don't have any wood?

Leodogger

Rodney_Trotter wrote: »

You can drill into the frames.


What do you mean, you don't have any wood?

The window and frame is UPVC so there is no wooden frame to fix it to. It was fixed to the top of the wooden window frame before.

savemoney

The bracket attaches to the frame and the thing that the blind is attached to attaches to that see pic I have just taken

Rodney_Trotter wrote: »

How does that work with verticals?

Leodogger

savemoney wrote: »

The bracket attaches to the frame and the thing that the blind is attached to attaches to that see pic I have just taken

That's brilliant, we were afraid that it would damage the UPVC as the window is brand new.

Rodney_Trotter

savemoney wrote: »

The bracket attaches to the frame and the thing that the blind is attached to attaches to that see pic I have just taken

Different clips to mine then.

savemoney

I think they used self tapping as I said they been there for well over 5 years I have a large bay which has 3 blinds, a large upstairs landing and one bedroom which has large window. I have never had them cleaned yet but I am seriously think of cleaning the blinds this year in the bath. They didnt take long to fit a few hours but it was a local company that did it they came to measure, make and fit them

Leodogger

JWhite wrote: »

That's brilliant, we were afraid that it would damage the UPVC as the window is brand new.

By the way, what kind of brackets do we need, and also what type of screws to screw it to the UPVC frame? Thanks.