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Blackout Blinds Information

Our made to measure blackout blinds are a perfect solution for darkening a room during the long daylight hours prevalent during the UK spring and summer months.

A blackout blind is ideal for any room and perfect for a children's bedroom or nursery, helping to solve the problem of your child or baby waking up early, reducing fatigue all round! Whilst complete blackout is difficult to achieve with any type of black out roller blinds or blackout shades, you'll find the room light level is significantly reduced down to a minimal level, with the added benefit of helping to control room temperature during hot weather.

The blackout properties of the blind are produced by a lightweight non-transparent fabric, which is available in different colours including popular shades of cream, blue, off black, white and green. We also offer our made to measure blackout blinds with attractive patterned fabrics to match your room decor. Each of our blackout roller blinds comes with a side mounted control mechanism which can be left or right mounted for extra convenience.

What's in the box?

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Please note we only supply one set of the appropriate brackets per blind dependant on your order request.

  1. Plastic Pin locates opposite end to controller.
  2. Barrel plug gives location for plastic pin.
  3. No 6 x 2cm woodscrews.
  4. Controller with beaded cord.
  5. Brackets left and right hand this size for Roller width up to 2mt.
  6. Brackets left and right hand this size for Roller width up to 2 - 2.4mt
  7. Brackets left and right hand this size for Roller width over 2.4mt. Top, face & side fix options.

Bracket (6) C: = Bracket 65mm. Allow 75mm with roller attached.

Bracket (6) D: = Bracket 40mm. Allow 60mm with roller attached.

Bracket (7) A: = Bracket 79mm. Allow 88mm with roller attached.

Bracket (7) B: = Bracket 40mm. Allow 60mm with roller blind attached.

Buying blackout roller blinds couldn't be easier - simply follow the steps here.
Don't forget, all our blinds are delivered free to UK mainland and come with a comprehensive 12 month guarantee. All items are packaged to a high standard to ensure quality of goods upon delivery.

Blackout Blinds Technical Information:

Shapes Straight, Only
Minimum Width 15cm
Maximum widths please see individual fabric listings
Maximum Drop please see individual fabric listings
Minimum Drop 20cm
25mm Aluminium barrel Generally, for a width under 2 metres
36mm Aluminium barrel Generally, for a width between 2 and 2.4 metres
42mm Aluminium barrel Generally, for a width over 2.4 meters
Universal Top fix, Face fix, Side fix brackets
White controler / Brown controler & brackets
Same room option
Inside or outside Recess
Sidewinder mechanism

Please note that you will lose a small amount of fabric from each end of a roller blind , 0.8cm off the pin end and 2cm off the controller end, to allow for operation.

If you need a certain fabric width you would need to add the 2.8cm to your overall blind size. But remember you must have sufficient space to fit the blind as you would have increased the width by 2.8cm.
This would be useful if you are fitting a Roller Blind on a backdoor keeping the fabric behind the door handle when the blind is drawn down but still giving you glass coverage.

Ordered as BLIND SIZE (EXACT) blind made to your exact width and drop given, will include brackets at ends, for blinds with end fixings.
Ordered as RECESS (INSIDE MOUNT) we deduct 10mm from the width given, will include brackets at ends, for blinds with end fixings.

Depth of bracket & controler Top fix or Face fix

25mm barrel Face Fix 4.8cm for a width under 2 metres
25mm barrel top Fix 4cm for a width under 2 metres
36cm barrel Face Fix 7.6cm for a widths between 2 and 2.4 metres
36cm barrel Top Fix 6cm for a widths between 2 and 2.4 metres
42cm barrel Face Fix 8.8cm for a width over 2.4 meters
42cm barrel Top Fix 6cm for a width over 2.4 meters

Fabrics
Polyester
Polyester fabrics do not stretch and have a high resistance to abrasion.
The fibre does not absorb moisture readily.

Stitchbond
Stitchbonds are non-woven, the warp and weft are simply laid on each other and bonded and secured with a running stitch.

Jacquard
Jacquards are constructed on special looms creating intricate woven fabrics allowing for the option of combining different coloured yarns.
Generally more expensive than simple woven fabrics.