blinds2go Brilliant Shutter Blinds Installation Guide
- October 26, 2023
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blinds2go Brilliant Shutter Blinds Installation Guide
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Before you begin
Your shutters will arrive in separate parcels. The longer and slimmer parcel will contain the sections of the frame and the flatter rectangular parcel will contain the panels. A maximum of two panels will be packed together, so for wider sets of shutters, there will be additional parcels containing the additional panels. The fixing kit will be packed in the frame parcel.
Your fixing kit
Assemble the frame
Start by unpacking all of the frame pieces, then lay them face-down.
For ‘Inside Recess’ frames, remove the decorative strips from the interior of the frames. These will be reinserted later to cover your fitting screws.
Line up all the corners, then insert the Hoffman keys from your fittings kit to join the frames securely together. The key can be a little tight, so you may have to give it a few taps with a hammer to fully insert it.
Top Tip
Use the packaging your shutters arrived in to protect them during this stage –
open out one of the boxes so you can lay the shutter down on that and avoid
any risk of scratching it. Likewise, you may need to gently hammer the Hoffman
keys into place as they’re quite tight, so you can use a strip of cardboard
over the key as you’re hammering.
Wider shutters over 1850mm will have a ‘T-Bar’ provided with the frame.
The T-Bar is fitted vertically in the center of the frame, providing extra
support for the shutter.
To fit the T-Bar, simply slot it into place in the center of the shutter and
use 4 of the 75mm screws provided – 2 at the top of the frame and 2 at the
bottom – to secure it in place. The screw holes will be pre-drilled in your
shutter frame so that the T-Bar can be located correctly and easily.
Pre-drill the fixing holes in the frame
Assemble the frame, then drill the holes you’ll be putting screws through to fit the shutter. For the sides, make your holes roughly in line with the center of each hinge. For the top and bottom, make the holes roughly 10-15cm in from the sides.
Top Tip
Use a larger drill-bit (or a counter-sink tool, if you have one) to widen the
screw holes at their opening; this will allow you to create a much neater
finish when you cover the screws at the end of the installation.
Ensure the frame sits level in the window
- Place the assembled frame in the recess and use a spirit level to make sure that it is sitting perfectly straight on all sides.
- Make sure you also use the spirit level on the front of the frame, on all sides, to ensure there’s no ‘twist’ to the frame.
- If you need to adjust the level of the frame then you can use the frame shims from your fitting kit. Fully insert the shim so that it is hidden by the frame.
Install the frame
Make sure that the frame stays still and level, push the drill through each of the fixing holes you made in the frame and drill a small pilot hole in the surface you’re fixing the shutter to (the inside of the recess). Now take your frame out of the window, you should be left with shallow pilot holes all around the recess – two for each side, the top and the sill.
With your frame put to one side, drill the holes fully into the window recess and insert a Rawl plug into each hole. Reinsert the frame into the recess, give it another level check, then use the 75mm screws from your fixing kit to secure the frame in place.
Top Tip
Insert the screws for the top part of the frame first, to help hold it steady
while you insert the rest of the screws.Your shutter panels are numbered in
order of their position in the shutter, with panel 1 being the far left side.
Start by loosening the frame hinges, as this will make aligning the two parts of the hinge easier (one part is fixed to the frame, the other part is fixed to the panel). This will also allow you enough room to slot the hinge pins into place.
Now slot the hinge pins into place. Starting with the top hinge on each panel, align the panel part of the hinge with the frame part of the hinge, then insert the pin through the centre. If your shutter has folding panels, join these together the same way.
Top Tip
The pins are intentionally a tight fit. Place a piece of cloth or cardboard
over the top of the pin (to prevent it from getting scratched or marked) and
use a small hammer to tap it securely into place.
Fine-tuning
Because no recess is perfectly square, you’ll likely find that some adjustments are required to align the panels (i.e. if one panel sits slightly higher than the other), although thorough checks with your spirit level throughout the installation process should help to minimize the amount of fine-tuning required.
Top Tip
It is normal for the panels to rest on the bottom frame of the shutter when
closed, this does not require any adjustment. The best method for adjusting
the level of the panels is actually to adjust the frame. If one panel sits
higher than the other, go to the side which is sitting lowest and loosen the
frame screws on that side, and along the bottom. Then insert one of the frame
shims from your fixing kit to raise that side slightly. This should level out
the panels. Various sizes of frame shims are supplied to allow you to make
very fine adjustments.
If you’ve leveled the frame out as much as you can but the panels are still uneven, then you can use a hinge shim. Only use one shim, either on the highest panel hinge or the lowest. Use a shim at the top of the panel to lower the panel alignment, or at the bottom to raise it.
Finishing
Tighten the hinge screws and insert a final screw in the center hole for each frame hinge, to lock the hinges in place.
Finally, cover the screws you used to fix the frame inside the recess:
As a final finishing touch, use the decorator’s caulk to fill in any gaps around the edges of the frame (usually only required for Inside Recess Frames).