How To Install Panel Glide Blinds
1. Tools You Need
You must have all these tools before installing panel glide blinds.
- Metal Tape Measure
- Pencil
- Drill
- Spirit Level
- Split Ladder
2. Fit the bracket options
Top Fitting
Where the brackets are screwed into the reveal
Face-Fixing
Where the brackets are screwed onto a facing surface a wall or window frame
3. Join the tracks if supplied
If your track is less than 2600mm wide, skip to step 4.
Slot the joining plate into the channel at the top of one part of the rail, then slot the other part of the rail into place beside it, ensuring that the joining plate is central. Then insert the provided screws into the holes in the fixing plate and screw in tightly to secure the rails together.
4. Fit the track
Rest the front lip of the headrail in the front lip of the bracket.
Then twist the back of the headrail upwards until it snaps into place in the rear hook of the bracket.
Finally, hook the control wand through the eyelet at the end of the rearmost glider.
For wider tracks with more panels, hook the front hook of the bracket over the centre lip of the head rail, rather than the front lip.
5. Attach the fabric
Rest the front lip of the headrail in the front lip of the bracket.
Then twist the back of the headrail upwards until it snaps into place in the rear hook of the bracket.
Finally, hook the control wand through the eyelet at the end of the rearmost glider.
For wider tracks with more panels, hook the front hook of the bracket over the centre lip of the head rail, rather than the front lip.
Fold the top of the panel width wise along the plastic spline
Unscrew the end cap on the relevant top rail
Insert the folded section of the blind into the top rail
Replace the top rail end cap
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