Pleated in to recessed wood roof

[desmorse]

Here's a tip for anyone doing this
Hadn't done of these for years, but had 2 recently, one for 41 blinds, the other for 55. Roof beams were very deep, and it was very difficult to get a screwdriver in, as both customers wanted the blinds
as close to the glass as possible.
First one we used a face fix bracket one side and a bent L bracket the other.
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Problem was that due to the compound angle of the tapered beam, the brackets didn't really line up and it was very difficult to actually get the top rail in.
For the second we tried the back half of a UEB, but this bent when the blind was tensioned, and couldn't be directly fixed on the other side as the side rail comes up between the top rail and the tapered beam. We overcame this by putting an L bracket so the side just caught the end of the UEB, stopping it bending. The UEB has the 2 holes already for the top fix brackets, so the rail snapped in easy as anything.


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[frederick]

had a lovely soak in the tub I felt like absolute death earlier so sorry if I have upset anyone with personal meesages to Rosie.

Could murder a nice cup of tea and a scone tonight but the fridge is bare so its black coffee and biscuits for a night cap and read all of the fitting tips on the forum.

[rosemary]

Oh dear I am so sorry about my posts I feel like murder I will pm freddie from now on so sorry again

[gloryboy]

desmorse said:

Here's a tip for anyone doing this
Hadn't done of these for years, but had 2 recently, one for 41 blinds, the other for 55. Roof beams were very deep, and it was very difficult to get a screwdriver in, as both customers wanted the blinds
as close to the glass as possible.
First one we used a face fix bracket one side and a bent L bracket the other.
____ ............................___
l.........................................\ Ignore the dots, this won't let me use spaces
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l


Problem was that due to the compound angle of the tapered beam, the brackets didn't really line up and it was very difficult to actually get the top rail in.
For the second we tried the back half of a UEB, but this bent when the blind was tensioned, and couldn't be directly fixed on the other side as the side rail comes up between the top rail and the tapered beam. We overcame this by putting an L bracket so the side just caught the end of the UEB, stopping it bending. The UEB has the 2 holes already for the top fix brackets, so the rail snapped in easy as anything.


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nice idea with the ueb. i had same problem about a month ago and ended up with face fix on the right angle and bent snap bracket on the angle. these were in mink. do we do mink ueb??

[desmorse]

No, but you might get away with brown

[blindmansam]

Just watched 'Heartbeat' on TV , Had a cup of 'Horlicks' and closed my weary eyes.

Later i woke up - was it heart attack?

Night Night fred.

Night Night Rosemary .

Hey- its just like 'the waltons' on here

xxxxx

[rosemary]

Hi we are not the Waltons I only wish it to be true .But dont worry the art of pming has been mastered so we shall use the forum more business like in the future

Made a killing today 4 velux blinds £650.00 wow