Hi. I'm measuring up for blinds to fit on an angled bay window. The window is uPVC and I don't want to drill into the uPVC. The blinds I've chosen are 50mm wooden venetian blinds.
I think screwing the headrail to the wall above the architrave might be too high and look odd. So I'm thinking of screwing the headrail to the architrave itself. I think I'd have to pack it out to turn it into a level surface, perhaps using a length of pine moulding or something that compensates for where the architrave is indented. I might have to add an extra strip of timber over the top anyway, to add enough depth for the blinds to clear the sash lifts (I haven't fitted the sash lifts yet, which is why they're missing in the below pictures).
I measured the width of the blind for the centre window using the blind manufacturer's instructions, allowing space for it to clear the sash lifts without getting in the way of the blinds on the left and right windows.
I thought I would make the left and right blinds slightly wider so that they overlap the architrave a little bit. That would reduce the light leaking around the edges and it would also allow a bit of leeway in case, when I hang them, it looks better to budge them slightly closer to the centre blind.
Does that sound right? I'm just wondering if there's a standard way of doing this.
See below pictures of the window, a version marked up with where I'm thinking of fitting the blinds and a closer view of the architrave.
Grateful for any advice. Thanks.
This is where I thought I would fit the blinds:
Here's a closer picture of the architrave, to show where the uPVC window frame ends and the MDF architrave starts:
I think screwing the headrail to the wall above the architrave might be too high and look odd. So I'm thinking of screwing the headrail to the architrave itself. I think I'd have to pack it out to turn it into a level surface, perhaps using a length of pine moulding or something that compensates for where the architrave is indented. I might have to add an extra strip of timber over the top anyway, to add enough depth for the blinds to clear the sash lifts (I haven't fitted the sash lifts yet, which is why they're missing in the below pictures).
I measured the width of the blind for the centre window using the blind manufacturer's instructions, allowing space for it to clear the sash lifts without getting in the way of the blinds on the left and right windows.
I thought I would make the left and right blinds slightly wider so that they overlap the architrave a little bit. That would reduce the light leaking around the edges and it would also allow a bit of leeway in case, when I hang them, it looks better to budge them slightly closer to the centre blind.
Does that sound right? I'm just wondering if there's a standard way of doing this.
See below pictures of the window, a version marked up with where I'm thinking of fitting the blinds and a closer view of the architrave.
Grateful for any advice. Thanks.
This is where I thought I would fit the blinds:
Here's a closer picture of the architrave, to show where the uPVC window frame ends and the MDF architrave starts:
