The honest fork, as a tool
DIY or done for you? Grade every window in the house
Describe each window the way the manual would ask, and get the same call the guides would give you: easy, fiddly, or don't attempt this one, with the reason stated plainly. You'll finish with a marked-up window schedule: the good Saturday on one side, the false economies on the other.
The planner grades difficulty. It never prices anything, never picks a fabric brand, and its schedule is guidance for you and for the free consult, not a quote.
Window 1
The window schedule
Add the first window above and the schedule starts itself.
Your Saturday list
Bring these to the measure
The schedule rides along in the enquiry message, editable before you send it. Difficulty calls are general guidance for a standard version of each job; your walls get the final vote, and so do you.
Why a blinds site tells you not to hire anyone for the easy ones
Because it's true, and you can tell when a site is deciding what to tell you based on what it sells. Nothing here is for sale. A roller on a square, reachable window is a genuine one-Saturday win, and the guides get you through it with the traps flagged. The planner exists for the other windows, the ones where a mis-measured order costs more than the professional measure ever would, and its verdicts come from the same rules the guides teach: the honest list, the graded board, and the cord rules that apply to everyone.
Both tines end well. That's the whole trick of the fork.
