GUIDE 01 · START HERE
How to measure windows for roller blinds
Steel tape, millimetres, three places, smallest wins. The full method plus a printable measure sheet.
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The guides
The whole manual, in reading order. Measure first; everything else follows from a correct number. Each guide states its difficulty up front, flags the traps before you hit them, and ends at the same honest fork: do it yourself with our method, or hand it to a free in-home measure and quote.
CHAPTER 1 · THE MEASURE
Get the number right and the rest is assembly
GUIDE 02
Reveal fit or face fit
The decision that changes every number after it. Depth checks, light gaps, leaning windows.
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GUIDE 03
The classic measuring mistakes
Ten ways a careful person orders the wrong blind, and the one-line fix for each.
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CHAPTER 2 · THE INSTALL
Twenty careful minutes per window
GUIDE 04
How to install a roller blind
Brackets, marking out, what you're actually screwing into, and the level check that saves the fabric tracking sideways.
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GUIDE 05 · REQUIRED READING
Cords and kids: the rules, plainly
The mandatory Australian standard for corded window coverings, what it requires of your install, and the cordless shortcut.
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CHAPTER 3 · JUDGEMENT
Knowing when to put the tape down
GUIDE 06
When not to DIY: the honest list
Bay windows, leaning heritage reveals, motorisation, big spans and the twenty-window batch. Why each one is a false economy, in effort and risk, not bravado.
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GUIDE 07 · REFERENCE
The order form, translated
Reveal, drop, architrave, chain side, pelmet: every term you'll meet on a blind order form, defined in one honest sentence each.
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Also in the manual
- Every blind type, graded: which ones a confident DIYer installs well, and which to leave.
- The DIY-or-done planner: grade the actual windows in your house, window by window.
- The area guides: what changes about the job between the new estates, the old inner streets and the coast.
