Wooden Blinds

dubgirl15

I was thinking of changing the blinds in my house from roller blinds to wooden blinds. can anyone give me an indication of the likely cost of this?? standard 3 bed house in Dublin 15?

thanks

paddy147

dubgirl15 wrote: »

I was thinking of changing the blinds in my house from roller blinds to wooden blinds. can anyone give me an indication of the likely cost of this?? standard 3 bed house in Dublin 15?

thanks

How many blinds/windows??

I got 14 wooden blinds supplied and fitted for 830 euro.That was the cheapest I could get them for,after having around 8 different companies call to my house and quote me.

That price was for 50mm "wide slat" oak blinds.

dubgirl15

paddy147 wrote: »

dubgirl15 wrote: »

I was thinking of changing the blinds in my house from roller blinds to wooden blinds. can anyone give me an indication of the likely cost of this?? standard 3 bed house in Dublin 15?

thanks

How many blinds/windows??

I got 14 wooden blinds supplied and fitted for 830 euro.That was the cheapest I could get them for,after having around 8 different companies call to my house and quote me.

That price was for 50mm "wide slat" oak blinds.

What company was that with? I was thinking of 50 mm blinds and have 8 windows and double doors

duffman21

Hi Paddy,

Do you have any pictures of the blinds?

also could you pm me the details of the company you used.

Thanks

paddy147

Pm sent to both of you.:)

Dont want to mention the company name her,as I have recently been in trouble with the mods on another forum for daring to say a company name and help people out.

amtc

Igot mine done with Lucan Blinds - 8 windows, door and french doors - 800 euro. really quick in and out in an hour. also in d15

paddy147

amtc wrote: »

Igot mine done with Lucan Blinds - 8 windows, door and french doors - 800 euro. really quick in and out in an hour. also in d15

You can get alot better price than that.Thats very high.

snnowwy

paddy147 wrote: »

You can get alot better price than that.Thats very high.

Where?

suite16

paddy147 wrote: »

How many blinds/windows??

I got 14 wooden blinds supplied and fitted for 830 euro.That was the cheapest I could get them for,after having around 8 different companies call to my house and quote me.

That price was for 50mm "wide slat" oak blinds.

Would much appreciate if you could pm me the details also please. Many thanks!

2 stroke

paddy147 wrote: »

You can get alot better price than that.Thats very high.

You can also get lower quality blinds than that. I've seen dear and cheap blinds on neighbouring houses, after a year or 2 you can realy see the difference, the cheaper blinds are warped, cracked and blistered from the sun.

paddy147

2 stroke wrote: »

You can also get lower quality blinds than that. I've seen dear and cheap blinds on neighbouring houses, after a year or 2 you can realy see the difference, the cheaper blinds are warped, cracked and blistered from the sun.

Ah I think I will be fine,and so too will the blinds be fine too.They are good blinds.:)

Next thing on the list is to fit the curtain poles and curtains.

Posy

I'm looking to get rid of all my wooden blinds and get white venetian blinds.

If you're in Dublin, could you PM me where you got your blinds fitted please Paddy?

RubyGirl

Op word of warning, wooden blinds are a devil to keep clean. My worst household job.

amber2

RubyGirl wrote: »

Op word of warning, wooden blinds are a devin to keep clean. My worst household job.

And if you have kids they seem to love pulling on them and snapping them in half ..... maybe its just my kids tho. The ones on the french doors get it all the time - no longer wooden blinds mainly glued blinds !!:mad:

2 stroke

paddy147 wrote: »

Ah I think I will be fine,and so too will the blinds be fine too.They are good blinds.:)

Next thing on the list is to fit the curtain poles and curtains.

No child safety devices? These are now a legal requirment. Also they look to be faded already, perhaps its just the sun shining through.

paddy147

2 stroke wrote: »

No child safety devices? These are now a legal requirment. Also they look to be faded already, perhaps its just the sun shining through.

They are not faded at all,they are slightly open and the sun is belting in too (south facing window and window frame shadow).Also some dust in the air from the last of the carpentry and painting work the night before,and the next day (same day the blinds were installed).


The blinds are Luxaflex 50mm wooden oak blinds (a high end quality of blind).

I got very good deal on 14 of them.
But that good deal doesnt mean that they are of inferior quality.There is still such a thing as getting a bargain or a good deal,in this day and age.


Afaik...I think the child safety device are used for contineous bead cords (like you get on roller blinds).


Regards.

Heisenberg1

paddy147 wrote: »

How many blinds/windows??

I got 14 wooden blinds supplied and fitted for 830 euro.That was the cheapest I could get them for,after having around 8 different companies call to my house and quote me.

That price was for 50mm "wide slat" oak blinds.

Paddy can you PM me with the details cheers.

hargo

Paddy, I'd be interested in finding out where you got the blinds as well. Thanks. Hargo

qwerty1505

Hi Paddy,

If you don't mind could you also PM me the name of the company?

Thanks!

johnwest288

PM me that blind company too Paddy:)
Had a guy come in and price me for 5 blinds for 500 quid. I think he might be a bit dodge thou!

paddy147

PM Sent

woodturner

They're not that hard to fit. The awkward part i found was removing excess slats but that wasn't really that bad either.

johnwest288

What sort of fittinsg would you use to attach the blinds so they wont fall down? Bracket on to the actual window frame?

paddy147

johnwest288 wrote: »

What sort of fittinsg would you use to attach the blinds so they wont fall down? Bracket on to the actual window frame?

The blinds will come with their own specific clamping brackets....(1 for each side of the window frame/reveal)

2 yellow Thorsman plugs and screws to hold on the bracket,and then the blind clamps onto the bracket.

Makes for quick and easy removal of blind,when you need to clean down the windows or repaint the walls/window reveals.

SuperTyper

Could you pm me details too Paddy, many thanks.

Galego

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Could you pm me details too Paddy, many thanks.

yop

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