Measuring Indoor Blinds
Understanding your Blinds
Firstly, before deciding on a design its important to understand which style you want your blinds to be fitted as. Generally, blind fitting can be categorised into either face fitting or recess fitting. The diagrams below are designed to help you understand the difference between the two, with the blue section representing the windows architrave (frame) and the filled red shape representing the installed blinds while the striped red area represents the area covered by the blinds.
Face Fitted
Face fitted shutters are mounted outside the frame, usually on the architrave. A face fitted shutter will generally be bigger than a recess fitted one.
Recess Fitted
Recess fitted shutters are mounted inside the window frame, made to fit inside the architrave. Has a slight light gap from the outer edges. Not suitable for full light blockage, rooms such as bedrooms.
Face fitting
Ensure the chosen frame design and louvre rotation will work, measure to either the outside of the Architrave or to where you intend to end of the framing.
- Width: measure 3 horizontal measurements, top, middle and bottom, and take note of the smallest
- Height: do the vertical measurements, left, middle and right, and take note of the smallest
Recess Fitting
Ensure the chosen frame design and louvre rotation will work, measure to the inside of the Architrave or Square set of the window.
- Width: measure 3 horizontal measurements, top, middle and bottom, write down the smallest
- Height: do the vertical measurements, left, middle and right, write down the smallest
Depth requirements
For recess fitted blinds, a minimum depth from the is required to install the product.
Product | Minimum’s Depth |
Vertical blind (30mm) | 40mm |
Vertical blind (50mm) | 80mm |
Venetian blind | 60mm |
Roller blind | 60mm |
Zebra blind | 70mm |
Panel glide blind | 90mm |
Roman blind | 60mm |
Honeycomb blind | 70mm |
Curtain and sheer | 50mm |