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We got blackout blinds fitted by a cheap warehouse place (fitted over the flush edge of the inside frame) and there's light coming in around the sides and top...what's the best thing to create a proper blackout effect?
I've seen roller shutter type blinds in germany where the blinds were fitted into a sliding recesss that was fully sealed. Just wondering if there's anything a bit cheaper, short of taping foil over the windows!
Make a baffle out of something for the blind to slide up and down in?
Some of that right angle shaped wooden moulding, fastened to the wall...
A peice of timber, with a slot routered out for the fabric to run up & down, fastened to the wall...
Magnets, or velcro, to hold it against the frame...
Did a simmillar thing in our old caravan.
these:
[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/easyblackout-blackout-blind-kit-CREAM/dp/B002WC53CO/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top ]night night[/url]
They work perfectly in our wee one's room - velcro sticks on to the window frame, then the blackout fabric just sticks to that.
Brick the offending window up - very effective...
Thanks for the ideas. I've bought some blackout fabric and some velcro and I'm going to try and DIY! £8 for enough to do a room, if it works then great.
We used some uPVC 90deg edging - worked a treat.
You're wasting your time. It won't help when the bomb is dropped.
Sorry, wrong decade.